Arizona republican., 1919-05-10
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needs of- essential industries. But m orderfto assure supply of educated young men as officers and for techni- cal work the younger ages were assist ed to go to college rather than sent immediately into the field.
 The selectiye draft law was pro nounced constitutional by the United States supreme court, it's ope-atcn worked out by the war department its interpretation given to the rress and the work of the new army -maNlng machinery was begun.
 The Work of Crowder
 The directing head Of the draft sys- tenn was Provost Marshal General Enoch F. Crowder, whose efficient methods of applying the selectNe draft explaining its many angles and various provisions won the admiration cf the entire nation and it's allies.
 Provost Marshal General Crowder was offered as reward for his achieve ment immediate promotion to lieuten- ant general but m0destly refused it on the grounds that he did not deserve more than many others who had made the American war machine possio,h.
 Draft boards were appointed rnrocE. out the counccy, composed of nusiuess and professional men, the nation was divided into small districts and the time set for the registration on June ,. 1917. of the millions of American men whose ages were T to q iUclusi9e. Pro-Hun agitarors predicted riot and instruction. There was opposition only by. isolated Clanks. More than 9,000,000 men walked quietly to the appointed places and registered.
 Then the work of examination was ordered. Men were classified as peI instructions worked out by the provost marshal generals office which took into consideration whether the regis trants are married whether they had dependents, wives. children. enfeebled parents, etc, and whether their occupa tons were such as to make them more useful at home than in the army. The Call to the Camps Then 1t was announced from the Wal department that a certain percentage of the drafted and accepted men were called for service. The draft board. which notified the men and ordered them to central points of mobilization camps scattered throughout the coun- ! try where their training was 10 takt place
 The summer of 1917 saw hundreds O l thousands of upstanding young meI discard civilian garb for khaki. Celo- brations were held in cities and town. in honor of the men whose faces wer, turned toward Europe. They wer, ! honored and entertained: they had be l come heroes in a day.
 For such a vast accumulation O men. soldiers in the making, ic vas a ! once necessary to have them officered The war department had accepted can l didates for the various officers train i ing camps, using for instruction pur l poses officers of the regular arn,y Later enlisted men of the nationa l army, formed wholly by the salectiV i draft process, were sent to such of ficers' training camps to qualify fo l commissions.
 l Reports of regular army inspector ] after a few months of the inteusiv
 training at the national armT camp
 were most gratifying. Such swift fit l ting in of men to military custom.
 uses and regulations was hard 10 be ! heve and yet the inspectors reporte i almost as a unit that the national a m was far exceeding all expectation! ! There was a swing and dash to thes l red -blooded young Americans tha ] amazed veteran soldiers. They ha l been clerks farmers, factory worker. miners, teachers students, profession
 al men, idle millionaires But they a ! quickly became soldiers. Maay of the, i became heroes on the field Of actior all of them were heroes in the nent
 of their own people.
 1 The Procession Overseas 1 As the camps were completed an l enlarged and as the officers trainin l camps graduated leaders. more call | were filled by the draft boards and tt ] national army grew. Then the wa
 department began sending units { Europe. Some were taken to Engian
 for last training. and others foun
 their last training camps in Franc And more men were called from civ
 life to the cantonments
 l Provost Marshal General Crowde
 meanwhile, was watching everythin
 connected with the operation of th selective draft and the making of 9
 army. He saw that many hundreds
 thousands of youths not T years
 age when the law became 0perativ
 were reaching their majority, and con gress passed an act bringing sue
 young men under the jurisdiction (
 the new law.
 President Wilson, with the anniveI
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