Show LETTER akom tiie THE PRESIDENT TO ALL TEACHERS i the success of the selective system lias has been largely due to the reliance that has been placed on the cooperation of all citizens in its execution in the registration the election officers of the several states were called upon to perform a specific task and they performed it unanimously and efficiently latterly I 1 have had occasion to call the lawyers and the physicians of the country to specific duties and they have bare responded in a solid rank tle tt fine li L a i low coma com ojen ien teachers of the country can perform a very necessary task and I 1 have no doubt that they will respond in the same manner the process 0 41 assi fl cation of all men within the field of selection is proceeding rapidly it becomes necessary to carry forward with this process the maling making of a very complete index which shall accurately locate any specially qualified man among tho the ten millions on our enrollment lists the local boards are so overburdened with the work ot of classification that this task cannot be put upon thorn them and yet the necessities of the nation require that hat it be ba perform d with the greatest possibly dispatch and accuracy this duty can be performed best by the teachers of 0 the 9 various under authority conferred TOO me by the selective service law I 1 therefore call upon all bachers to present themselves to the local boards having jurisdiction over the areas in which they reside for the purpose 0 of examining exa minin the question questionnaires Quest lon alres and filling fiffi rig out the index cards in accordance with more specific instructions to bo be issued by the provost marshal general WOODROW WILSON the white house washington january ath 1918 |