The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-13
War Drartment
State Of West Virginia
Charleston.


: To All Concerned:
This is not a Bulletin.
You are not required to pu, it II
your Bulletin tile, and you arc not ever
required to read it-bus you'll mis-.
something if you don't
4 perusal OF it will not only show
you that New Jersey is in the United
S:ates-reaiIy and truly one OF us
npeak the language Of our tribe-bu,
; will relieve the tension OF your office
and vicinity so\that the coming shock
will not entirely shatter the who>c
%orks-when you get the new supple
mentary regulations rclativ" 10 the final
checking up OF your records and closing
J mp Of your work.
Here is what the Local Board OF
Onion county. New Jersey. sits down at
~ o'clock at night and writes TO it's Adj
sutant General:
"'Referrinx to Bulletin No. sal. ana
Telegram Of to-day's date. inouirins
pFWhere is your Progress Chart report:''
we beg to report as follows:
This Board and its meagre staff is So
busy counseling regiStrants. reconciling
mothers, patiently answering dozens OF
! Inquiries by mail. telephone and tere
Eraph. issuing permits for passports.
writing to Transfer Boards and telling
them what to do with Form 2o0S-A-
making out induction papers for S. A. T.
g. registrants. copyina our 4.439 regis
tration cards. writing up cover sheets.
hunting up QuestionnaircS without order
numbers in order 70 append additional
3ate-arriving affidavits OF the American
Can Company for deferred industrial,
classification in Class Ill of aliens who
are sure to be in Glass V. preparing
routines and transportation requests for
individual inductions under competent
orders who are to be entrained for Kelly
Field. San Antonio. Texas. or Carlstrom
Field. Arcadia Florida counseling the
poor inaocents as to how many suits OF
underwear shall I takeo". advising them
firmly though with kindness that while
requests for Notwithstanding car ac-
commodatioas'' will be issued to them
our experience is that there will be no
tourist-cars available and that they will
sleep on the floor. preparing severa,
meal tickets. three copies for each man.
issuing new registration cards and new
final classification cards to men who
have had their "pockct-books stolen" anc
arc afraid Of being rounded up, issuing
certificates OF immunity TO 46-year-olo
men who present proofs Of birth-date SO
that they wont be rounded up. advising |
celored ladies Ito their manifest salts
faction, as to prospective government
allotments and allowances to come from |
their casual spouses when in the SER |
vice. telling anxious Y. ". c. a. TO I,
cruits how they can apply 70 have their :
cases re-opened and claims for occupa- /,
tional exemption considered. advising by I
mail th<; assistant district attorney OF I
Rx2r.x county. New York. who desires .
10 prosecute for not supporting his wife.
trying to keep several thousand Ques- !
aonnaires and registration cards. minus .
order numbers as yet, out OF irremedia-
Bile chaos due to tho lack OF filing caol-
nets or other facilities. reconciling our
hardworking limited service and do writ-I
ing up his daily oning reports on a
Tor adapetd for full company OF men I'm
sluding mules) conduct volumtnous' cor
with perturbed mastering
IN officers at distant cantoaments about
fegistrants who have been picked up