The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-19

! however. that the teachers. where local
boards are located. will freely give Of
| their evenings and other spare time.
Schools Not Closed.
II was not his opinion that tho far
| reaching order issued January l6 by tbs
atinnal fuel administrator. will cause
The schools in this state to close and
! ;hc teachers thus given an opportunity
to work on no indeXing for the draft
boards.
1t was pointed oUt that in q majority
Of cases the entire winters supply OF
coal was stored away before school
started. In other Instances gas Is the
fuel used at the buildings.
'rhe lawyers and many laynen who
served as associate members Of the legal
advisory boards or the country are rest
ing on their laIrels dearly won at n
sacrifice Of their time and money in
assisting r"ciStrants IL fill out their
ru"stionnair"s correctly. Their work is
almost completed.
Doctors Are Serving.
Next will conc the doctors serving as
eNtmininE physicians for local boards.
assistant examining physicians ana
members OF tho medical advisory boards
10 which all physical examination APP
rcalS ar" referred. Their work Is just
beginning. rs III" remaining nine mil
lions Of reSiStranis VIII all be given nav
examinations under tho sclcctive service
regulations. Their task is nm arduous
, ono 40 we'll as an important one. The
doctors. not to hn outdnnc Ivy their pro-
fcssimnal brothers. the lawyers. are vir-
;ually set f"" long period Of work
I with little or no remuneration.
Knowing that the local draft boards
are now taxed to their capacity and that
tho duty Of making this index cannot be
put upon them. General crowder and his
, assistants. by direction of the PrcSi-
dent. have. decided 10 call upon the
school teachers Educators all over the
country have offered their services in
connection with the execution Of the Sc
l"ctive service law and have even fclt
they wcro being overlooked in that the
President had ncTur called upon them TO
do specific work.
Eut now their time has come. Their
importance Is manifold and their duties
likewise.
Special Forms Devised.
A special form for the work has AL
ready been devised. II is designed along
the lines of clip flo, and the reader
/ imagining for himself or herself what
4
Will present rs n spectacle. can readily
see that this man-sized job md ono
which must bc performed with accuracy
The life threads of many mortal rests
IN the work.
Tho provost marshal general has for
wardod instructions TO his assistants
throughout the country. stating positive
~ that. while tho teachers will he work.
Ing under Jurisdiction OF his office. all
correspondence must DO directed to the
err.
In West Virginia. tho department Of
military census enrolment Captain
RreckinridRe. Jones' chief. will be the
sub-head directing the operations for
the commanderIn-chicf. General Crow
der. While the governors OF the various
states are directly in charge. Governor
, Cornwell In West Virginia. performs his
, above.
Makes Patriotic Appeal
General Cr"wdcr has made 4 very pa
/ triottc appeal "a the school teachers Of
! tho country. After Issuing instructions
he snys:
THE work will not hc very lengthy or
eHhaustinE. hut X is absolutely lndls-
pensahle to the proper manning Of our
army. and II must DO done accurately
Errors, II any were made. would to that
| extent obstruct and fonfuse tho work
Of the army. We have a right to expect
careful achievement Of this task Of card
| ing.
Nothing could more directly contri-
butte to Ito rapid progress Of our mill