The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-06-06
GREAT WORK PERFORMED
BY OUR LOCAL BOARDS.

One year ago oc Cured the
first registration for military pur.
poses Of the young manhood OF
the nation. Ten million men res
poned in q single day. This ac-
complishment was nothing short
of marvellous. The tast of utiliz-
ing this enormous force seemed
unbelievable. But the work of
classification of this great mass
of man power in such a way as
to permit of its j or
ganization and moulding into
an effective army was en-
trusted to forty six hundred and
sixty three Local Boards and one
hundred fifty six District boards
constituting force of nearly fiji
teen thousand of the leading cit
liens of every community, who
assisted in their work by more
than one hundred thousand
equally patriotic volunteers,
have performed a work that chal-
lenges the attention and excites
the admiration of all our people.
Well may we pause today,
while another million of our
youths enter the lists, and sur
vey the results of the years
work. Each registrant has been
examined and his availability for
military service has been deter
mined. In other words, these mil
lions of men have been classified
in such a manner that the nation
may now call for them to come
forward into the army. No call
can be so large that will not be
filled Immediately, whether the
number be such as may be filled
by those who have been found to
stand in the first rank of availa-
bles, or so great that men stand
ing in the second, third or fourth
ranks of availability must go for
ward. In other words all these
millions of men, who one year
ago were an inert mass, have be-
come mobile army. Each has
found his place and each in his
proper turn has marched, or
awaits the order to march.
These results could not have
been accomplished except
through the devoted and unself-
ish labor of patriots. The Local
and District Boards have scored
an unprecedented triumph and
have earned the undying graft
tude of the nation. Their achieve
ment is one of the great success
es of the war. They have already
sent into camp. including those
under orders for June mobiliza-
ton, an army of more than a
million and a half men. They
have already produced as
soldiers one man out of every
six registrants and the world
stands in profound astonish-
ment as it views this accomplish
ment.
Statistically stated, the Local
Boards have sent and are send
ing their registrants to camp in
the following numbers: Septem-
Der General, 296, 678; October
General, 1853, GA; November
General, IS, 721; December Gen.
eral, 20,32O; Total furnished to
January 1, 1918, SIG, 1868; Janu-
airy Specialist, 1904 General,
Fl, 264; Total. %, 288; February,
General, 1852; Specialists,
5,1O7; Total, 83,779; March
General, 121 915; Specialists.
1859. Total. 1872. 484; April
General, 166. 343; School. 1884;
Specialists. 700; Total. ia. 377;
May General, 345, 1862; School,
10, It's, Specialists, 17,026;
Total, 373, O63; Total furnished to
June l, 1913. 1908, 354; June
General, 252, 468; Schools, Is, 073
Specialists, 1888; Total 292, 354;
a grand total of 1856, 780.
Compensated poorly, if at all.
except by the gratitude and af-
lection of their neighbors and of
the nation at large the Boards
have labored necessarily through
the enervating heat of last sum-
mer only to find a still greater
task awaiting their unceasing
devotion through out the rigors
of the following winter. Having
accomplished the classification,
they found them selves confront
ed with the mobilization of mill
lions of men and accurately and
promptly they have performed
and are performing this labor.
Much work yet remains. Today
the new men of twenty one are
being registered and must be
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