Emmons County record., 1918-09-19
KEGIsTRATI0N DAY.


tion as to their eligibility for military
duty. They are joining themselves
to the ten millions who registered
under the first selcctive draft. They
are the living performances of the
ipromise that the President made for
tmerica that force force to the very
limit would be used in beating down
forever She German menace to human
civilization and human freedom.
From these thirteen millions will be
selected those w'.io sls fittest to go
those who have 80 least binding ties
tn stay those vino may best b. cpared
| from the war work which ikose who
do not 20 must continue to push at
the highest pressure.
| The draft boards that have labor
cd SO long and patiently the country
over have on the whole demonstrated
their impartiality THAR patriotism
+o deal irst'y bv all reeistrants. Th"
results of tha first salect'v" dr"f'
-:ewod in thu mass were little short
Of marvellous.
| l. produced the material from which
larp. share of the American Expee
tionary Force has been welded-th'
| Army that has braced the muscles
end stiffened the resolution OF the Al
lies that has won smashing victories
wherever and whenever callsd upon
+ha+ has been straining at the leash
for +be word from Foch that today
cot ~ in +-;-mrhant motion against
+ho furnish horde.
The first selective draft produced
too the great reserve Army that has
: been training in camp and canton
ment and that is now going over at
the rate of a quarter million men
month To bear a hand in the hard
task that confronts US.
With such results the selective
draft system has approved itself. To-
DAVIS registrants have no cause for
| any of the uncertainties and misg'v-
;nes that naturally assaiied some OF
those who were called first. They
know that the system will winnow out
with the nearest approximation to ab
.olute justice that is humanity pos
.ible the men whose present duty II
ia to 20 "over thers." And men so
chosen will go with cheer full hearts
and courageous spirits to the dutie'
that await them.
Many of todey's registrants who IN
view Of their home relations or indus
rial importance ought not to go VIII
be- moved by the chivalry OF tse'r
i patriotism to waive all claims Of ex-
em,tions Provost Marshal General
Crowder rightly points out that it is
the duty of others-employers reia
It;ves or next friends-to make pro-
per claims for such man.
| In the complexity of their duties
draft boards will not be able to stud!
and analyze the questionnaires to sucl
an extant as to discover the just rea
sons for exemption that may exist IN
many cases., In this work they neec
the help that will be given by the
fling of claims in behalf Of regis
trants who mistakenly waive theil
own claims.
For Americas war needs are NO
all for soldiers. She needs worker!
and she needs the maintenance o.
Ihomes too for the dependent wives
and children. It is no patriotic ser
lvice for any rsgistrant to dis.ocat,
the conduct of an essential industr,
by eager acceptance of military ser
vice; it is no loyal duty performer TO,
any registrant whose family woult
be a burden that ought not to be lef
to other hands to march away to wa
or lack Of stating his reasons for re
mn'nine homa.
The point is that in deciding tn
nice question of where duty lies tn
registrant often needs the counsel o
Others and the submission of all tn
facts to the deciding authorities
The enidine nurpose Of the se'e"tiv
draft is to choose those who ought t
stay. This work is to be done justl,
and democratically. The registrar
should do everything in his power t
help the draft authorities to maxi, hi
own case the wise and right decision
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