Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-09
RECLAsSIFICATIoN FOR DRAFT.

Announcement by the government that men in the next selective draft for the Uni ted States army will be classified and induct- ed into service according to physical con dition. and that they shall be subject to examination before local boards for classi- fication, Is frank admission by those in charge of the national army that many men were inducted in the first draft who were unfit for service, and who, after being taken to camp were discharged for physi- cal deficiency That the government has profited from the experience of the first draft, is also seen in the announcement
 From Arizona many men suffering with tuberculosis and other ailments which ren- dered them absolutely unfit for service, were sent to Camp Funston Here these men were forced to undergo the same rigors as healthy soldiers of the national army Later their condition was discovered, they were given special medical examinations, and after much delay and waiting, were sent back to their homes Other states, without exception, suffered the same loss of men.
 Whether these exceptions were through carelessness, ncomPetency or misconstruc- ton of instructions by local boards and ex- aminers, or whether they were due to strict rules of the draft makes little difference now. It is sufficient that the government should lose the men discharged, the rail road fare and rations; and that the men should have to give up employment, sacri, flee business and in other ways suffer hard ships which often were reflected in already impaired health.
 When the government discovered these mistakes, specialists were sent out to every part of the country to confer with local ex- emption boards and examining physicians The result has been, that doubtful cases are now thoroughly investigated by physi- clans, and that definite instructions which will prevent to large extent repetition of past errors, have been issued Men will be classed in one of four divisions, as an nounced in The Review of yesterday morn ing, and those whose health will permit their employment in only special or limited capacity will be in the third of these class- fcations
 Men inducted into the service from the second class under the new regulations, will be those acceptable for general mili- tary service after being cured of remedial defects. The effect of this classification will be two-fold: drafting of men exempted under the old regulations for various minor ailments after correction of the defects, and a general improvement in the health of the country male population.
 On whole, the United States is adjust ing itself rapidly and easily to the many problems with which it has been confront ed since the declaration of war The com plex machinery of the draft is but one of the difficulties with which Washington has had to cope, but the manner in which the national army has been raised and the les sons learned in the first draft have i'm proved the means employed, simplified the work, and eliminated distressing effects of earlier endeavor. As result, few men will be returned from the camps when the sec ond draft Is called and few will suffer in- conveniences of business or health, through mistakes or misconstructions of the regula- tions