Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-07
can't Enlist in Navy.


Washington, June Provost
Marshal General Crowder announced
today that the class of 1918 regis
trants- will not be allowed to enlist in
the navy or marine corps, and that
no voluntary inductions will be grant
ed until order and serial numbers
have been assigned. After numbers
are. assigned registrants may enlist
II they retain certificates from their
local. boards stating that they are
not within the boards current quota.
will Bring 10000 Men.
1t is expected that the rearrange-
ment will bring into class ono moro
than 100000 men.
Cases where registrants were mar
ried after passage of the draft act,
will be- carefully considered and IL
evidence warrants classification in
class one. boards will proceed to re-
classify them. Married men whose
wives have sustaining incomes prob
ably will be re-classified. ~ q.
This office has reached the ,scon-
cludon," said the provost aTshal
general. that corrective Sprecsedurs
can be made most effective by re-
vision by the local board with. the
hearty and active assistance sof gov
ernment appeal agents and members
Of legal boards,
you. will therefore issue instruc-
tions that they shall Immediately
all the questionnairesi and records in
the classes Of cases hereinafter indt-
Gated; and make such recommends
tions to the local boards as they may
deem necessary. Local board, gov
ernment appeal agents and members
Of legal advisory boards should di-
rect special attention to the following
l. ~ 40 etrNa' T.,
iClass -. A and B; cia
land C.,s and ,class:4 "A. Thousands. oS
kEeEistxNnts are now IN, class 4 who
IshOd1d sbe Ia class-a2 or ca4S Gov
(ernment appeal agents should be In
structen: to appeal every case whore
the rec1assification is not convincing
ly correct. =. - ga .,a
.'':.rhe activities Of local boards, ap-
neM agents and members of legal ad-
J ,sory board is not limited to the
s..asses: of cases above Indicated but
the same corrective measure should
be applied to all other cases Of defer
red classification when the same ap-
pears necessary. ST.
Special Week Designed.
Local boards should set aside a
special week in June to be called
class one week to conduct examina-
tons Of doubtful cases. Classification
GhQuld be scientifically adjusted now
10 as to avoid the necessity Of pros
ceedtng to the deferred classes. The
remedy is yours to apply
1T is important also that correc-
tive procedure should be applied
where necessary in case Of boards
showing unusually high percentages
Of class one. Where there are no
apparent examinations for such high
percentages you should make inquiry
Of the proper boards with view to
ascertaining whether the boards have
correctly applied the regulations
Also instruct all local boards to re-
examine under the new standards of
physical examination now being L.
sued all doubtful cases which may
have fallen into group B, group c or
group: D with the particular. purpose
Of finding men physically fit for gem
eraf military service who may have
been placed in one Of the above-men-
toned groups and Of removing to
group c, as qualified for special and
limited military service. such men as
may heretofore have been totally re-
jected or placed in the deferred
remediable group" ..1
1 ~ 80.