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ASKS FOB UNLIMITED AMY NEW "FIGHT OR WORK" RULE WILL MARSHAL MAX POWER. All of Draft Age Must Do Real Work or Fight.?Help Win the War. , Washington, May 23.?Two important steps were taken today toward perfecting the task of putting the nation on a war basis. offn* DrAvoct Morohal ouuu anci X i \J M UOl *?xc*a ouma Crowder had promulgated a drastic amendment to the selective service regulations requiring every man of draft age to work or fight Secretary Baker appeared before the house military committee and asked that I President Wilson be authorized to' call to the colors all men of draft age who can be equipped and trained. The committee promptly and unanimously voted the authority into the army appropriation bill. Under existing law power is given to draft 1,000,000 fighting men in addition to special units. This limit soon will be reached, with men constantly going into camp to replace those sailing for France as fast as ships can be provided to take them. With the law changed as the president desires, the man power of the country will be drawn upon for whatever force may be necessary to win the war. V Far-reaching. Gen. Crowder's new regulation is far-reaching in scope and touches . " not only habitual idlers, but also requires that draft registrants now in occupations held to be non-useful no-or inhc nr mire th#?ir nlaoes viutn ircm juuu ui in the army. Clerks in stores, waiters, bartenders, employes at places of amusement, passenger elevator men and other employes around hotels, clubs and business buildings, as well as gamblers, fortune tellers and race track and bucket shop attendants all fall among those classed as nonr - ' ' n? naHSSaHHIl te j^HBRsBl HHBHpj iHL3BKaMl ' fl J-' a- A A s SHEKIDA . . ' ? = usefully engaged. Enforcement of the rule is expected to add some men to the army and to do a more important service in improving the labor .situation, t Complete Army Bill. The house military committee's action after hearing Secretary Baker completed the army bill, with provision for the pay of 3,000,000 men and with ordnance appropriations on the basis of an army of 4,000,000. The measure will be laid before the house, carrying a total of $9,569,129,000 of actual appropriations and authorization for contracts amounting to $2,464,416,000 more. Mr. Baker told the committee in executive session the president's reasons for asking that no limit be placed upon the number of draft men to be called. Members said later it was estimated that an army of 5,000,000 could be raised without % changing the draft ages. Crowder's Statement. Every man of draft age must work or fight after July 1, under a drastic amendment to the selective service regulations, announced today by Pro vost Marshal General Crowder. The statement of the provost marshal general's office follows: "Provost Marshal General Crowder today announced an amendment to the selective service regulations j which deals with the great question of compelling men not engaged in a useful occupation immediately to apply themselves to some form of la-: hor, contributing to the general good. nrruA ^ ?a A lie luitri, iuu, win iiiiu liiiiiecu vuufronted with the alternative of finding suitable employment or entering the army. "This regulation provides that after July 1, any registrant who is found by a local board to be a habitual idler, or not engaged in some useful occupation shall be summoned before the board, given a chance to explain and, in the absence of a satl / : isfactory explanation, to be inducted i into the military service of the Unit ed States. "Any local board will be authorized j to take action, whether it has origii nal jurisdiction of the registrant or i not; in other words, any man loafing | around a pool room in Chicago, mayj be held to answer to a Chicago Doaru. even though he may be registered in Xew York and lived there most of his life. "The regulations which apply to idle registrants will be deemed to apply also to gamblers of all descriptions and employes, attendants of bucket shops and race tracks, fortune tellers, clairvoyants, palmists and the like, who for the purpose of j the regulations will be considered as j idlers. "The new regulations will also af-! j feet the following classes: "(a) Persons engaged in the serv-; i ing of food and drink, or either, in < i public places, including hotels and | social clubs. "(b) Passenger elevator operators, and attendants, doormen, footmen and other attendants of clubs, hotels, stores, apartment houses, office buildings and bath houses. "(c) Persons, including ushers and other attendants, engaged and occu pied in, and in connection with games, sports and amusements, excepting actual performers in legiti- i mate concerts, operas or theatrical performances. "(d) Persons employed in domestic service. "(e) Sales clerks and other clerks employed in stores and other mercantile establishments. "Men who are engaged as above, or who are idlers, will not be permitted to seek relief because of the fact that they have drawn a late order number or because they have been placed in class two. three or four on the grounds of dependency. The fact that he is not usefully employed will outweigh both of the above conditions. | _ -W- JK| f MB ^V jm. \T LITERARY SOCIETY, CARLISLE i I % ?j~~~^i Owen Br i y oe j V w: j Jj^ J| ^ Dealers i: ^ ^| The largest an * &K-Jni&, i-sHii?i:^ <? 2-s^('r^n' 4> I #LW I I MINER II I SPRIN t V BAMBERG, ^ For Si | TOM DUCK I Bamberj "It is expected that the list of nonuseful occupations will be extended from time to time as necessity will require, so as to include persons in other employments. "Temporary absences from regular employment not to exceed one week, unless such temporary absences are habitual or frequent, shall not be considered as idleness. Regular vacations will not be considered as absences in this connection. "The regulation throws a further safeguard around men not usefully employed, by providing that where there are compelling domestic circumstances that would not permit change of employment hv the registrant without disproportionate hardship to his dependents, or where a change from non-useful employment or occupation would necessitate a removal of the registrant or his family, local boards may give consideration to the circumstances. The regulation further provides that where such a change of employment would compel the night employment under circumstances which a board might deem unsuitable for such employment of women, the board may take such circumstances into consideration in making its decision." Explains Regulation. Explaining the new regulation and the necessity for it, Gen. Crowder said: "The war has so far disorganized the normal adjustment of industrial man power as to prevent the enormous industrial output and national organization necessary to success. 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