Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-05-31

. HNt COP on oIlh ~, 'lNv rAtl'H'~
are all closed, so il won I matter and,
( mos rcgrettSply, we lost the Pro
| grc,s Chart ! the very day il arrived.
It is our Opinion, if We may be per-
mittcI the liberty to expires, it, tHat
W at the Government wants, COR ought
Co. want in tn e present urgency l. men
not cIasSifcations. And We firmly he
ieve that tho boys on the firing line
in France don't care a whoop in IIajes
how many res istrants Local Board 40.
. OF Union Chunty elaSSIie, a, aliens
or in Class ~, Division \, .aud Local
Board No. 81 of Union County, be it
frankly ADM fted, doesn't care much
OF Ii. whoop eather.l
SO we culfd out every man who
made no claim Tor who waived all claims
Jr who had " manifeStly insufficient
claim, classified him at once and called
him for Dhy5cal examination. If it
were NOT for fhe blasted epidemic we
should 5el ressiyysa T. report praetlellly
full c0mpletios If pAysitot examinations
now; but wei Shall be in any event,
within a week, if we explode in the at
tempt and inJapeitate for all time the
rev remaining distraught doctors that
are still avail3blc to caJOlery and patri-
Jtic urging. IN the meantime, we shall
classify now and then when we can,
an alien or wo, to swell our general
list Of classiflations.
We hive bedn wanting to write this
letter since WI were appointed IA May,
1915 50 execute il, please.
Furthermore and we say this is no
mood of rancAr nor in undue pride OF
~pIit,-we don { care if YOU DO send
Il 10 the Provost Marshal General. In
Iact we wish you would. No more
benevolent attention could Occrue 10
mem ers Of Local Boards than tIc gen
tie JOYS Of court martial and cool re-
tiroment in nice quiet cells somewhere
fed and cared for, for the period Of
,he balance IF the Emergeucw. BE
sides, we are absolutely convinced that
Ernch Henry Crowder, Major General,
/. ) \ Provost Nassau General -
real human being Of the best type and
the finest kind of a fine old sport any
way, only he doesn t know I venture
to wager if he traded Jobs with Us far
a week, he d do several things. OF
course we ad nit at once we rOuldn I
hold down IS Job. We do honestly
dHd mJsy truly admire him, as n Wonder
and the accomplished Of one OF the most
marvellous feats of Democracy known
to History. But he'd be prompt to
action, "a frightfully present and uota-
I lie chara teristic of h his. He ii
open his eyes extremely wide, and he
would recognize at once the fac that,
due to his genius, the time Of wisdom
or necessity is past for calling Local
Board Committee of NeighbOrS
\ Local Board is an Army Board TO-
day, pure aud simple. doing an enor-
nous and staggering task rs an integral
and abs lute-indispensible part Of the
military establish ment of the nation. III
the Boards went on strike (thcy are
not % Drafted" though the Regulations
say so ;the law doesn y, the whole
fabric of our military establishment
would crumple in an hour And Ma
ior General Enoch Henry CrowJer
would within the week rec ommend him
self for an immediate commission as
at least Major, (Lieut. Colonel, if he
stuck it out for two weeks and he d
| reorganize the whole tIing, renewing
the useless "Medical Number, use
less as classifying and active working
/ particularly, and cause the Boards TO
consist Of three mot two) officers, duly
commissioned in suitable rank, in the
uniform Of the army of the United
sites cf America, with the insignia Of
the Provost Marshal General : Once Ola
their collars, proud and shiny leather
puttees on their lean but gratifei legs,
and long delayed, past due honor and
recognition resting lightly but firmly
on their attenuated, devoted and Dc
serving shoulders. And IN het the
whole country,-whieh Ii rapidly be
ginning to know and understand-would
applaud heartily; and every reg.straat
tina reame before the Board would be
tickled TO death.
And furtatr deponent sayest nor,
because his wife has just telephoned
as to why the deuce be doesn't come
home, he II surely be sick, and will
quench the midnight shining bulb, and
60 and try to get around early III the
morning and sndeavor to find that lost
Progress Chart. drat, IT,
RSspectfully yours,
/ Germany merely needs 10 practice
sirriuo All. live