Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
BOARDS WILL LOOK
UP CLASSIFICATION
Thought False AffIdayits Have Put
Hundreds of Men In Glasses
Lower Than Correct,
MEN NEEDED FOR HARVEST
Tulsa County Itcglstrants WIN Not
BE Sent Cntil After Crops Arc
~ Gathered and Cared for.

| After the June calls there viii be
/ less than 1000 class one men In Ok
| lahoma and the majority OF these
Will be registrants with physical dc
fects that unfit them for general
military service.
| This report was brought back
| from the office OF Adjutant General
/ Gipson by Lewis Cline, secretary of
: the local board, who had a confer
ence with the adjutant general Fri
! day
| There are now less than 30 class
one reglstrants in oklahoma CITY
and about 25 In MuskOseo. Tulsa
will send the remainder Of it's class
one men to camp some time be-
tween June "a and 20.
Cline's request for deferred classi-
fication for county rogistrants now
on farms was denied by Gipson. Mr..
Cline stated yesterday, after confer
ence5 with other members of the
board, that reEistrants needed on
farms for the harvesting Of wheat,
oats and other small grains would
not be sent until the harvest was
over.
This position caused the adjutant
general to warn Cline that he and
other members of the board would
get In bad with the government"
but Mr.. Cline holds to the opinion
that the provost marshal Will not
censure the board for trying to take
care OF the crops Of Tulsa county.
Experienced Help Needed.
/ one boy working on his own or
his fathers farm Is worth half II
dozen hired hands and particularly
| the hired hands that will be avail
able, who for the most part know
| nothing about farming,
The boys are ready 10 go and
willing to go, but We viii not let
them go until the wheat Is harvested
and partly thrCshed."
Work was started yesterday by the
board to repexamine all question
nHlres with Il view OF finding class
one men In other classes, There
are possibly many who have slipped
into classes below class one by false
statements OF dependency and all
questionnaires will be carefully ex-
amined. In this way 1t is hoped that
the board will be able to fill it's call
OF 80 men, to leave June "a, with
out coming to open rebellion with
the adjutant generals orders. If
this cannot be avoided, the board
members are satisfied to refuse to
send the men and accept the conse-
quences.
Qucstionnaircs Rc-Examincd
The government has protested tho
deferred classification OF all men
married since April lS. 1917. and
cxarsination Of the questionnaires of
! all these men has begun. 1t Is
! thought that this action will pro-
duce about fifty class one regis
trants. Many dependency claims
are declared to be without sufficient
reasons to back them up and a re-
examination of questionnaires is ex-
pected to yield many men for class
one.
AS an example. a registrant was
sent to camp a few days ago. after
being moved from class three to
one. His QUESTIONABLE stated that
he was supporting his father. 81
years old Investigation showed that
his father was working and making
something like ss5 a month.
There are said to bo many simi
lar claims. s5
More Powers for Boards.
II is also understood that after
| the first of next month, the local
exemption boards of the country
VIII be given wider powers and that
| the government may give them au'
! thorlty over all men between the
ages OF Is and so years, The board
will then see 10 it that every ono
under its control goes into some
essential work or goes to war.
The authority to order the police
powers of the state to summon and
execute commands of the board Will
be included in this blanket vest
ment of authority, and it is expected
in this way to greatly reduce the
number of slackors and fill the ship
yards and munition plants with men
now engaged in unnecessary work.