The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-07
WORKINGS OF
DRAFT BOARDS
TO Be PR0BEO
BY CR0WDER
Thousands of Men Now in
Class 4 Should Be in Class
and 2, Says Provost Mar
shall General.
LOCAL BOARD WILLING
(By Associated Pressl

4
WASHINGTON, June IA general
revision of classification under the
selective service act was started today
by Provost Marshal General Crowder
when he telegraphed to the governors
of all states ordering investigations 10
determine the reason for the smaii
number OF registrants In CLASS III
some localities.
The list of some boards show an
average far below the national aver
age of 2S.7 per cent. registrants IN
Class /. Some boards even nave ial-
len as low as 10 per cent.
Thousands Of men now in Class
should be put In Glasses ! and z, the
provost marshal said. The lnstruc-
tions also ordered Investigations 10
determine if any men who have peen
enormously put in the upper classes
when they should nave peen put III
those lower down.
Will Effect 100000
It is expected the rearrangement
will bring into class one more tnan
0O,000 men.
Cases where registrants were mar
ried after passage Of the draft act.
will be carefully considered and II
evidence warrants classifications IN
class /, boards will proceed to re-
classify them. Married men whose
wives have sustaining incomes, PROB
ably will be reclassified.
This office has reached the con-
clusion," said the provost marshal
general, "that corrective procedure
can be made most effective by revls-
ion by the local boards with the
hearty and active assistance OF gov
ernment appeal agents and members
of legal advisory boards.
"You will therefore issue instruc-
tions that they shall Immediately pro-
ceed to a careful, examination OF all
the missionaries and records in the
classes of ases herein after indicat-
ed and make such recommendations
to the local board as they deem neces-
sary. Local boards. government ap-
peal agents and members of legal ad-
visory board should direct special
attention to the following classes OF
cases:
"Class "a and B; Glass 3A, B and
C.; and Glass "A. Thousands of reg
istrants are now in Class who
should be in class or class l. Gov
ernment appeal agents should be in
structed to appeal every case when
the reclassification is not convincing
ly correct.
"The activities Of local boards, ap-
peal agents, and members of legal
advisory boards, is not limited to the
clas of cases above indicated. but
the same corrective measures should
be applied to all other cases if Of de-
ferred classification when the same
appears necessary.
Local boards. should set aside a
special week in June to be called class
/ week to conduct examinations OF
doubtful cases. Classifications should
be scientifically adjusted now so as
to avoid the necessity Of proceeding
to the deferred classes.
The remedy is yours to apply.
ut is important also that corrective
procedure should be applied where
necessary in case of boards showing
unusually high percentage of class /.
Where there are no apparent explana-
tions for such high percentages you
should make inquiries Of the proper
boards with view to ascertaining
whether the boards have correctly ap-
piled the regulations.
"Also instruct all local boards to re-
examine under the new standards of
physical examinations all doubtful
cases which may have fallen into
group 3. group C or group d with the
particular purpose of finding men
physically fit for general military
service who may have been placed In
one of the above mentioned groups
and of removing to group c as quail.
tied for special and limited military
service such men as may heretofore
have been totally rejected or placed
In the deferred remediable group