The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
YOUNG MEN Drafted.
CLASS 1 WILL FURNISH MEN FOR
ARMY.
The ScIectivc Draft Pian Now I'm OPP
er~tion Will Call to the Colors Only
T0c Men Who are without Depend
dnt Families md Arc Not Needed I'm
Necessary Industries.

the war armies still to be raised by
the United States will come from
CA1n 1. under the new seiective SER
nee plan. That means the nations
n4hting Is TO be done by young men
without families dependent upon their
labor for support and unskilled in
nsceszafy Industries or agricultural
work.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
ANNOUNCES the new policy in an ex-
bauStive report upon the operation
ot thc selective draft law. submitted
toAay to Secretary Baker and sent to
conGress. He says Glass 1 should
provide mon for all military needs
OF the country and TO accomplish that
OBJECT he urges amendment of the
draft law SO as to provide that all
r7cni who have reached their 21st
birthday since June 5. 1917, shall
ce required to register for classifica-
tioa. Also In the interest OF fair dis
tribution OF the military burden he
proposes that the quotas OF States of
dkhtricts be determined hereafter on
tkIs basis OF the number of men in
Cless I and not upon population.
Available figures indicate. the re-
pert says. that there are 100000
physiciaiiy and otherwise qualified
men under the present regulation
who win be found in Class when
a. euestionnaires have been returned
And the classification period ends Feb
foory Is. To this the extension Of
Heciation to men becoming 21 since
-J@Has Of last year and thereafter
viii add 100000 effective men year.
= Glass 1 comprises: Single men with
bpk dependent relatives; married men
Who have habitually failed to support
their families; married men who are
dependent upon wives for support;
,rfon not usefully engaged and whose
families are supported by income in
depsndent OF their labor; unskilled
J6ym laborers: unskflled industrial Ia
5ofcrs: reeistrants by OF In respect Of
vhom no deferred classification is
6)airned or made: registrants who fail
q submit questionnaires and in re-
spect OF whom no deferred classifica-
uon Ia claimed or made; and all reg
tokfnnts not including any other Ill
vfdon OF the schedule.
q Narrowed down on the analysis Of
Ne nrvt draft made In the report. the
: >tlAn places upon unattached single
fAsh and married men with independ-
bnt Incomes most OF the weight of
t1isltAsy duty. for the aggregate num-
} bsfs OF men In other divisions OF
t.lAss is very small.
tsenerai Crowder finds that the
Hftt draft surpassed the highest oxpec-
Quon OF friends of the selective ser
uce. He pays high tribute not only
70 the thousands of civilians who
eAve ungrudsing service to making
thb plan success. but also to the
Eloh patriotism OF the American peo-
pts AZ a whole.
J"At the presidents CALL" he said,
All ranks OF the nation. reluctantly
esatering the war. nevertheless in
hantiy responded to the first call of
the nation with vigorous and un-
ssIhsh cooperation that submerged all
Individual interests in a single endeav-
OF toward the contamination OF the
national task. I take II that no great
national project was ever attempted
With 30 complete n reliance upon the
voluntary cooperation OF citizens for
~ execution. Certainly no such bur-
dsnsome and sacirnciai statue hal
svsr before been executed without a
great hierarchy OF officiais.
u, This law has been administered by
civilians whose Official relation lies
onsy In necessary powers with which
fhty are vested by the presidents
designation OF them TO perform the
duties that are laid upon them. They
have accomplished the task. They
made some mistakes. The system of
fers room for Improvement. but the
great things they were called upon
70 do they have done. The vaunted
ytflciency OF absolution OF which the
German empire stands as the avatar
can offer nothing to compare with II.
ft.remains the ultimate test and proof
OF the intrinsic political idea upon
which American institutions of dem
orracy and self-governrnent have
been based"