Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-12
QUEST|0NNA|RESIN
. 37-45 AGES CEASE
Order Comes as Surprise,
Following First Statement
Ia. on Draft Calls.
OTHER RULINGS MADE

QUESTIONABLE work for District reg
seven and forty-five years was sus-
pended to day. following receipt Of
a telegram sent out last night by
Provost Marshal General Crowder by
order of the Secretary Of War.
The order came as surprise to To-
cal draft officials today. since the or
der of yesterday suspending all draft
calls had stated the orderly proc
esses of classification. physical exam
ination and other activities Of the Sc
lective draft will not be affected or
interrupted"
Questionnaires as Souvenirs.
Those District registrants between
the ages of thirty-seven and forty
five years who have received ques-
tionnaires need not I'LL them out and
may keep them as souvenirs. if they
desire.
Although no official statement was
Forthcoming. such registrants are adj
vised unofficially not to destroy the
draft blanks. but to keep them at
their homes. or return them to their
respective local boards.
Legal Advisers Excused.
Chairman Justin Morrill, Chamherlin
Of the legal advisory board, which
aided registrants with the question
naires. today called Off all sittings of
legal advisers at the various stations
around the city. He instructed the
lawyers to advise registrants who
called upon them today with Ques-
tionnaires to tell the men to return
them to their local boards.
BY order of Secretary Baker. Gen.
no. hNo I'd
the earliest appropriate moment to is
sue questionnaires to all registrants
who were eighteen years old on Sep
TENDER IL, 1918. Further orders will
be issued later covering the matter of
sending questionnaires to and CLASH
flying the eighteen-year-ol regis
trants," the telegram OF instructions
stated. Local officials. therefore be
lieve that Gen. CroWder will later Sc,
q specific date for sending out ques-
tionnaires to the eighteen-year-olds.
1887 Classification Continues.
Boards are directed to continue to
sibie the classiscat'on Of all -e~'s
trants who on September IL had at
tanned their nineteenth anu hau not
attained their tn ~
day. There are many boards through
out the United States where this
work has not neared completion,
alb is practically. finished in
examinations of the nine
teen to thirty-six year old group ere
will co~tinue as r~'"' ""' 80
trants who have received cards noti-
flying them to appear for examination
should do as directed.
Draft Workers Praised.
In entering" said Mr.. Bakers or
der to Gen. Crowder, upon what
seems, in view of the mighty events
of the day. to be the final work of This
character to be done by the selectiye
service system. ] extend to the men,
bers of that system my personal con-
gratulations upon their truly great
achievements of the past year and
acknowledgements that have taxed to
the utmost the time, the ability and
the endurance of all those engaged in
the work, and that have furnished the
Army. to which in large measure must
be given the credit for saving to the
world both civilization and govern
ment by the people.
ITO you. members Of that system,
must come a sense of duty well done
which loyalty. patriotism and devo
tlon such as yours can bring. The
country and the world knows that it
owes to you a debt of thanks and
gratitude which cannot be maasnr.
by words. but only by the affection,
the respect and the esteem. now yours
OF those among whom you live and
from whom you have taken that
which was beyond price,"