Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-07

< 0ion--to be used in classifying draft ell
( gfbles between the, ages of eighteen and
forty-hve years who will register next
Thursday have just been receive hy
the local boards in this city.
Seven new subdivisions are lrcorup",
ated In the new auestionnsires. az
them having heen created to oyerc''
dimculties that arose over claims by
previous registrants.
Glass / has been augmented with two
new subdivisions. namely, T. and +, to
care for unnecessary and unskilled farm
and industrial labor. Essential employees
remain in class 2. as heretofore. The new
labor subdivisions are:
"Ciass 1.E--Unskilled or not neces-
sAry farm labor"
-Class 1-F-Unskilled or not necessary
Industrial labor"
Police In Glass 3-E
To provide deferred classification
for policemen and firemen. as recently
4 ordered by Provost Marshal General
Crowder, the new questonnaires place
these registrants in Glass 3. subdivision
+. This new division applies only to
4 experienced persons. 1t reads:
'Class 3-E-Highly trained fireman or
policeman in service of municipality
In the previous questionnaire, It was
necessary that a fireman, to get into
!. Class 3, be at least three years in the
I, service of a municipality" The change
eliminates entirely any particular term
Of service
Glass 5, under the new questionable,
!. has four new subdivisions. They pro-
= vide deferred classification for the theo-
logical, medical or surgical students !;
subjects and citizens of the allied coun-
Z tries enrolled in the armed forces of
their respective countries; alien enc
mics discharged from the United States
service. and neutrals who have with
drawn intentions Of becoming citizens
os the United States
s To Register 100000 In State
It Is estimated at State draft head.
quarters that 100000 persons will be
y registered. Preparations are being made
to classify the men so that they will
furnish the draft quotas to be called In
s October. -
"P1ans have been made for the large
Industrial establishments. especially
those engaged in munitions, to have the
men registered in the works. so that
z they will not have to suspend on Thurs
day" said Major W. G. Murdock, State
draft executive. today. But the great
est care must be taken to see that the
cards are sent to the proper local boards
after the registration"
s To accomplish the new registration in
Z Pennsylvania there will be required
more than 100000 pieces of paper
million and a quarter questionnaires
Z alone being needed. while 100000 reg
.istration cards and 1,500. 900 certificates
will be shipped. The State already has
yclose to 100000 select men in the SER
vice and has thousands engaged in ship
& building. making munitions. mining ag-
riculture and other pursuits. who will
register. ...
Call for Registrars a-'.-. ..
Unless more registrars are found in
this city. the plan to expedite the regis
tration by using all the polling places
cannot be carried. out. =. .-.....a,s -.a
This was indicated today as draft
4 eoafds continued to seek volunteers for
I Ne work
The county commissioners today sen,
eat q letter to the proprietors OF al
Dofling places requesting that they fur.
& H1sh these places without expecting pay
In this connection, the Ninth Divi
don, which embraces the Fifteenth
Ward, has made an excellent showing
"A week ago. officers of this division SEN
ouestionnaires to the forty-four polling
plDce proprietors In the division. -askins
ttem to give their places without pay
I, xhe response was unanimous. All tn.
1egistrars in this division also agreed
+ - serve without pay.
should Claim Exemption ..
General Crowder has made an an
4 ppuncement that men who, for patriot !.
xnotives and persona! pride, do not CLAIM
exemption despite the fact that they ar,
eDie supporters Of families or engaged
& y essential work, viii interfere with this
draft machinery,
Local boards, in deciding classifica
ticns, will be guided to a great exten
i ~ the yes or mo" answer to th
question Of whether exemption or de
ferxed classification is claimed, wbicl
Apoears on the first page of the queg
tionnaire.
n-No" win be construed as mesnln,
tnnf the registrant Is a class IA man,
Local boards, IN serving notice tina
= father with two soldier sons will b
G&nied exemption on the grounds tina
~ wife is dependent. base their stan
o. the fact that the combined alloi
\ r3snts OF the trio would give the wifi
& ~ mother an adequate sum on whic
~ Hupport herself, --..