Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-11
DISTRICT TO SHOW
STRENGTH FOR WAR

Continued from First Pase)
registrars to perform tomorrow's big
task. Registrants are not allowed
to fill out their own cards and no regis
trant need expect to do SO tomorrow
even If he does think he writes 4
better hand than the registrar. The
law requires that the registrar write
in the answers on the registration
card. The registrant merely answers
questions put to him by the regis
trar and signs his name.
board of the District. which will aid
registrants to I'LL out their question
naires, to be sent out beginning next
week, met this morning at the Dis
trict building to perfect arrange
ments.
A call was issued to the legal pro-
fession Of the city to volunteer for
this important work. J.. Morrill,
Chamberlin is chairman of the board
It is probable that legal advisory sta
tions will be established at the Pub
4lic Library and at the courthouse in
the Emery building. In addition, reg
istrants may obtain aid-all free-as
to filling out their Questionnatres
from practically any lawyer in the
city.
Draft board medical examiners and
members Of the medical advisory
boards will meet at O'clock tonight
at the District building to formulate
plans for their part of the work I'M
der the extension of the draft. The
first registrants of the new draft Will
be drawn from the nineteen and
the thirty-two- to thirty six-year-old
classes. It is expected that some of
these men will be indicted into the
military service in October. This will
require quick work on the part OF
draft boards and medical examiners.
Men Forwarded to Camp Meade.
On the eve Of the great registration
normal local board activities went on
qualified for limited military service
were entrained this afternoon for Camp
Meade, where they will be equipped.
They will be returned to the city i'm
help to the eleven draft boards here,
and to the central headquarters.
Gen. Crowder today called upon the
District for five limited service men.
to be entrained for Fort slocum. N. z.
September %. They form part Of a
call for 1000 Of those classes asked
from the states.
not in active service, must register to-
morrow, the recruiting division Of the
bureau Of navigation. Navy Depart
ment, informed recruiting. officers in
be placed in class S of the draft as
heretofore.
Employers to Give Aid.
Employers Of the National Capital
are planning hearty cooperation with
the office Of the provost marshal gen.
eral in making special study OF con-
light Of the new regulations gov
erning exemptions on occupatfonal
grounds. Calling the attention of en-
ployerS to their share OF responsibility
in the classification Of the thirteen
tomorrow, Gen. Crowder said:
II have noticed in the general ex-
pressions Of the public attitude which
reach this office. two frequent features
ments. One Of these features is the
belief that the process of awarding
deferred classifications to registrant
REQUIRES merely the nlling out It, Of III. the e
service boards will perceive the PRO
priety Of making the deferment, with
out the assistance furnished by the
registrant's formal claim indicating
the deferment desired. The other fea-
his responsibility to intervene in aid
ing the boards determine ton. and
therefore to inform himself fully on
all the considerations which SHOULD af-
feet the decision as to the deferment.
Both Of these features are due to a
single larger fact, viz. failure on
the part Of many to reflect on the in
dustrial considerations covering de-
Would Hamper Classification.
"As to the aforementioned belief. 1t
hA J,f
universally acted upon the process
of classification would be seriously
hampered and delayed. Some one
must indicate that the individual
case is one which should arrest the
special attention of the boards in re-
status. The boards do not possess a
superhumar. omniscience. Nor are
they permitted by Giro instances to
devote unlimited time to the search
Of Questionnaires for possible grounds
Of claim. In 1917. out of more than
900 filed occupatfonal claims. or Al
per cent; thus So per cent of all
registrants raised no question of such
deferment.
1.-THE boards will do all that they
possibly can on their own initiative
to reach a just decision by a complete
examination of the QUESTIONABLE.
even where no claim is expressly
made; nevertheless. the boards will
welcome and will need all the aid
that can be furnished by the indica-
ton of claim made for deferment.
Filing of Claims Discussed.
"But who is to make that claim
Ordinarily the registrant himself
will indicate the claim on his ques-
tionnaire. But If, through mi ,aken
chivalry. he should fail to. DO so
another may make it for him. In in
dustry, agriculture or other occupa-
lions this other person will naturally
be his employer or some other repre-
sentative of his associated group.
! 1.-The employer in this situation rep
resents the nation, because the
statutory phrase the maintenance OF
the military establishment or of the
national interest during the emer-
gency' requires that some well ad-
vised third person should look after
the national interest, which the reg
istrant himself may not have suf-
f1ciently considered"
Local Boards Will Strive
to Place Washington at Top
in Completing Draft Lists
Washington tomorrow will attempt
to duplicate its record OF a year ago
in being the first city in the United
States to report to the War Depart