The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-11
REC|STRANTS
OF RICHMOND
SOON TO Be
RE.CLASSED
Richmond Must Increase the
Number of Men in Class
One by Two Per Cent,
Says Carr.
TOO MANY IN CLASS 4

A general re-classification of all
Richmond men registered for army
service will be begun soon by the
Richmond selective service board.
Too many Richmond and Wayne
county men have been granted de-
ferred classification according to a
letter received by the board from the
state conscription agent.
Enough of these men can be re-
classified and placed in Class l to
bring Indiana up to the national
standard. is the opinion expressed by
Major Robert G. Baltzell, state ma
uonal army agent, in a letter to the
board.
The work of reclassifying the men
must be completed this month, and
the Richmond board will set aside a
certain week for this work During
this week all of the questionnaires of
men placed In deferred classification
will be examined and many will be
moved up to Glass 1. 1t is also
thought that many men now In Glass
probably will be placed in Glass 2.
Order 10 General.
Each board in the state, 124 in all,
has been ordered to reclassify their
registrants, the order originating from
the office of the provost marshal
general at Washington
According to the national figures
2S.7 per cent Of the total number of
men registered last year have been
placed in Class 1. Indiana placed
only % per cent in Glass I, and the
Washington authorities insist that the
Hoosier state be brought up to the
national standard.
Richmond will have to increase the
number of men in the first class by
about two per cent, Chairman Carr
said.
Some of the local boards In the
state. according to Major Baltzell,
have but 10 per cent OF their total in
Class !. and this fact. he says, Gre
ates a hardship on local districts
where the percentage is high.
Glasses are Given.
The classes from which more men
are to be obtained for Class / follow:
Glass 2-(A) Married men with chill
dren or father OF motherless children,
where such wife or children or such
motherless children are not mainly
dependent upon his la Dor for support
for the reason that there are other
reasonably certain sources Of adequate
support Excluding earnings or poss-
ible earnings from the labor of the
wife). available, and that the removal
OF the registrant will not deprive such
dependents Of support.
Glass 2-(B) Married man, without
children, whose wife. although the
registrant is engaged in a useful oc-
cupation. is not mainly dependent
upon his labor for. support, for the
rea son that the wife is skilled in some
special class Of work which she is
physically able to perform and in
which she is employed or in which
there Is an immediate opening for her
under conditions that will enable her
to support herself decently and with
out suffering or hardship.
Class 3-(A) Man with dependent
children (not his own). but toward
whom he stands in relation OF aren't.
Class 3-(B) Man with dependent
aged or infirm parents.
Glass 3-(C) Man with dependent
helpless brothers or sisters.
Glass 4-(A) Man whose wife or
his labor for support.
Il fully appreciate the great work
you have done in making the classi-
fication." wrote Maj. Baltzell, land
know that your work was done con-
scientiously. and it was well done.
However some registrants may have
been given deferred classifications by
the district board when conditions
have changed to such an extent that
an entirely new classification is
necessary at this time.
81 am writing your government ap-
peal agent and legal advisory board to
hold a conference with your board and
decide upon the method of procedure.
A re-eXamination under new exam
ination rules is asked for certain men
rejected because of physical disability.
They may be used later for special or
limited service.