The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-30
MEMBERS OF DRAFT
BOARDS TO Be PAID
Men Who Heretofore Have Work
ed Hard For Nothing Will Get
Compensation For Services

The chairman and members Of all the
local draft boards in the Territory Of
Hawaii are to receive compensation
for their services, based on the mum
hcr Of rcgistrants within the jurisdrr
tIon of each board, according to "a
dio instructions received yesterday hv
Capt. II. Cooling Field, sclrrtivr draft
officer, from Provost Marshal General
Crowdcr.
For more than year the members
Of the boards have been volunteers. ap
pointed to their positions by the Pres
idPnt following Recommendation madr
to the provost marshal general hy TIA"
Governor and draft officer. The mcm
hcrs have worked hard and consistent
~, giving up much of their time anI
dcVoting nights ms well as DAYS TO the
work. The work has been irving and
not unmixrd with criticisms, which the
board members have received in silence
ms rule, although much Of the crit
irism was unjustifed.
Have Worked Hard
They have conducted the rCgistrn
tions Of Phgihles for military service,
established Offices and stats; classified
the rPgistrants and rccIassifcd mauv
of these over again; have worked upon
official papers at their homes in order
to save and gain time; given up Sun
days and nights in order to do the
public s business, but as it was all fer
Uncle Sam and in the interest Of twin
the war;, their time and services were
given chPerfully.
General Crowder, in a message to
Captain Field, says:
You may announce to all local
boards that the following plan Of com
pensatiOn to local boards has been
adopted and that regulations and in
structions will be issued in the near
future.
Rate Of Payment
"For all services over and above
classification and registration between
March |, and June 30, 1918, two dol
lars to each local board for each reg.
istrant indicted into service during
said period and accepted in camp,
which will be payable one dollar to
each board member per each man he
indicted, or otherwise distributed
among board members in accordance
with detailed instructions to issue.
"For services rendered between July
| and August 81, 1918, in addition to
the existing allowance of thirty cents
per questionable finally classified, and
in addition to per diam for registra
ton, the same compensation as above
stated, namely three dollars to each
board for each registrant indicted and
accepted at camp between July | and
Anui1Qt ri nn,lnr thn ruIns nj
conditions as expressed in foregoing
one.
"On and after September, 1918, all
pre- existing regulations concerning
compensation of local boards will cease
to be effective, and from and after
September |, 1918, such board mem.
bers will be paid a compensation of
one dollar per hour not to exceed ten
dollars per day, or two hundred per
month for any board member; the max
imum compensation allowable per
board to be graduated according to
the number Of registrants in the jul
risdiction of the respective boards, the
scale beginning with small boards Of
one thousand regstrants, or undrr
which boards may receive a MAXIMUM
compensation of one hundred fifty dol
lars per month per board or httN dol
lars per month per member; the top
scale being boards with seven thou.
sand registrants and over, which may
receive a maximum compensation of
six hundred dollars per month per
board: such compensation to h" divided
equally, one third Of the same to 90
to each member, or otherwise diNtrih
uted among board members as set forth
in paragraph one.
"The foregoing is mere outline
and preliminary statement which will
he followed by definite rrgulntr"us and
instructions and no compensation is to
be paid under the foregoing auuouucr
ment nor until the regulations are re-
ceived and fully compiled with.
Captain Field has notified each board
on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii, Of
the new payment plan.
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