Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-22
RECORDS OF DRAFT BOARDS
hgH TO Be SEEN BY PUBLIC
observation-disclosures Issues Or
g. So ders to Members Cautioning
49, Care of Qucstionnaires.
MAKE NO ALTERATIONS

sNsASs MAKE NO ALTERATIONS
Honor OF Thousands of Men in
- Hands OF Local Boards. and Gov
Will See 1t Protccte d.
rgsNo' More Examinations.
sssEu!es of the most emphatic nature
Gesarding the preservation of all rec
aSSis IN the hands OF local boards were
S@tsasmltted yesterday by Adjutant-
: SaSneral Stern TO the local boards Of
,tsleG State. The procedure concerning
NE completion OF classification of the
sSAf9rds was sent TO the state officials
FT0m the provost ma rsha!- general.
.sshffnong the regulations are these: Pub
5AG;. access 10 records is withdrawn:
missionaries are no, to lie received
ssAfter December 9; no entries. ;tltera-
yipns or additions OF any sort arc to
befmade, and the records must be sealed
slR.sready for cali from authorities.
I 1tahASftast paragraph OF the bulletin
~ The proper and just administration
NiSthe war risk insurance act and OF
future pension las OF the country Will,
8tns many cases depend almost cXclu-
f$1yely upon data contained N these
SIecords,, which will likewise save a
Son and delinquency involving the
4pAsF Of thousands OF resIs,rants, In
aedition to the foregoing, it is from
these records that the history of this
S!rt must in good part be compiled, and
from them also must come information
9f the ultimate value as TO man power
tntcaSe of any future war. For these
teasons. It is Il matter OF the highest
Patriotic duty OF the part of the whole
board. from which no board member
Gappescape. TO see to il that these rec
sEds,.are kept absolutely true and in
fftThe rest of the bulletin reads:
In view of armisticc and the conse-
lnent temporary abatement of the I'M
mediate urgency OF complete claSSih
cation. local boards should complete
pftncipal work still remaining us fol-
.sLocal boards will Immediately col
Iect and transmit all data called for in
connection with the making OF the an
nual report. Local boards will. with
the least possible slackcnins of effort
samplete their classification work, as
teal rcgistrants OF both the nineteen
tolNthtrty-six and cighteen-year old
tons already given except the ply
{ sisal examinations which were ordered
discontinued as 10 all age groups in
boards will forward no more cases TO
be taken now to district boards
Sgds classification by district boards
has! naiss seased this oo, work OF initial
practically completed on or before No
Vember so, except for late registrnnts
and no late reSistrant shall be classi-
after December 9.
Local boards will accurately make
out and promptly submit AZ OF Novem-
ber 80 the first monthly report called
for in recent instructions. lnasmuch
aSnno furthet cases are to be forward
ed to district boards, for the purnosc
OF the monthly report. the class:ica-
tion.by the local board OF cases not so
forwarded shall be entered on said
molthly, report as f they had been
bnaLy classified. Local boards will be
caiieu upon TO submit a second month
,,y.rsport as OF December .; which is
Sppnaires are TO be received by the
7 local boards.
8,.s,Immediateiy upon the completion OF
4 rhsirs ella ssitcation work and the rem
9erinS OF the last Of the above reports,
Ih4ch must be not later than Deem
HsrI 10, the local board records, which
eminent OF the United States shall be
Sealed by the chairman OF the local
the records are filed and so sealed.
The records and cases shall be kept
sealed and intact subject to further
Nost ma rshal- Eeneral.
rsA1l papers and documents received
by local boards after the records are
nlainiy Endorsed or stamped with the
qatesof receipt. and lhen placed in a
seParate file and held until further
orders from the Governor or the pro-
v1st.nsa rshal:. general.
Local boards are further directed as
follows: Until further direction. no fur
TIER. entries or alterations or additions
Of any sort or kind or description shall
be made In records of resistrants of the
lEles5 and August -. 1915, save under
conditions and Instructions to be here
arer given by this office. Records of
ration belonging to the nineteen TO
thirty;siH and cighteen-year age groups
shall be made up and continued until
their Justification work is COMPLETED
but only and solely in accordance with
the normal procedure. after which no
niorE- entries alterations or additions
shall oe made therein save under con-
dittons and instructions TO be hereafter
given by this Office Under no circum-
withdraw or permit any one else to
Withdraw any papers whatever now in
the board files or hereafter placed in
PUBLIC NOT TO HAVE ACCESS
TO RECORDS OF BOARDS
After tho. receipt of this order no ac-
cess shall be given TO records Of local
sosrcr not board member or mem
bsg.of the clerical force specifically au-
sfherized thereto by the board, and no
given out except upon the written in
strnctions of the Governor or the pro-
&Iost- marsha!-ge generals office. The obli-
4ation OF the board 10 keep their rec
9nds intact and untouched is clear from
my recent instruction on this matter
the provisions Of paragraphs and 3
hereof are of urgent Importance and
are imperative.
sscrupulous observance Of the fore
going rules is essential in order tina
thGIrecords themselves shall not be
INFLATED and in order that the local
boards shall be protected against the
opportunities of rcgistrants and against
serious charges 10 which any other
course would lend color and might give
substance. The powers of the local
boards in dealing with this situation
h1ay be gathered from recent inStruc-
lions, concerning penalties attached to
alteration OF destruction Of
records.