The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-07-05
NON-ESSENTIALS;;
WORK OR FIGHT
ORDER GOES INTO EFFECT AS
SOON AS STATUS OF MEN HAS
BEEN DETERMINED.
caIlings Classified as to productive
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Are Silent on
Baseball Players, Though Crowder
Now Is Opposed to Game.
Glasses Are Defined.


The following classes are ex-
empted from provisions OF the
work or fight" order in instruc-
lions issued by Provost Marshal
General Crowder:
Managers, cooks, clerks, ETC.,
not engaged in actual serving OF
food or drink in public places.
Store executives, managers, super
intendents and heads of special
departments, travelling statesmen,
registered pharmacists, delivery
drivers and men doing heaVy
work. Chauffeurs, public and prl-
vate." Actual performers in le-
ultimate concerts, operas and the
atrical performances. The order
applies to the following non-essen-
tails: Bartenders, walters, etc., en-
gagged in serving food or drink.
Domestic servants. Passenger ele-
yator operators and attendants,
doormen. footmen, carriage open
ers and other attendants in CLUBS,
hotels, stores, apartment houses
office buildings and lighthouses,
including bellboys and porters not
engaged in heavy work. ~Ushers,
attendants and all other persons
engaged and occupied in games,
sports and amusements, except &C
tual performers in legitimate con-
certs. operas or theatrical per-
formances Sales clerks and och-
er clerks employed in stores, III
Guiding clerical forces. Automo-
bile statesmen in cities.
Washington.--Instru to draft
boards were issued by Provost mar
shall General Crowder explaining and
simplifying the work or fight order I'M
der which, after July l, all men OF
draft age, regardless Of their classln'
cation, must engage in employment
held to be productive or join the army.
when it has been determined per-
son of deferred classification Is an
idler or is engaged in non-productlve
service" says the instructions. the
classification and order number OF
esah person will be withdrawn ana ne
will be Immediately indicted into the
military service" Several specific ruL
ings are made as to the effect OF the
order upon certain classes named as
non productive. In the case of sports
and amusements the language OF the
order is repeated with emphasis, but
without mentioning professional base
ball, an expected announcement con-
cerning which had been awaited with
keen and widespread interest.
In making public the instructions
however, officials Of General CroWder
Office said baseball playing at pres
ent" is regarded as non-productlve,
though there will be no ruling until
an individual case has been appealed
from a local board Managers, COOKS
clerks and other employees not engaged
in the actual serving of food and drink
in public places are exempted from
the section declaring such service OF
food and drink non-productive. Store
executives, managers, superintendent
and heads of special departments, trav
cling statesmen, registered pharma
cists, delivery drivers and men doing
heavy work are not included among
the clerks and statesmen of mercantile
establishments classed as non-product'
i've. Chauffeurs, public and private,
are eliminated from the non-productive
class unless they engage in work held
to be non-productive in addition to
their mechanical duties.