Evening star., 1918-07-06
CLASS | T0HAVE
PHYSICAL TESTS
August War Calls, for Which
Preparations Are Made, to
Break Record.

Immediate physical examination of
all men In class 1. especially men OF
the class of 1918 and those who have
gone into the initial class through
recla ssiflcation, was ordered today by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Making ready for August calls the
provost marshal general today direct
ed local boards throughout the nation
Ito have class l available for Au-
gust calls" The boards also are
directed to send out notices to appear
for physical examination to all regis
trants Of the second registration who
have been finally placed in class l.
These notices are to be mailed i'm.
mediately following the mailing OF
notifications to the twenty-one-year-
the primary group.
August Calls Largest.
with every evidence that the calls
next month will be the largest for
any single month in the history Of the
selective service, the directions for
immediate examinations ito have
class 1 available for August calls" is
taken to. indicate the determination OF
tional Army cantonments busy places
this summer and fall
All questionnaires mailed to District
registrants of June last will be
returned to local boards by Monday.
when classification will begin at once.
physical examinations will be held.
There is to be no waiting for COM
plete classification Of the $500 new
registrants, however. The office of
the provost marshal general directs
that boards shall continue to examine
registrants physically as soon as they
have finally been placed In class l..
until all registrants of the second reg
istration in class l have been physi-
cally examined.
Motion pictures are included in the
list of productive occupations, in a
ruling made today by the Office Of the
provost marshal general in regard
fight" order.
1t is left to local boards. however,
to determine whether or not any In
dividual motion picture operator in
a motion picture thsater is to be re-
garded as skilled person necessary
to such production. performance or
presentation"
Musicians who are actual perform
ers are included in the productive list.
according to today's ruling.
District Boards to Decide.
All orders made by local boards in
the enforcement OF the work or
light" regulation. however. are sub
tect to the final decision of district
boards.
Local boards of the country were
instructed by Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder today to use common
sense In putting men in class ! who
have waived exemptions in deferred
Recently local boards have been in
the habit of imediately "chucking" .
man into class / who came before It
and said he was willing to waive his
right to exemption to go into the
S.y}y ~ you can go into tn. Navy you
The boards are Instructed not to
proceed too harshly In this matter.
LEGAL boards of the city were In
structed today by Maj: Donovan. di-
rector of the draft. to have ready the
following number Of white regis
Humphreys, Accotink, Va, July 1t:
Board No. 1, 10 men; No. 2, - men
No. 3, 8 men; No. 4. 8 men, No. s. 10
men; No. s, IL men; No. Z, men; No.
s, II men; No. 8, 8 men; No. 10, 10
men, and No. II. 5 men.
Instructions from the provost mar
shall general call for the entrainment
be ginning July IS. The local draft
authorities are endeavoring to obtairi
permission from the commanding Of
ficer at Camp Humphreys for the en-
trainment of the entire number in
one day.