Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-04
TO
furnish ALL
DRAFTED men
FOR THE Army
Unfairness of Quotas, Found
IN First Cali, IS Eliminated
Under New Rules. Crowder
Makes Statement.
CBy Review Leased wirel

WASHINGTON, Jan. S--An men
gor the war armies stin to be raised
by the United states win come from
class one under the new selecJive
sern ice plan. That means the nations
lighting is TO Re done by young men
without families dependent upon their
lSbor for support and unskilled in ne
eessary Industrial or agricultural
work
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announced the new policy in a re
pCrt on the operation Of the selective
draft law submitted TO-DAY to Secretary
Baker and sent TO congress- He says
class one should provide men for
on military needs Of the country and
% accomplish that object he urges
amendment Of the draft law so rs TO
provide that sn men who have reach
ed their twenty-iirst birthday since
June 5. 1917. shall be required 10 reg
lister for classification. Also. in the
interest of fair distribution Of the
military burden. he proposes that the
O4UA&S " cA-AANN "a AaNA-A~N( ~ ~
telmined hereafter on the basis OF the
number Of men in class one and not
uPon the population.
Class One Figures.
Available figures indicate. the re-
port SAYS. THAI there are 100000
qualified men under the present reg
istration who viii be found in class
one when all QueStionnaires have been
returned and the classification period
ends February 18th. To this eNten-
sion of registration 10 men turninS
9I since June 9th OF last year and
thereafter viii add 701.0e0 men year.
Glass one comprises:
Single men without dependent rel
ativeS. married men who have habit
ually failed 20 support their families.
who are dependent upon wives for
support and not usefuily engaged, and
whose families are supported by in
comes independent of their labor; I'M
skilled form laborerS. unSsilled in
dustrial labOrers. registrantS by or
n respect Of whom no deferred clas-
ssfiCation Is claimed or made, regis
trants who fail to submit question
naire and in respect o. whom no defer
red classification is claimed or made.
and all resistrantS not included in any
other division of the schedule,
The plan places upon unattached
single men and married men with
independent incomes most of the
weight of military demand. for the
number OF men in the other Givi-
siOns of class one is very small,
First Draft Success.
General Crowier finds that the
first daft surpassed the highest eN-
pectatiors and pays high tribute to
the thousands Of civilians whose ser
vice made the plan success
AT the presidents CALL he says.
'all ranks Of the nation. reluctantly
entering the war. nevertheless in
stantly responded to the first call OF
the nation with viSorOuS and un-
selfish cooperation that submerged
Sn individual interest IN a single en-
ieavor toward the execution OF the
national task. | take il that no great
national project was ever attempted
with so complete a reliance upon the
voluntary cooperation OF citizens for
its execution. Certainly no such
hurdensome and sacrificial statute
had ever before been executed without
4 great hierarchy of officials.
This law has been administered by
civilians whose official relations lies
only In necessary powers with which
'Nev are vested BY the presidents
designation OF them to perform the du-
ties that are laid upon them. They
have acc ompliShed the task. They
have made some mistakes. The sys-
TEN offers room for improvement.
But the great thing they were cal
led upon To do they have done. The
vaunted efficiency of RbsOlutism OF
which the German empire stands as
The avatar can offer nothing TO com
pare with it. II remains the ultim-
ate test and proof OF the intrinsic
political idea upon which American
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