Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-26
GENERAL LOGAN BELIEVES SOME
or CLASS 2 MEN WILL BE
CALLED THIS SUMMER.
ALL OF NEW REolsTRANTs
WILL aE EXHAUSTED
LOGAN Sending to Draft Boards Out
line Of Plan Adopted in Clinton
County to Discourage Rs9istrants
From Asking For Deferred CLASH.
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Specia! TO Ttmes-Repub,ican.
Des Moines, June zs.-As an aid IN
the work Of reciassifying registrants
Adjutant General Logan is sending out
to local draft boards plan which was
tried out successfully IN Clinton. The
board there published the names Of
men in classes .. and 1. This caused
some OF the big employers TO withdraw
their claims for deferred classification
for their men and also brought a mum :
Der Of men into class voluntarily, it
is reported.
The publicity given TO this list o.:
names caused storm Of protests the
government appeal agent, W. E. Hayes,
wrote General Logan. However, many
deferred claims were withdrawn.
The same policy carried out foT
Class 5 and especially where mothers
are claiming support from sons brings
e wonderful amount Of evidence and
will result in great pany changes in
classification in Clinton" he continues.
The same process is also being
persued for Class 2 men where men
have wives who are working. The
local board has designated groups OF
four lawyers each and special findings
are being made by these men on each
case II will take some time but the
boards recognize the necessity for quick
action and is proceeding as rapidly as
possible.
TT Is indeed surprising that when
mems names are published as being
granted deferred classification and their
netghb<ors and friends and public in
general begin talking how quickly they
desire 10 get in the game"
AStS=:Sat General Logan states that
he Is IN receipt Of information to the
effect tina. the August call for men will
be heavy and that they probably viii
those recently registered, but Class 2
VIII be drafted also.
He reports that the number OF men
in Class after the reciass.scaeion Will
be about 30 per cent OF tho original
number OF class men and added TO
this Win Be the men registered June 5.
There were II 600 IN the june regis
tration.
Order In Glass;.
Establishment Of I've classes for the
regtstrants. fixing relative liability for
service. VIII make Thursdays drawing
of far less importance even to the men
directly concerned than was that of a
year ago. The order in which a regis
trant's number L. drawn Thursday viii
determine only his place In the class
to which he win be assigned, whereas
the first drawing was to fx the regis
trant's place IN order Of his call for
service Assignment Of regstrant to
Class / Is practically certain to entail
his early cali to the colors II he is
physically At, and, II he is given de-
ferred Classification, his position IN the
other classes is OF little moment.
Read Numbers Aloud.
Attaches Of the provost marshal gen
erals staff probably Will be used to
draw the capsules as was the case last
year. AS soon AZ a capsule Is selected
II will be handed to another at,ache
who will open Il and read aloud the
number 1t contains,
A most careful cross checking Of the
numbers will be made IN order that
there may be no mistake. Each num-
Der as ii Is withdrawn from the bowl
will be written in order upon a large
blackboard placed IN full view Of all in
the room. When It has been filed. this
board win be photographed for g per-
manent record. Each local board viii
be furnished with an official report of
the order IN which the numbers ap-
peared SO that they will be able to
make UP liability lists for their dis
tricts. Preparation OF such lists. how
ever, will be postponed until the new
registrants have returned their ques-
ttonnaires which are now being dis
tributed. Seven days have been allowed
for filing out and returning these
doc.Iuerfa