The Monticellonian., 1918-10-18
DRAFT MACHINERY
 WORKS SMOOTHLY
GENERAL cRoWDER AND ASSIST ANTS ARE HAVING LITTLE
 TROUBLE THIS TIME.
MEN RESPOND CHEERFULLY
War Draws Attention to the Fact That Thousands of Citizens of Alien Birth Do Not Understand the Eng fish Language.
By ARTHUR w DUNN.

By ARTHUR w. DUNN.
 NaShington.-General Crowder and ms assistants in the provost marshars oiiice are having less difficulty in put tIhg the new draft in operation than they anticipated. Experience with the nlSt dfaft has been of great benefit. me machinery is in good working or uer ana the men of tie country have responded creditably to this demand upon them for more man power. One feature has been added which is ex- pecIed 10 be of great assistance. This IS the creation of legal advisory poaras to aid the local boards In the determination of questions arising un- der the draft law. It Is expected that the advice of the legal boards will save lot of time at this end of the line.
 Probably the most gratifying cir cGmstance in connection with the new draft is the cheerful response of the men. The provost marshal general does not expect as much difficulty in regard to Slackers as in the first draft. The whole country has grown more patriotic as the war has progressed.
 War has taught the lesson that more attention should be given to immi- grants in the future. When 1t Is found that thousands upon thousands of men Of alien birth but who have become American citizens and been drafted into the army, are get unable to under stand the language of the country, it means that there has been faulty sys- tom somewhere. These men could not understand the orders given them, nor did they understand why they were called into military service. Hereaf- tel 1t would be well to see that immi- grants are taught the English lan- guage. or at least that they should be compelled to learn it when they be- come citizens. It might be we'll also to see to it that the aliens living in this country should become citizens, or leave it. We have found much too large alien population as q result of the draft law.
 Congressman Walsh of Massachu- setts, who has made himself uap0pu- 1a- with the members who want to print everything under the sun In the Congressional Record, and at the same time populariZed himself with those who would like to see less waste in government printing, made strong plea in the house for saving paper and printing bills. He showed that while the government was trying to curtail the use of paper, it was at the same time wasting paper in many ways. Congressman Mapes of Michigan in- teriected remark to the effect that the government printing office work this year would cost $12,000000, while many bureaus go outside and get a great amount of printing done by con tract.
 Because somewhere in the neighbor- hood of 25 ,0OO physicians have wholly or partially withdrawn from private practice to engage in war work, the public health service has appealed to our people to remember that taking care of themselves is one way of ex- pressing patriotism. One-thlrd of the men registered under the first draft were rejected for physical disability and in majority of these cases the cause of rejection was some easily preventable or curable defect.
 Besides making things hum at tht producing end, the government is urg ing firemen in factories and large buildings to aid in avoiding any repe tition of last years uncomfortable coa shortage. According to Van Fl. Man nirg. director of the bureau of mines 45. .O00 O0O tons of coal can be saved yearly by proper building and adjust ment of fires, and this without the as sistance of any miraculous agencies Anything that will save 45,000,000 ton. of coal for the United States is doing good deal more than its bit in these war times.
 Probably the most astounding thin the Germans of higher intelligenc have encountered is the manne in which this country has gon into war. They never believed it wa possible for the United States to mobil ize, equip, train, ship and put into tn fighting lines anything like an army Just why they could not hark back t Civil war days and see how divides nation raised two armies of great fight ing material is mystery. The Ger mans have made other errors. Ffrs 1 they did not believe this country woul go to war; and second they did not be lieve we could put an army in Europe.
 They had some reason to believe W would not go to war for the pacifis sentiment was very strong. Then tn Germans were misled by the pro-Gel ! man element in this country. The believed that the Germans in the Unit ed States would have nerve enough t revolt and counteract the efforts 0 this country to be effective on the sid of the allies. They had reason to CT certain such ideas, but events shoY i how mistaken they were. If there cor 1 tinues to be firm idea to fight to
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