Evening star., 1918-07-22
One Large Board Likely Here.

faces its own problems. 1t IL within
the province of each board to ap-
point it's own board Of instruction
but 1t Is hardly thought that such
action will be taken. but that one
large board of instruction will be
appointed for the District.
Although the board of instruction Is
to be formed at the behest of the
provost marshal generals office pri-
marily for the benefit of class / men,
it is realized here that class / men
in the District are about used up.
dred colored registrants who yet re-
main uncalled from the 1917 regis
tration.
The chief work of any board of
instruction in the District. therefore
will lie with the class Of 1915" and
with subsequent registration Of twen-
ty-one-year-old men.
AS soon as such an organization is
perfected in the District the offlce of
the provost marshal general has df-
rected that an evening meeting Of all
the young men registered last June
be called. This would mean the COM
ing together of approximately $500
men.
All 1918 Men Summoned.
"As 1t is important to get in touch
possible moment it is further sug-
gested that the entire roster of 1915
men be summoned to this meeting
without waiting for the completion
Of the classification and the final des-
ignation of class l men," says the call
AS soon as the new registrants are
definitely assigned to classes. how
ever. the work of the board of in
struction would be confined to the
men placed in the initial class.
1t is surprising. an official of the
office of the provost marshal general
declared today. what ignorance exists
among city men as to life in an army
camp. Some registrants are said tc
fear being shot at sunrise" and are
plagued with other bugaboos Of a
similar nature.
A registrant may be approached In.
dividually. Perplexities may be cleared
up and encouraging suggestions made
and outdoor life. the chance of pro-
motion, etc.
These personal interviews, it is de-
clared. establish a relation between
ton and the drafted men which is OF
immense initial Importance, draft off,
cials declare.
Board Member Is "Friend."
The board member ''is a friend, the
one encouraging personality in a sys.
tenn which to many of them represents
only compulsion."
A local draft official, standing a,
Union station recently, remarked upon
this point, that he felt sure that some
of the registrants felt that they were
being forced into a service Of which
the compulsion featue nearly OBJ
liberated every other feature in theiz
minds.
What tremendous influence whole.
hearted, right-thinking successful
men of a community may have upon
the hearts and minds of these regis
trants can be imagined. when their
efforts are put to explaining to the
men just why they are being called to
the service of their country
The city of Cleveland, it is known
has been particularly successful in
influencing the morale of registrants
during the preinduction period Sc
successful have they been that re-
Gently, upon examining at camp two
equal number of selects, one from
Cleveland and another from another
city. only two whisky bottles were
found among the whole body OF
Cleveland selects. whereas more than
one hundred bottles were found on
the other selects. 1t is declared