The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-11-29
LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS
Will CLOSE BUSINESS
Activities to Cease December 9Th Soon
Data Tor Governments Use, Contains Soldiers
Insurance Information.

Insurance
Books and records of all local draft
boards in Montana will be closed De-
cember and the boards will shortly
thereafter cease to function.
The records will be sealed and held
by the chairman of the board subject
to the further orders of Governor
Stewart or Provost Marshal General
Crowder.
Adjutant General Greenan saws in
his bulletin to the boards, the data
contained in these records will be the
dependence of the government in the
proper and just administration of the
war risk insurance act and of future
pension laws of the country.
vitality Important Data.
These records will likewise have a
vital relationship to charges of de-
sertion and delinquency involving the
honor of thousands of registrants.
In addition to this it is from these
records that the history of the war
must in good part be compiled and
from them also must come informa
tion of the greatest value as to man
power in case of any further war.
Physical examination, induction
work and classification by district
boards has ceased so it is expected
the initial classification by local
boards may be practically completed
before November 80.
Keep Hands Off.
After the receipt of the order is
sued recently no access shall be Civ
en- to records of local boards on the
part of any person whatsoever not a
board member, or member of the
clerical force specifically authorized
by the board. The records must be
kept intact and untouched.
The orders of the provost marshal
which were sent out in the form of a
bulletin by the adjutant general, are
of such Importance that they are of
interest not only to the boards but to
the registrants and public generally.
The bulletin follows:
Speed up the Work.
"Act l, section L. Local boards
will Immediately collect and transmit
all data called for in connection with
the making of the annual report.
"Section 2.-Local boards will, with
the least possible slackening of effort
on account of the annual report work,
complete their classification work, as
to all registrants of both the 19 to
36 and 18-year groups in accordance
with instructions already given except
the physical examinations which were
ordered discontinued as to all age
groups. Local boards will forward
no more cases to district boards. No
more appeals will be taken now to
district boards. It is anticipated that
since physical examination, induction
work and classification by district
boards has ceased, this work of ini-
tial classification by local boards may
be practically completed on or before
November 30, except for late regis
trans and no late registrant shall be
classified whose questionnaire is re-
ceived after December 9.
No More Questionnaires.
"Section 3.-Local boards will ac-
curately make out and promptly sub
nit as of November 30 the first
monthly report called for in recent
instructions. Inasmuch as no further
cases are to be forwarded to district
boards, for the purposes of the month
ly report the classification by the To-
cal board of the cases not so for
warded shall be entered on said month
ly report as if they had been finally
classified. Local boards will be cal
led upon to submit section monthly
report as of December 9, which is the
date after which no further question
naires are to be received by the local
boards.
"Section 4.-Immediately upon COM
pletion of their classification work and
the rendering of the last of the above
reports, which must not be later than
December 10, the local board records
which are public records of the fed
eral government of the United States,
shall be sealed by the chairman of the
local board by sealing up the cases in
which the records are filed, and so
sealed, the records and cases shall be
kept sealed and intact subject to fur
ther orders from the governor or the
provost marshal general.
"Section 5.-All papers and docu-
ments received by local boards after
the records are so sealed, shall be first
clearly and plainly endorsed or stamp
ed with the date of receipt, and then
placed in a separate file and held
until further orders from the COVER
nor or the provost marshal general.
No Further Entries.
"Art. II. Local boards are further