The Adair County news., 1918-05-29
STRICT RULING.
Amendment to Draft Regulations
Announced by General
Crowder.
ELIGIBLE MEN MUST WORK OR FIGHT.

Special from Washington-dated
May %, says:
Every man of draft age must work
or fight after July 1, under a drastic
amendment to the selectiye service
regulations announced to-day by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder.
Not only idlers, but all draft regis
trants engaged in what are held to be
non-useful occupations, are to be hailed
before local boards and given the
choice of new job or the army.
WORK OR FIGHT.
1t had been known for some time
that some form of work or fight plan
bad been submitted to President Will
son, but there had been no intimation
that it was so far-reaching in scope.
Both the Military authorities and De-
partment of Labor officials believe
that it will go long way toward solv-
ing the labor problem for farmers,
shipbuilders and intuition makers,
and will end for the present, at least,
talk of CONSUMPTION of labor. The an
nouncement to-day gives notice sig
nifcantly that the list of non-useful
occupations will be extended from time
to time as necessity requires.
CROwDER's STATEMENT.
The statement of the Provost Mar
shall Generals Office follows:
Provost Marshal General Crowder to-
day announced an amendment to the
selective service regulations which
deals with the great question of COM
Polling men not engaged in useful
occupation Immediately TO apply
themselves to some form of labor con-
tributing to the general good. The
idler, too, will find himself confronted
with the alternative of finding suita-
BILE employment or entering the army.
This regulation provides that after
July any registrant who IS found by
a local board to be a habitual idler or
not engaged in some useful occupation
shall be summoned before the board,
given a chance to explain, and in
the absence OF a satisfactory explana-
ton to be indicted into the military
service of the United States.
BOARDS AUTHORIZED.
"Any local board will be authorized
to take action whether it has original
Jurisdiction of the registrant or not;
in other words, any man loafng
around pool-room in Chicago may be
held to answer to Chicago board,
even though he may have registered
in New York and lived there most Of
his life,
"The regulations which apply to idle
registrants will be deemed to apply
also to gamblers of all descriptions
and employees and attendants of bucket
shops and race tracks, fortune tellers,
clairvoyants, pslmists and the like,
who for the purpose of the regulations
shall be considered as idlers.
"(A)-Persons engaged in the serv-
ing of food and drink, or either, in
public places, including hotels and
social clubs
VB)-Passenger elevator operators
and attendants, doormen, footmen and
other attendants of clubs, hotels,
stores, apartment houses, Office build
ings and lighthouses.
"(C)-Persons, including usherS and
other attendants, engaged and occu-
pied in, and in connection with games,
sports and amusements, excepting
actual performers in legitimate con-
certs, operas or theatrical perform
, ances.
"(D)-Persons employed in domes-
, tic service.
"(E)-Sales clerks and other clerks
employed in stores and other mercan-
tile establishments
"Men who are engaged as above or
who are idlers will not be permitted
to ask relief because Of the fact that
they have drawn late order number
or because they have been placed in
, Glass III, Ill, or Nv, on the grounds
of dependency. The fact that he is
not usefully employed will outweigh
both of the above conditions.
sit is expected that the list OF nom
I useful occupations will be extended
from time to time, as necessity will
require, so as to include persons in
other employments."
Mr. p Dnhnnav WIN has heen