The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-13
.REG|STRANTS TO Be RECLASS|F|ED
BY WAR DEPARTMENTS ORDER

The local selective draft board ha
received the following self-explana
tory order from Adjutant Genera
Moody, which will be of interest t
every man of draft age who registere
on June 5, 1917. The war department
plans to reclassify these men an
place a lot of those who were put il
classes two, three and four in class ]
More men are needed for immediat
military service, and it is hoped t.
secure several hundred thousand VIII
were placed in deferred classes, bu
should be in class l. The letter to tn,
local board follows. 1t should be reat
by every registrant, for it will meal
much to him:
State of Idaho,
Adjutant Generals Office,
Boise.
June 10, 1918.
To All Local Boards, Government Ap
peal Agents and Legal Advisory
Boards:
This office has telegraphic instruc-
tions from the Provost Marshal Gen
eral of which the following material
parts are transmitted for your direc-
tion, information and guidance:
ssNumber b-1236. When the new
quota bill, apportioning quotas on the
strength of Class 1 in the committee
and before the house for discussion,
the strongest argument made against
it was the charge of unfairness in
basing quotas on Glass because of
inequality Of the work of the boards
showing wide variance in strength of
Glass 1 among counties and other
jurisdictions where conditio MS were
substantially equal.
This argument was met by the
statement that the war department
proposed taking corrective procedure,
nation wide in its application, for the
purpose of removing this inequality
where it was not justified by unequal
conditions.
After conferences with representa-
tives of eight Of the states adjacent
to Washington, this office has reach
ed the conclusion that the corrective
procedure can be made most effective
by revision by the local board with
the hearty and active assistance of
government appeal agents and mem
bers of legal advisory boards.
You should Immediately instruct
<rouorpv,oo onroo1 onopfo orJ
manent members of legal advisory
boards to assist in the work of re-
examining the questionnaires and
other records along the lines herein
after stated.
You will, therefore, after having
taken such preliminary steps as may
be necessary to insure immediate ac-
tive and hearty cooperation on the
part Of government appeal agents
and members of legal advisory boards
issue instructions that they shall i'm
mediately proceed to a careful exam !
lnation Of all the questionnaires and
records in the classes of cases here
matter indicated and make such
to the local boards
as they may deem necessary in all |
cases in which they are satisfied
reclassification should be made. They |
should make complete investigation |
and if necessary call upon the regis
trants for additional information in
all cases which in their judgment re-
quire further investigation. Local
boards, government appeal agents
and members of legal advisory boards
should direct special attention to the
following classes of cases:
Glass la and B, Glass lila, B and
C and Class IVA. Thousands of
registrants are now in Class ~ who
should be in Class II or Class I. Gov
appeal agents must present
al of the facts ascertained to the
ocal board for the purpose of obtain
ng quick action, but should be in
structed to appeal every case where
he reclassification is not convincingly
correct.
The activities Of local boards, ap-
zeal agents and members of legal adj
1isory boards is not limited to the
classes Of cases above mentioned, but
he same corrective measures should
,e applied to all other cases of de-
erred classification when the same ]
appears necessary.
Local boards should set aside a
special week in June to be called J
Glass I Week" to conduct examina- ;
ions of doubtful cases. If the num- {