The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-02-07
ENLISTMENTS ABOVE AVERAGE.
0epOrt OF Provost Marshal Crowder
Places Idaho i'm 18th Place.

| NS huhtkO III IOtU HL8f6.
IN MS report TO the secretary Of war
"N">t MARSHAL General Crowder has
SUBMITTED list OF banner communi
~ throughout the nation who filled
'helr entire gross quota by voluntar,
ehliStmentS and therefore did not need
!" contribute any men under the Sc
lective service act.
ror Idaho this list includes: Boise
| city. Bonner county. CANYON comfy
iuaho county, Payette county and
Washington county.
These and other as Interesting facts
are contained in the reports. comics of
winch are now with the adjutant gen
efal department and are being mailed
Out I" the various local boards.
Idaho Stands Thirteenth
ldah" stands thirteenth in the ratio
"i ehIiStmentS and listed as states
above national average Oregon
stands second. Hawaii is first. There
are - states and possessions above
the national average and % below.
luaho average is 52.5l. 1t ranks with
iSc"hsln. Delaware. Massachusetts.
tan ana Colorado. The per capita
cost OF registrants under the draft in
TINS state is given as S2.S5.
Total Cost.
| he total cost of working out the
Ilrst draft in this state was 5000 so.
ne total registrations for the state
amounted to Al sos; the cost per reg
lStrant was - cents; there were to-
tal or 9301 men called at cost of 81
per man. ont Of which number total
ol ozJo were accepted at cost of 81. So
per man. The net quota was 22S7
men ana the cost of man per quota
due $4.06. The total enlistments cred
tied to this state number 4017 accord
ing to the report.
Regarding the new classification ar
rangement for men under the draft
Provost Marshal General Crowder saws
III his report:
New Classification.
The new regulations are intended to
accomplish two principal things. The
hrSt is to make a scientific and most
complete inventory of our man power.
with searching inquiry into the quail
itications and the industrial and do
nestle circumstances of each man reg
istered with this at hand. the second
is to make a scientific classification of
their relative availability for military
service and for all the war time activ-
tiles of the nation.
With these two objects accom-
pliShed. the registered field ceases to
be an heterogeneous medley of unor-
ganlZed resources 1t becomes rather
as the keyboard of piano. upon
which, by easy manipulation. the max
imum result in any desired harmoni-
cation of effect may he accomplished.
II was to this capital purpose that the
new system is addressed
Its first step is to require from each
registrant "A uniform and simply ex-
ecuted inventory Of his qualifications
and circumstances by means of a ques-
tionnaire, composed of inquiries care
fully designed to elicit answers which
shall compel conclusions along the de-
sired lines. 1t provides for an imme-
date classification of all registrants
into five classes arranged in the in
verse order of their availability for
military service. When the classified
ton is complete we shall be prepared
to make the maximum use of every di-
rect and indirect influence on labor
supply growing out of the selective
service law.
Examining the system more closely,
we find that it is ~esigned to list in
class |, the names of those whose i'm
ice will least interfere with the indus
trial. economic. and agricultural life
Of the nation. 1t excludes from that
class the key and pivotal men, whether
they be manager or assistant mana
gers of farms or mechanical or admin
istrative experts in factories. The lat
ter classes. it defers into classes III
and ". and it excludes from immedi-
ate liability to draft skilled labor in
both industry and agriculture. In the
troublesome field of dependency
claims. it endeavors to address with
the most unequivocal rules every diff
ficulty that was raised in the first
draft. and. as to married men, to In
clude in the Immediately available
class only those who by no stretch of
the imagination should he deferred on
any ground of dependency.
While ii attempts to protect only
those engaged in industries essential
to the national interest. it covers by |
the clearest terms all agriculture and
all industries except those patiently
nOueSsential. 1t is designed to produce
AN Immediately available class which |
shall protect all skilled labor appur-
tenant to agriculture and to all essen
tial industry.