The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-01-04

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 unteer But in Advance of Order of
 Liability, If Not They VII Be Taken l in Order, According to New lnstruc 1 tions.
 | The standing list of the old draft will be practically wiped out and or l der of liability will be eliminated by l the government where it conflicts with the requirements of the nation, according to highly important instruc- tions from the provost marshal gen. | eral, received by the local board this week.
 Skilled men who may be needed by the nation will be asked for by the adjutant general and his request will be sent to the provost marshal gen. i eral. The latter will prorate the re- quest among the various states, which will then send the demand through it's local boards and men will be pick ed out of the questionnaires even to the fourth class, and the need of the nation presented to them. If they consent to meet the need they will be sent first. Those who do not con- sent to go, will be sent in the order of their liability.
 The order is expected to prevent waste of skilled labor and highly spe- cialized men in the rank and file of the regiments. In this way every man will continue his trade in the army. It applies to industrial and agricul- tural workers and any other trades that the government requires.
 Others in the draft will be absorbed into the new classification and there will be no new draft on the regular state quota until February 15. | Text of instructions
 The instructions received this week follow:
 Il Practically all the records of the | first draft are now. on file in the of fees of the district boards. In ac- cordance with the plan of the new | offices of record, it will be necessary as soon as it can be done without in terferring with the present rush, for the district board to return to the local boards their record under the new draft Records of men who have returned questionnaires should be filed with their questionnaires, and other record should be filed con- veniently and preserved"
 This is taken to mean that the work of the district board is elimi-
 
 mated.
 '1t has been decided" continued the instructions, that there will be no more formal calls for deferred per centages of the present quota before February 15 While boards should, until they have enough men finally classified in class one, send forward promptly men selected under the old regulations, to make up deficiencies in calls already made, the result of this decision will be that we shall be able to- give the benefit of the new classification system to all men whose order number are so late as to place them within the deferred percent ages of the present call.
 Calls will, however, be made very shortly under the provision of Sec, tion 449 for the special class of men there mentioned. For the sake of composing the public mind and for the convenience of registrants, this infor nation ought to be given wide dissent nation.
 "Under the provisions of Section Il S. s. R., the secretary of war author izes duly accredited representatives of the public health service of the United States and of the Council oi National Defense to inspect physica examination records of registrants al such times and under such circum stances as will not interfere with the process of classification. Such repre- sentatives must present letter or eel tificate from the Surgeon General o | the Public Service or from the Medi
 ral Section, Council of National De fense. attesting their authority tt
 rerresent the Public Health of tht ] Council of National Defense" Section 149 of the new regulation: referred to concerns the induction in to military service of technical ani other exDerts and of registrants high ly skilled and in some special line O work. I tstates:
 ''The deferred classification of ex nerts and men highly skilled in in dustry or agriculture is intended tc
 rrevent the waste incidental to in | duction into military service of mer whose special qualifications render
 them more valuable to the nationa interest in some other capacity. There are, however, circumstances in which the need of the military es tablishment for men expert or highly skilled is such that the national in terest is better served by inductine such men into military service than leaving them engagd in industry ol agriculture. In such circumstances neither deferred classification on the ground of engagement in industry oI agriculture nor the order number heretofore assigned by lot can be per mitted to defer the call of such men into military service. Where there is need for the services of men expert or highly skilled in any special class of work, the Adiutant General of the army shall make requisition on the Provost Marshal General for the mum Der and class of men needed. ''Thereupon the Provost Marshal General shall call upon the governor of one or more of the several states for such number of the total required l,,,.d IL,