The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-06
FIRST men OF
1S TO As DRAFT
co IN OCTOBER
General Crowder Makes Pub
lie n lew Work or Fight
QUESTIONABLE.
BY A. s. henning
In CHICAGO Tribune.

In Chicago Tribune.
! WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.-With the
announcement OF speeding up pro-
gram designed to place in the training
camps before the end Of October the
first continsents Of the new draft reg
istrants, Is to As years old, Provost
Marshal General Crowder made pub
lie today the new draft QUESTIONABLE.
BY consulting the definitions OF clas-
sifcation with which the QUESTIONABLE
Is prefaced the registrant may ascer-
tain in what group Of men he Is likely
to be called to the colors.
The QUESTIONABLE which will be
filled out by registrants Immediately
after registration day does not diner
in any essential particular from the
one used for preceding registrants. 1t
provides the same Ave classes Of regis
trants. but a new class Is added at the
bottom of the list to include conscien-
tious directors.
10 Your Work Essential?
Amendments OF the draft law con-
tanned in the 10 to As act designed to
cover cases Of men Of the advanced
ages have brought about changes in
the provisions OF the QUESTIONABLE
for claims Of deferred classification
on grounds Of industrial occupation.
One question registrants will be
called upon to answer IS:
Are you engaged in an industrial
enterprise necessary (a) to the main
tenance of the military establishment
or CO. to the effective operation of the
military forces or (c) to the mainte-
nance Of national interest during the
emergency"
Must Show Right to Exemption.
II the answer is mo" 1t will not be
necessary to answer any further ques-
lions. II deferred classification is
claimed on occupational grounds the
registrant will be asked In what re-
spect he claims the occupation is
essential.
II was first thought the question
naire would be amended to charge
draft boards with the duty ut passing
upon the question Of deferred classii-
cation, without requiring the regis
trants to specifically make such claim,
but this was abandoned, and the men
from 81 to As. as we'll as the boys from
Is to 81, will be required to answer
the question:
DO you claim exemption or deferred
classification in respect to the regis
division Of each class and each class
in which you claim you should be
classified"
Drawing Early In October
The draft drawing will be held ap-
proximately twenty days after regis
tration, or about Oct 2. Classification
Of the registrants will begin at once,
to obtain the first IS to As men needed
to fill the October draft call. A 100
day drive will be launched to complete
the classification Of the entire 13,000,-
600 registrants by Jan. l, 1919.
President Wilson will fix age groups
to be classified first
The 10 and 20 year men probably
will form one Of the groups to provide
men for the October call, because the
task Of classifying these men will be
lighter than in the case OF men of the
advanced ages. On account Of the de-
lays expected in classifying men of
the advanced ages from 35 to 45, it i,
hardly likely many men from this
class will be called for several months.
Outlines Registration Plans.
Gen. Crowder outlined today the
plans for registering and classifying
the new IS to As draft class as follows:
Registrars in the $500 local boards
in the United States will make re-
ports to the adjutant general Of their
states at the close Of the registration
September II. These reports will be
compiled for each state by the adju-
tants general and reported to Wash
ington, giving totals of registrants in
each state not later than Saturday.
Local boards will begin at once to
assign serial numbers to the regis
trants, mailing these cards with serial
numbers affixed to the adjutant gen
eral Of the state. Not more than ten
days will be allotted to this task.
which must be completed, with the
registration cards in the mails, before
the date for the drawing can be fixed
Will Rush Questionnaires.
The next step is the delivery by
local boards of questionnaires to regis
trants. Formerly per cent day OF
these questionnaires was sent out I'M
til the list was completed. The per
cent limitation is now removed and
they will be sent out as speedily as
possible
Registrars will be encouraged to
aid the speed up program by return
ing their missionaries. properly FL
ed out as soon as possible. Legal ad-
visory boards in every community will
be formed to aid registrants in filling
out their questionnaires. Registrars
will be urged not to take advantage Of
the seven days given them by law in
which to return their questionnaires
but to fill them out at once.
In former registrations the ques-
tionnaires have not been sent out I'M