The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-01-10
SINGLE MEN ONLY
FOR NEW ARMIES
Those With Dependents VIII
Not Be Taken.
DRAFT LAW TO BE CHANGED
p,pvas Marsha, General, in Ex-
haustive Report Says Class !
Should Provi de Men For All
Military Needs OF Country.

Washington.-All men for the war
armies still to be raised by the United
States will come from Class l under
the new selsctive service plan. That
means the nations fighting Is to be
done by young men without families
dependent upon their labor support
and unskilled in necessary industrial
or agricultural work.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announces the new policy in an ex-
haustive report upon the operation OF
che selective draft law submitted to
Secretary Baker and sent TO Congress.
He says Glass / should provide men
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 men who have reached
their twenty-hrst birthday since June
6. 1917, shall be required to register
for classification. Also, in the inter-
est Of fair distribution of the military
burden, he proposes that the quotas OF
states or districts be determined here
after on the basis OF the number OF
men in Glass l and not upon popula-
tion.
100000 IN CLASS I.
Available figures indicate, the re-
port says, that there are 100000
physically and otherwise qualified men
under the present registration who
will be found in Class when all ques-
tionnaires have been returned and the
classification period ends February Is.
To this the extension OF registration
to men turning 21 since June OF last
year and thereafter will add 100000
effective men year.
Class / comprises:
Single men without dependent rela-
tives, married men who have habitu-
ally failed to support their families,
who are dependent upon wives for
support or not usefully engaged and
whose families are supported by In
comes independent OF their labor; un-
skilled farm laborers; unskilled In
dustriai laborers, registrants by or In
respect OF whom no deferred classif-
cation is claimed or made, registrants
who fail to submit QUESTIONABLE and
in respect OF whom no deferred classi-
icatlon is claimed or made. and all
registrants not included in any other
division of the schedule"
cRoWDER PRAISES PLAN.
narrowed down under the analysis
OF the first draft made In the report
the plan places upon unattached sin
gle men and married men with inde-
pendent incomes most Of the weight
OF military duty. for the aggregate
number Of men in the other division
OF Glass is very small.
General Crowder finds that the first
draft surpassed the highest expecta-
tions of the friends OF the selective
service idea. He pays high tribute,
not only to the thousands OF civilians
who gave ungrudging service to max.
ing the plan success, but also to
the high patriotism OF the American
people as whole.
"At the Presidents CALL" he says,
-all ranks OF the nation, reluctantly
entering the war, nevertheless In
stantly responded TO the first call OF
the nation with vigorous and un'
selfish cooperation that submerged
all individual interest in single en-
deavor toward the consummation OF
the national task. ] take 1t that nc
great national project was ever at
tempted with so complete reliance
upon the voluntary cooperation oi
citizens for its execution. Certainly
no such burden and sacrificial statute
ever had before been executed with
out a great heirachy OF officials.
"This law has been administered by
civilians whose official relations lit
only in necessary powers with which
they are vested by the Presidents
designation of them to perform The
duties that are laid upon them. They
have accomplished the task The,
have made some mistakes. The sys
tenn offers room for Improvement.