The Washington herald., 1918-09-11
DRAFT GROUPS
ARRANGED BY
GEN. CR0WDER
First Call Group Boys Over
Nineteen, Men Under
Thirty-seven,
RESERVE IS PROVIDED
Boys Of Eighteen and Men
Over Thirty-seven for
the Last Call.

Eighteen year old boys ana men
81 years and older. will not be called
on the next draft. They must regis
ter on September II with all others
between the ages of is and 4S. except
those who have already registered,
and men now in the service, but they
will not Immediately receive ques-
tionaires, nor be Immediately classi-
fled.
IL is now the plan that they will
not be called TO the colors until
Class 1 of the group registering be-
tween the ages of % and Is inclusive.
and 10 and 20 has been exhausted.
Then Class of the older group and
the IS year men will be called. but
by that time the Is year registrants
will probably have passed 10 years.
These facts were announced yes
terday by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. The establishment Of these
two groups was decided on. first, to
take the most effective man power
available for fighting at once. and,
second, to speed the operations of
the draft.
Cite Causes For Order.
With a total rsgistration expected
of over 1900. 600 men the task be-
fore the draft boards to complete
the registration and classification
within the time before which men
must be moving to training camps
seemed wellnigh hopeless. Then the
General Staff was of. the opinion
that in the thirties the fighting
power of a man wanes rapidly.
On both of these grounds a separ-
alton OF the new registrants into
two general groups, without in any
way affecting the classification al
ready established seemed best.
Just what man power they will
produce is not exactly estimated.
The previous figures on the estimat-
ed man power expected from the
registration of men from 80 to As
was 60f,000. Boys of IS to 20 in
elusive were expected to supply
about 5000. 900 soldiers. Withdraw
! ing the 1S-year youths from this
will materially reduce these figures.
Just what further withdrawal from
overseas movement will come from
the students training camps in the
| colleges is not known as the plan is
not yet complete and final an
nouncement is still withheld. there
4 ptitt8 VI oc-
tween the Provost Marshall Geheral,
the General STAFF and the colleges
themselves. However, the outside
number authorized for these camps
is but 10000 in 400 schools.
Appeals to Employers.
Gen. Crowder yesterday reiterat-
ed the necessity for making claims
! for deferred classification The
registrant may make such a claim
| his employer or business associate
or the local draft board may see the
! necessity or the advisory board may
discover the necessity in going over
| the QUESTIONABLE and make the claim
for him, but Gen. Crowder points
out that it is impossible for the To-
| cal boards to burden themselves
with the duty of searching all the
questionnaires on this point.
The Provost Marshal Genera
makes an appeal to ell employers
to search their forces and see just
what men are essential. They
should equip themselves with full
information as to what extent their
employees are affected by the liza,
bility of registrants to military
service; the extent to which Other
influences of depletion have affect
ed it (such as volunteering ant
transfer of labor to war or othel
more highly paid industries); the
degree in which other methods o.
supply can relieve the depletion
| (such as the substitution of WON
en) and they should lay these fact!
before the advisory boards so thai
those groups or individuals who ar,
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