The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-11
DEWSES PLAN
TO SPEED DRAF 7
Charts to Be Sent to Every
State Showing its
Standing
THREE BOARDS
FINISH TASKS
They Have Classified All Men Regis
tered Sept. IL, Put Glass l Men
Through Physical Examination and
Forwarded Data to Washington.

WASHINGTON, Oct. ll.-After one
more quota of registered men between q
and 81 years of age is sent to camps and
environments, the war department will
begin drawing on the men between the
ages of 10 and 20, and 80 and SO inclusive.
The original intention of starting to the
camps by the middle of October the first
quota of those who registered September
II has been abandoned on account of the
influenza.
The general staff recently ordered
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
cancel temporarily what was practically
the last call for men under the old draft
ages. As a result of this order, which
was made necessary by the prevalence
of influenza in the camps, $4,000 men
who would now be in training have had
to wait.
When the general staff lifts the ban
these $4,000 will be the first to entrain.
The next quota of men will come from
the latest registration as Glass under
the old registration will be practically
exhausted then.
In order that the classification and
physical examination of all men regis
tered on September II may be speeded
/ up and no check in the flow of men to
the camps be possible Gen. Crowder has
devised speed contest among the vari-
Gus state and local boards. Three boards
4 have already completed their task. They
have classified all of the men registered,
/ have put the Class | men through the
physical examination and have forward
ed all of the data to the Provost Marshal
General. Two of the boards are in Okla
homa and one in Iowa.
! Charts have been sent to each state
containing the names of all local boards
/ in the state with seven spaces marked
off after the name. In these spaces the
progress of the work of each board is
constantly kept up to date. The first
three spaces indicate respectively 30, 90
and 90 per cent completion of classified
ton of the registered men, and the fourth
space when filled indicates that the par
ticular board has completed classification
and forwarded to the district board al
cases requiring such reference.
The last three spaces indicate respec
lively 80. 90 and 80 per cent completion
of the physical examination of Glass
men, None of these spaces can be filled
of course until the first four spaces are
blocked in through classification of al
registrants
These charts are at each state head
quarters and the daily progress of al
: the local boards in the state kept in it
Information of the status of each boarC
is wired to all of the rest SO that th
board by filling in its chart can see jus
how it stands in the race
In addition to this each state head
quarters has been supplied with char
: designed to show just where each stat
! as whole stands in classification ant
examination of its registrants. Eacl
state communicates with Gen. Crowde
its own standing and every other stat
is notified of it.
On the master chart at the office o
the Provost Marshal General New Yor
thus far has made sorry showing. No
single board out of the 354 in tn
. state has yet reported even its classif
cation 30 per cent complete. Connect
cut with forty four local boards is in tn
same situation.
!. New Jersey shows that out of 10
E local boards one board had complete
S classification of its registrants, one hs
t this classification 80 per cent completes
t two have it 90 per cent completed an
!. seven have their registrants 80 per Ger
C completed