Evening star., 1918-01-16
SCHOOL TEACHERS 1
ASKED TO AID Draft
Requested by President to-
Prepare File of Occupations |
of Registrants. !
PROCLAMATION IS IssuEDs

President Wilson calls upon tAs
school teachers Of the nation to prs-
pare the great central card nle Of ths
nations 100000 registered men.
showing the War Department at .
glance the occupation Of any registered
man. The work Of carding 10 to D.
delegated to special volunteer assise-
ants. to be known AZ ~occupational asa
sistants."
Proclamation to Teachers.
In a special proclamation to teaoA--,
ers. calling upon them for voluntary
service, President Wilson says:
THE process of classification OF al
men within the field of selection 10 pre-
ceeding rapidly. 1t becomes necessary
to carry forward with this process the
making OF very complete index
which shall accurately locate any sps"
ctflcally qualified man among the TO-
600. 900 on our enrolment lists
The local boards are 30 overburoeoe0
with the work of classification that this
task cannot be put upon them. and yee
the necessities Of the nation REQUIRE
that it be performed with the greatsce
possible dispatch and accuracy. Tnio
duty can be performed best BY tho
teachers of the various communit1eos
Under authority conferred upon me ~
the selective service law I therefoSA
call upon all teachers to present theme
selves to the local boards having 1ur1oS
diction over the areas in which they re-
side for the purpose OF examining th4
questionnaires and filling out the indeN
cific instructions to be issued by thal
provost marshal general"
supt. Thurston In Charge Here.
Supt. Thurston of the local pubu0l
schools will be In charge OF the work
for the District. and has comploeo0
plans for securing the necessary num~
ants to card the $4,000 registered men %
the city at the eleven local boar0oS
Hundreds Of teachers will be available
IL that many are needed.
Local boards are in receipt Of ooW>
plete instructions from the War DepaFt<
ment as to the work which will be done
by the teachers under their Jurisdiction,
When the occupational index IL comS
country it will be forwarded to Washa
ington. with the result that when the
work is entirely completed there WIZ
be giant occupational file here.
When formed, the central card NE,
| will serve as a basis Of information to
be dispensed by the provost marshal
general to the local boards Of the
country whenever a requisition for
class of work" is made by the ad4
jutant general OF the Army under the;
selectfve service regulations
Will Save Vast Amount Of LaboN
BY the formation Of the csntral aie
| the searching through thousands OF
questionnaires every time skilled work.
( ers are called for will be dispensed
with.
At present the War Department muss
| wait until it gets man into canfeas
ment before 1t can get q line on hi0
plan the occupations Of all men called
for service will be known before the
men go to camp.
The reason for the list OF eighfys
seven occupations given in the quss..
tionnaires Is now seen. local board
officials believe, as II 10 men skilled In
the eighty-seven trades and occupoe
tions named who will be needed o0pe>
| cially by the Army.
Boards to Begin at Once.
Local boards are instructed to bssiH
trants as have been classified to dA&s
by carling regietrants classified In
class 1. all divisions; class e division D.
necessary skilled Industrial laboroG,
class 3, division K and L. necessary
highly specialized technical or me.
chanical expert of necessary Industrial
enterprise" and necessary assistant
or associate manager of necessary ins
dustrial enterprise" and class. 4, diviA
sion ID, necessary sole managing, oons
trolling or directing head Of necessary
industrial enterprise"
President Wilson. In his proclamaA4
ton pays tribute to citizens who hAy0l
to date aided in the draft, including
lawyers and physicians, and says thatj
he has no doubt that the teachers wilI
respond In the same manner