The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 15, 1917, Page 6, Image 6
PUN FOR THE NEW DRIFT
NEARLY 10,000,000 MEN TO BE
CLASSIFIER.
Qulifications ot' Each Entrant to Be
Recorded?Next Call Not Likely
Before Middle of February.
Washington. Nov. 10.?President!
Wilson formally put the new machinery
for the carrying out of the selective
draft bill into operation tonight
with the publication of the foreword
he has written tc the regulations under
which the second call will be
made. The regulations themselves
and the questionnaires which more
than 9,000,000 registrants will bel
required to fill out are being forwarded
to local boards, but have not been
made public.
The Department officials estimate
that the whole process can be
completed within sixty days. This
means that no second call will be
made upon the draft forces before
the middle of next February, as the
period of classification will not begin
until December 1">.
The President describes the new
plan of dividing all registered men
not already mobilized into five classes,
subject to military service by
classes, as being intended to produce
"a more perfect organization of our
man power."
"The selective principle must be
trt Hp lnoripol PfinflllSirtll " t.hfi!
Vdi 1 Jl^U LV * to iVQAVWJ, ?
President said. And lie added there
must be made a complete inventory
of the qualifications of each registrant
in order to determine "the
place in the military, industrial or
agricultural ranks of the nation in
which his experience and training
can best be made to serve the common
good."
The inquiry projected in the questionaire
will go deep into the quali.
fications of each of nearly 10,000,000
men. The success of the plan and its
completion within the estimated time
rests absolutely upon the wholehearted
support given by the people,
especially by the doctors and lawyers)
of each-community, and the President;
calls upon them for their unstinted
aid. The President's foreword follows:
President's Foreword.
"The task of selecting and mobiliz,
ing the first contingent of the nation-!
al army is nearing completion. The:
- i
expedition and accuracy of its ac-:
complishment were a most gratifying!
demonstration of th? efficiency of our! i
democratic institutions. The swift-! :
f
ness with which the machinery for
its execution had to be assembled,1]
however, left room for adjustment and; <
improvement. New regulations put- j
ting these improvements into effect'
are, therefore, being published today. <
There is no change in the essential 1
y obligations of men subject to selec- 1
tion. The first draft must stand unaffected
by the provisions of the new! 1
regulations. They can be given no| 1
retroactive effect. J i
"The time has come for a more t
perfect organization of our man pow-( t
er. The selective principle must be; i
carried to its logical conclusion. We 1
must take a complete inventory of i
the qualifications of all registrants {
in order to determine as to each man (
not already selected for duty with (
the nation in which his experience ]
and training can best be made to 1
serve the common good. This pro- <
ject involves an inquiry by the selec- <
tion boards into th? domestic, indus-i 1
trial and educational qualifications; j
of nearly ten million men. <
Much Greater Task Ahead.
"Members of these boards have
rendered a conspicious service. The t
work was done without regard, to i
personal service, and under a pres- 1
sure of immediate necessity which 1
imposed great sacrifices. Yet the ser- 1
vices of men trained by the experi- ]
ence of the first draft must of neces- 1
sity be retained and the selection <
board must provide the directing ]
mechanism for the new classification. <
The thing they have done is scarcely 1
one-tenth the magnitude of the thing <
that remains to be done. It is of i
great importance both to our mili- 1
t~ry and to our economic interests i
that tve classification be carried i
swift'y and accurately to a conclusion. <
' An estimate of the time necessary for
the work leads to the conclusion that i
it can he accomplished in sixty days. 1
"I ra'l upon all citizens therefore, i
to assist local and district boards by
iroffering their services and such material
service as they can offer by ap
Fearing before the boards, either
upon summons or upon their own
initiative, to give such information as
will be useful in classifying registrants.
I urge men of the legal profession
to offer themselves as associate
members of the legal advisory
boards to be provided in each
community for the purpose of advising
registrants of their rights and obligations
and of assisting them in the
preparation of their answers to the ,
q'^tions which all men subject to
draft are required to submit. I ask :
th8 doctors of the country to identify '
themsel ec with the medical advisory
boards which are to he consituted in
the various districts throughout the :
U. S. MISSION IN EUROPE.
Arrives Safely, Headed by Col. House.
In Conference Soon.
Washington, Nov. 7.?An American
mission landed in England today
on the eve of the opening of the
first great war conference in which
[the United States will participate.
| Col. Edward M. House, President
Wilson's personal friend and adviser,
is the officially designated representative
of the United States. He is
accompanied by a staff representing
every war agency in the United
States, including Admiral Benson,
chief of naval operations, and Gen.
Bliss, chief of staff of the army.
Announcement by Secretary Lansing
tonight of the arrival of the
party "at a British port" released
lCdii iicwsyapciS) uuiu a. picugc
of silence as to the personnel of the
mission and its movements. The departure
of this group of most distinguished
men in the government's
war councils was a carefully guarded
secret until they were safely through
the submarine zone. Even many '
army and navy officials were not
aware that their chiefs had sailed.
United States for the purpose of making
a systematic physical examination
of registrants.
I>uties of Police.
"It is important that police officials
of every grade and class should
be informed of their duty under selective
service law and regulations,
to search for persons who do not respond
promptly and to serve the summons
of local and district boards.
Newspapers can be of great assist
ance in giving wide publicity to the
requirements of the law and regulations,
and to the numbers and names
of those who are called to present
themselves to their local boards
from day to day. Finally, I ask that
during the time hereafter to be specified
as marking the sixty-day period
for the classification, all citizens give
attention to the task in hand in order
that the process may proceed to a
conclusion with swiftness, and yet
with even and considerate justice to
all."
Supplementing the President's call
to the nation, Provost Marshall Gen.
Crowder issued the following statement:
Gen. Crowder's Statement.
"The questionnaire, which is the
basis of the new system, is a collection
of questions bringing out the _
essential facts upon which all classifications
are made. It is the only
printed form which any registrant
needs to use, either in making claims
or filing proof. fc
"At first sight it may seem a little
formidable, but a reading of the s
questions show that they are simple
for any person who can read and c
write understanding^ to answer.
"The President's message lines up b
the whole legal profession of the Uni- a<
ted States as assistants of the select- 13
ive service system, and as impartial _
Jt
idvisors to registrants in filling out
:heir questionnaires. In the new reg- a
ilation%a place is to be provided con- b
/enient to every local board, where c
registrants may go for free advice 0
ind assistance in making out this
o
locument. The county judge or othir
judicial officer of similar court is ^
placed at the head of a committee of
lawyers in each vicinity, and this A
committee is charged with the duty ^
5f seeing that there are always plen- n
;y of lawyers and other volunteers j
present to help registrants in filling d
Dut the questionnaire. 11
Questionnaires Mailed Daily.
"Questionnaires are to mailed by s
:he local boards to 5 per cent of the t<
registrants each day. The principal 3
vork of the legal advisory boards will ^
:hus be over in twenty days, by which j
:ime all the questionnaires should be n
returned to the boards. Every man
las seven days in which to return his 1
luestionnaire fully made out. The
process of classification will begin
ibout December 15. Eight days later lj
:he boards will begin the' great process
of classification, which becomes,
in the words of the President, a na- j
tional war undertaking of such significance
as to challenge the atten- j
tion and compel the assistance of !
every American. j
"Not since the war began has an
opportunity been offered for practi- *
cally every person to take an active g
and vigorous part in so important a E
war measure as the actual raising of ?
our armies. The President's foreword _
offers this opportunity. It gives a |
definite place for the doctors to work r
in making the physical examination. 3
For the first time it assigns every r
lawyer to active duty in building up !
the national army. In the legal advisory
board it gives everyone who
responds to the President's call a
place in the ranks of the army behind
the army.
"The nation already has a .remarkable
record of efficiency in ad- _
justing its political machinery to the
resignation of ten million men within
eighteen days after the enactment
of the law authorizing registration.
"It is now proposed to better this
record by classifying ten million men
in a period of sixt}' days."
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