Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-12
where found necessary.

You will, therefore, after having
taken such preliminary steps as may
be necessary to insure immediate ac-
tion and hearty cooperation on the
part of the government appeal agents
and members of legal advisory boards
issue instructions that they shall i'm
mediately proceed to a careful exam
nation of all the missionaries and
records in the classes of cases herein
after indicated and make such recon-
mendations to the local boards as
they may deem necessary in all cases
in which they are satisfied a reclassi-
fication should be made. They should
make complete investigation and if
necessary call upon the registrants
for additional information in all cas-
es which, in their judgment, require
further investigation. Local boards,
government appeal agents and men,
bers of legal advisory boards should
direct special attention to the follow
ing classes of cases: Class two, A and
B; class three, A, B, and C; class four
A. Thousands of registrants are now
in class four who should be in class
two or class one. Government appeal
agents must present all of the facts
a~scertained to the local board for the
purpose of obtaining quick action,
but should be instructed to appeal
every LAST where the classification
is not convincingly correct.
"The activities of local boards, ap-
peal agents and members of legal adj
visory boards are not limited to the
classes of cases above indicated; but
the same corrective measures should
be applied to all other cases of de-
ferred classification when the same
appears necessary.
"Local boards should set aside a
special week in June to be called
class n week, to conduct examina-
ton of doubtful cases. If the number
presented is large, the local board
should divide itself into committees
of one to conduct examinations and
the full board.
Classifcations should be %scientifi-
cally adjusted now so as to avoid the
necessity of proceeding to the defer
red classes. The remedy is yours to
Especial attention should be given
to the boards showing the lowest un-
explained percentages, but it is i'm
portant that correct procedure should
be applied where necessary in case
of boards showing unusually high
percentages of class one. Where
there are no apparent explanations
for such high percentages, you should
make inquiry of the proper boards
with a view to ~ascertaining whether
the boards have correctly applied the
regulations.
"Also instruct all local boards to
re-examine undel III, new standards
of physical examinat on now being
all doubtful CASES which may
have fallen into group B, group c
or group D, either undo; the original
examination by The boards or upon
rejection at camp, with the particu-
lar purpose of finding men physical
ly fit for general military service who
may have been placed in n of the
above mentioned groups and of re-
moving to group c as qualified for
and limited military service
such men as may heretofore be to-
tally rejected or placed in the defer
red remedial group.
SIN al! cases in which reclassifica-
ton is not made by the local boards
in accordance with the recommends
lions of the government, appeal
agents and the members of legal adj
visory boards, the government appeal
agent shall take al appeal to the dis
trict boards, which shall be instruct
ed by you to give precedence to all
appeals taken under these instruc-
tons.
Information concerning the re-
suits of revision and Reconsideration
should begin to reach you in a short
time, and evidence of activity by the
local boards and the appeal agents
and members of legal advisory boards
should appear in the substantial re-
cruiting of class one and in the grow
ing numbers of appeals to district
boards. Absence of such information
will probably be an Indication that
the work is not being performed as
promptly and actively as it should.
If you are unable to secure active CO.
operation please advise this office.