Arizona republican., 1918-06-23
STATE COUNCIL HAS
 DIGEST OF WORK OR
 FIGHT REGULATIONS

With reference to the "work or fight order just promulgated by the provost marshal general, particular instruc- tons concerning the enforcement and application of that order have been sent to every county council of defense Tn Arizona by the state council of de- fense.
 The county councils are called upon to render all possible assistance which IS expected to put every idle man in the state to work or into the army, either for unlimited or qualified ser vice. The instructions to the county councils are as follows:
 In an order recently issued by Pro- vost Marshal General E. H. Crowder, he says, Every man in the draft must do effective work or fi0ht." This order becomes effective July 1, 1918. All local draft boards have been sent full instructions and are re~~onrible for the enforcement of this order The | Council of National Defense calls upon you through your county and commun- | lty councils to render all possible as- sistance to the local draft boards in enforcing this order by bringing to their attention all idlers and all men in the non- useful occupations as specified by General Crowder in this new order, copy of which you can get from your | local board.
 This order states 'Tt shall hereafter | be the duty of all persons connected with the administration of the select i've service law and regulations, and of all citizens, to report to the nearest To- cal board all facts which may come to their knowledge concerning registrants who are idle or who are engaged in any occupation or employment defined and described in these regulations or any amendments thereof as non-pro- ductive occupations or emnloyments."
 This new ruling affects all drafted men in Classes I, II, III, ". who are now idle or engaged ill non- productive employment. It also states that all registrants engaged as follows are to be considered by local and district boards as engaged in non productive occupations or employments: | (a) Persons engaged in the
 serving of food and drink, or either, II in public places, including hotels
 and social clubs;
 (b) Passenger elevator oper-
 ators and attendants; and door
 men, footmen, carriage openers and
 other attendants in clubs, hotels,
 stores, apartment houses, office
 buildings, and bathhouses;
 (c) Persons, including ushers
 and other attendants engaged and
 occupied in and in connection with games, sports, and amUsements,
 excepting actual performers in e-
 gltlmate concerts, operas, or theat- rical performances;
 (d) Persons employed in domes- tic service:
 Gel Sales clerks and other clerks employed in stores and other
 mercantile establishments" Local boards will examine regis. trant in the usual manner if he has not already been so examined, and il he is found physically qualified. induct him forthwith into military service 1T the usual manner as though his class and order number had been reached | the local board has no open call fol men of his qualifications for military
 service, it shall place him in Class and assign him an order number whicl will insure his inducton into military service on the next call for men O his qualifications made on such loca board"
 Very truly yours, DWIGHT B. HEARD. Chairman CHARLES R. GREEN, Secretary