Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-08
Local Selective Boards Make Good Showing in Report
 of Men in Class One.
INEQUALITIES TO BE
 STRAIGHTENED OUT
CrOwder'S Order Will Cause Reclas. sifying of Draft Lists All Over the COunt1y-Many Show
 Low Average.

While many of the local boards in Arkansas have fallen far below the 2S.1 per cent average which General CroWder has held as proper percent age of registrants that should be in class one, the two Jefferson county boards stand well above this figure. Board Mo- has 39 per cent of it's reg istrants in class one, while board No. ? has 34 per cent. The highest average in the state ;s Phillips coun- ty' with AS per cent.
 The provost marshal general has ordered "a re-eXamination Of ques- tionaires by all local boards in order to correct inequalities in classifica- tion. Those falling below B per cent will be required to place more men in class one, whle those showing too large a number in the first class will be called upon to correct any inequalities which exist because of such a condition. The average for the state is about 29 per cent As both the local boards are very close to the B per cent desired there will be little change in their classifcatio
 Arkansas Ranks Low
 Arkansas ranks 23rd in the percent age of men in Class 1, according to statement issued Thursday after noon by Adjutant England, and is led by every Southern State except Flori- da.
 In order to remedy this condition, General England has asked all local boards to keep themselves informed as to the status of all registrants in deferred classifications. In order to do this local boards can force the registrant' to give an account of his status, they may request local polce officers or the appeal agent to make report as to the status of such registrants, or they may summons witnesses to testify thereto as is pres cribed in the military regulations. General England has instructed To- cal boards that whenever registrant may deserve reclassification because he is engaged in industrial or agri- cultural work, they must report all facts in the case together with a recommendation to the district board General Englan&ss Instructions in part are:
 England's Order
 "Board members should thoroughly investigate every report reaching them wherein it is charged that any
 registrant has obtained deferred clas sification either through error, fraud or misrepresentation Boards shall
 proceed to re-eXamine all registrants placed in limited service, Group c. Nearly every board in the State has registrants to whom deferred classi fication was granted by the district board when the local board knowing all the facts in the case. is fully O! the opinion that such registrant is not entitled to deferred classification Write, the district board giving all the facts and asking that a rehearins of the case be granted. In case such re-hearing is granted the local boarc should be prepared to shown by sworn evidence why the registrant is not entitled to deferred classification" The rank of the States in the per centages of fighting men in. Class follows in the order given: '' Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania Ohio, Texas, Missouri, Wisconsin. To wa. (Min-Ytscta, Michigan, Virginia Louisiana, Kentucky. Tennessee. Mas sachusetts. Indiana. New Jersev. Okla honla. Alabama. North Carolina Georgia Mississipni, Arkansas, Kan sas. West Virginia. South Carolina California. South Dakota. Nebraska Maryland Montana Florida. Wash ington. Connecticut. Colorado. Ore
 con. Maine. North Dakota. Idaho
 Rhode Island, Wyoming.' New Hanop shire. District of Columbia. New Mexico. Utah Vermont, Delaware
 Arizona, Nevada.