Evening star., 1918-09-14
ASKS STHELAWYERS
TO AID DRAFT MEN
Justin N. chamberIin Points
to Value Of Help in Fill \
ing Questionnaires.
NUMBER OF REelsTRANTs


An members Of the legal profession in
were appealed to today by
Justin Morrill, Chamberlin, chairman Of
the legal. advisory board, to volunteer
their services in helping approximately
q, 900 registrants of Thursdays listing
to I'LL up their questionnaries, begin
ming some time next week.
On a day to be set by Provost Mar
sha1 General Crowder questionnaires
will be sent out by local draft boards
of the nation to all registrants OF
Thursdays registration in the nine-
teen and twenty-year-old groups and
the thfrty.two to thirty-six-year-ol
groups.
Exactly 21.1es men of these ages
were registered in the District. and
these Will be the first men to get
qusstionnaires. In addition to these
there were registered 249 twenty-one-
age group from twenty-five to thirty
one years, inclusive. It ID most prob.
able that all these men will be sent
questionnaifes at onoe. Thus the
eleven local boards will mail on one
day 21,6S1 Questionnairss.
Heavy Task Ahead.
The great task Of mailing the ques-
tionnaires. with all tho attendant
clerical work necessary. ana the sub
sequent filling out of the extensive
documents by the reaistrants, is q
great task, il is realized, but one
which all concerned. officials and
rssistrants alike. are determined to
Every lawyer In the District IL
called upon by Chairman Chamberlain
Of the legal advisory board to volun-
teer his services to help the 1851
rsgistfAnts who will receive the ques-
tionnairss first. There are. Mr..
members Of the District Bar Associa-
ton, Of which he is president. This
number will be inadequate to handle
the work. There are in the city about
1000 members Of the legal profess
sion. It is estimated. and these all are
called upon to volunteer their serv.
ices in helping the registrants.
The magnitude Of the work before
the registrants, local boards and the
lawyers. may be seen from q COM
parison Of this task with the pre-
vious job Of filling out question
naires. Last vi winter the .sar,.,,t aSsssion- on.
$4,000 registrants. but they went to
but per cent Of the total q day. Thus
the job was spread over several
months.
This time nearly as large . num-
Der ct rsssstsanss str viii get the d9ca
several months for the lawyers to
give free advice, there win be but
seven days for them and the regis
trants to work.
Job for the Attorneys.
During those seven days lawyers
must render yeUrnan service. 20 that
every QUESTIONABLE may be filled out
fully and properly. and be in the
end Of seven days, exclusive Of Sun.
days and legal holidays.
Plans perfected for the establish.
.ment OF legal advisory stations
throushout the city call for the use Of
police stations. These, being widely
widespread service as could any ioca-
tion. Local boards themselves will
not be used as oentsrs this time, a.
they were last year, since the boards
have a multitude Of work on hand
ana none Of the ofRcss could begin to
accommodate its share Of the $1,000
registrants.
The police stations viii have on
hand every night, It Is planned, q
corps of lawyers thofoukkly verSed in
the intrioaeies Of the questionnaires.
Central Station Proposed.
In addition to these stations whicf,
will be open at night only, It is plan
ned to establish q large central sta
tion on the second floor Of the Public
Library. This station will open 1T 10
night as we'll.
A station probably will be estab-
lished in the new Central High School.
This station wilt handle registrants
from Columbia Heights and Mount
Pleasant.
A station will be established at the
Mty post office and one In the Hrnsrv
building. Other stations Will be- nut
in as the demand for them arises.
All this work, Mr.. Chamber1in
pointed out today win take auiok
work on the part Of all ooncefn Cd,
and especially will It tslfs. the deter.
united legal legal profsasaon Of the
uty.
Meeting Abandoned.
The meeting Of the legal advisory
board scheduled for Monday night al
the Georgetown Law school has been
called of, on account Of the unoer.
tainty Of the date Of the mailing of
the qtestionnaifes. In1m ediAte1y the
date 10 announced offieia1ly BY Gen,
CrUwder, Mr.. Chambeflin said, he viii
call q meeting Of all volunteers, 80
that the questiornaires may be gone
over and working arrangements
made.
schedules and assignments will have
til1teers for the various legal advisory
tentsfs.
It IL hoped to have available, also,
nAifss every lawyers ofice in the
to 70 and secure aid.
1nls for British Subjects.
Subjects Of Great Britain. including
Canadians. between the ages Of
twenty And forty.four, who regis.
October Is, iS1s, to join military
forces Of Great Britain, under the
terms Of the reciprocal treaties be-
twesn the United States and Great
Britain and Canada, Provost MARSHAL
General Crowder announced today.
Draft ohlcia1s have been notified
not to, send these rssistrants ques-
tionnaires or to order their fnvotun-
tary induction into the service Until
after this date. RegistrAntS eighteen,
nineteen or fofty-hve years Of age
can bs fnduetsd into the service at
once. providine they have taken out