The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-24

or because they have been placed
in class II. III, or Nv, on the grounds
of dependency. The fact that he is
not usefully employed will outweigh
| both of the above conditions.
1T is expected that the list of non
! useful occupations will be extended
from time to time as necessity will
require so as to include persons in
other employments.
Temporary absences from regular
employment not to exceed one week
unless such temporary absences are
habitual or frequent, shall not be con-
sidered as idleness. Regular vaca-
tions will not be considered as abb
sences in this connection.
THE regulation throws a further
safeguard around men not usefully
employed, by providing that where
there are compelling domestic circum-
stances that would not permit change
of employment by the registrant
without disproportionate hardship to
his dependents, or where a change
from non-useful to useful employment
or occupation would necessitate re-
moval of the registrant or his familyH
local boards may give consideration to
the circumstances. The regulation
further provides that where such a
change of employment would compel
the night employment under cfrcum-
stances which a board might deem
unsuitable for such employment of
women, the board may take such cir
cumstances into consideration in
making it's decision"
Explaining the new regulation and
necessity for it, General Crowder
said:
ssTbo. r-.r hos 60 %,~ 5;.o~rart,na
the normal adjustment of industrial
man power as to prevent the enor-
NOUS industrial output and national
organization necessary to success.
There is a popular demand for or
ganization Of man power, but no direct
draft could be imposed at present.
steps to prohibit idleness and non
effective occupation will be welcomed
by our people.
1--WE shall give the idlers and men
not effectively employed the choice
between military service and effective
employment. Every man in the draft
age. at least, must work or fight.
This is not alone a war of mill
tary maneuver. 1t is a deadly contest
of industries and mechanics.
'Tt is enough to ask what would
happen. IL every man I'm the nation
How is this to be done?
1.-THE answer is plain. The first step
toward the solution of the difficulty
is to prohibit engagement by able
bodied men in the field of hurtful en-
ployment. idleness or. Intellectual en-
ployment, and thus induce and per-
suade the vast, wasted excess into
useful fields.
Zone Of the unanswerable criticisms
of the draft has been that II takes
men from the farms and from all use
full employments and marches them
past crowds of idlers and 1oafers away
from the army. The remedy is sim
ple-to couple the industrial basis
with other grounds. for exemption and
to require that any man pleading ex-
emption on any ground shall also
show that he is contributing effective
Iy to the industrial welfare of the
nation
The regulation. itself makes plain
the determination of the war depart
ment The great organization of local
and district boards which has already
accomplished a notable work may be
relied upon to catch the spirit of the
movement and sorely needed man
power will soon be flowing into the
fields of useful endeavor or into the
direction Of military strength"