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regulations, and was primarily re-
sponsible for the formulation of the
regulations for the first draft. In
Tcidentally Colonel Warren has writ
ten many of the congressional stat
utes which has been enacted into
law in connection with the draft.
Colonel Warren was on two occa-
sions before becoming an aide to
General Crowder attorney for the
United States in international ar
bitrations. Once, during the fisher
les dispute with Canada, he held
the attention of The Hague tribunal
with an argument six days long.
At an earlier date he was one of
the lawyers appointed by the pres
ident to argue the case of the United
States before the joint high tri-
Ounal created to adjudicate claims
OF Great Britain against the United
States arising out of the Boring
sea seal fisheries controversy. Rob
ert Lansing, now secretary of state,
was also of counsel in that matter
In addition to his career in the field
Of international law, Colonel War
rem has developed financial ca
reer. He is heavily interested in
large industrial enterprises and
banks in Detroit, his home city, and
has found time to be president of
the Detroit Chamber of Commerce
before he dropped his private ac-
tivities to join General Crowder's
machine for downing the Hun His
varied experience in law, business
and finance has naturally been an
invaluable asset in laying out and
administering the draft
Colonel J. II. W:gmore-most
lawyers will instantly think of
''Wigmore on Evidence" in this con-
nection-was dean Of Northwestern
University law school and author
of several recognized volumes on
legal lore when the draft organiz
alton took him. Colonel ]. S Els
by-Smith, a Washington attorney
with a supreme court practice, came
to the staff because of his success
full work at the head of the Dis
trict of Columbia draft board He
exemplifies another practice Gen
eral Crowder has developed, that
of picking up an executive who has
been particularly successful with
the draft in his own locality, and
bringing him into headquarters.
Major J. r Clark, also of Wash
ington, d. c.. formerly solicitor for
the state department, has been
newly added to the department. as
office adjutant The executive med
ical provisions of the draft are now
under the direction of Colonel F. R
Keefer, regular army officer, who
heads the medical division
Lieutenant Colonel Grant Trent.
who sat on the Philippine islands
supreme bench several years, and
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Fair
hanks, a New England attorney,
gives special attention to the di-
gest of draft cases appealed to the
president. Lieutenant Colonel Ros-
cOe s COnklin. a relative of the
famed New York senator and politi-
cal leader. is now particularly
charged with classification ones
ticns for tho whole of the draft
within tho United States. because
h proved na~ticuIarly successful
in getting through emcreercv or
ganizat'on in New York City Lien
tenant Colonel H. G. Kramer. now
heading an inspection division,
came in after a success in New Jer-
sew as agent for the adtutant gem
eraI of that state in similar duty.
Endless tables of figures and sta
tistics have to be marshaled to keep
the stream of men flowing into can
tonments. and for this work Gen
eral Crowder imported Major II. E
Stephenson, late efficiency expert
with the Pennsylvania railroad.
For his personal military aide Gen
eral Crowder has Major J. Barry
King of Oklahoma.