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Show ISECDND CALL FDR IDRAFT SOLDIERS DUE INFEBHUAHY President Wilson Issues Foreword Putting Ma-! Ma-! chinery for Carrying- Out I Law in Operation. CALLS UPON GOOD CITIZENS TO HELP Classification Will Begin December 15; Regulations and Questionnaires Sent to Governors. Am! I iiTt, X.. I-". Pr--ide J:t 1 Viiun formally p. it the new inachineiy j for I he catiyiu out of the rl'i-tie draft bill into opeialioti tonight with the ub'i.'alion of the fuf word hr hai written to the reulMigrn under which the v-.-nad . al! will he ninde. '!'he rcu-lation- th-m-ees and the ijuestiMn-ii ijuestiMn-ii . r r . whiih n.oie than r'j;-, r'j;-, i.-t;a:it v iP he re.juircd to fill nut. mro ; b-une; foi war ied C) hx al l-oat ls, but ' ha e not ; ct been n wde puidic. ! Vj r d'',-a-t an at .t'l'f-ejals o.itim.Hte that th" w hole j.rn, run be rnm- ph'ie,) nhin sixty .;iy. This means 'that no - .ond call will he made on the di::t't force hrtire the midd of j c,'-t Fcbruai v. a the jh rio-1 for In fication w iil not i.-in until Pcem-! Pcem-! b-r I". The preM')ev.t d rie r i 11! the new plsn of div iditiir all rei'-t red men not already al-ready mobilised inn five rla-ve, sub-it sub-it r' to military r I'-t by cla-M-4. v bein int -nded to pioduco ''ft moie per-f-'t oi ai:ijirion of our man power." Complete Inventory. ' ' Th scie- ti e principle must bo tarrb'd to it logical conrhision, " th president flid. "and he R.lded t hat I t here niu'd be made a eompb te iu eo-toiy eo-toiy of the .pialifieations of ea-h registrant regis-trant iu order to determine ''the plae in the tt i i i i t h ry , i ndut rial or a rictd tural ranks of the lu.tinrj in whuh hi ex peri en ro and train in ki can be.t bt made to serve the com toon pood. ' ' The i ni,t.i r y project ed in the oues-tionuaire oues-tionuaire will pi dee ( into the (petrifications (petrifica-tions of each of nearly ten million men. The success of the plan and its completion com-pletion within t h-' est i ma ted t ime rests on the w 'hob-hearted support pi veil by the people, especially by the doctors and law vers of each community, and I t h" presiden t calls t'pon them for t hat unst inted nid. The pre-ddent s foreword follows: Text of Foreword. The task nf ebetinp and niobil-i.i niobil-i.i np the f i rst cent i n ent of t lie national army is nearinp rouijde-tion. rouijde-tion. The expedition and a ecu racy of its accomplishment were a most pratifyinp demonstration of the efficiency ef-ficiency of our do n i est "ic institu-t institu-t ions. The swi f tness wit h which the machinery for its execution had to be assembled, however, left room for adjust men t and improvement. New repulations puttinp these improvements im-provements into effect are, therefore, there-fore, beiiiii published today. There is no cha npe in the essential obi i-eat i-eat ion of men subject to selection. The first draft must stand unaffected unaf-fected bv the icrnvisions of tho new regulations. They can bo piven no retroactive effect. Tho time has come for a more jut feet orcii nizat ion of our m;i n pow er. 'i he selective principle must be carried to its Topical eon-el eon-el us ion. We must, make a com-plete com-plete inventory of the qualifications of all registrants in order to determine de-termine as to each man not already selected for duty with the colors, tho place iu the military, industrial or agricultural raiiky of the nation na-tion in whiih his experience and trainiup can best .be made to serve the common pood. This project involves an inquiry bv the selection selec-tion boards into the domestic, industrial in-dustrial and educat iona 1 qualifications qualifica-tions of nearly ten million men. Importance of Task. Members of these boards have rendered a conspicuous service. The work was done without re-pa re-pa rd to personal convenience and under a pressure of immediate necessity which imposed preat sac-! sac-! rifices. Vet the services of men t rained by the experience of t he first draft must of necessity be re- mined and the select ion boards must provide the directing mechanism mecha-nism for the new elassi fication. The thinp they have done is of scarcely one tent h t he magnitude 1 (Continued on Pago Six.) SECOND DRAFT GALL GOMES 11 FEBRUARY (Continued from Page One.) of the thing that remains to bo done. It is ol' reat importance, both to our military and to our economic interests, that the classification clas-sification be carried swiftly and accurately to a ronrlusiou. An estimate es-timate of the time necessary for the work leads to the conclusion that it can be accomplished in sixty days, but only if this great marshaling mar-shaling of our resources of men is regarded by all as a national' war undertaking of such significance signifi-cance as to challenge the attention atten-tion and compel the assistance of every American. I call upon all citizens, therefore, there-fore, to assist local and district boards by -prr'r'enn such service and such material conveniences as they can offer and by appearing before the boards, either upon summons or upon their own initiative, initia-tive, to give such information as will be useful in classifying registrants. regis-trants. I urge men of the legal profession to offer themselves as associate members of the legal advisory ad-visory 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 questions which all men subject to the draft are required re-quired to submit. Calls Upon Doctors. I ask the doctors uf the country coun-try to identify themselves with the medical advisory boards whih are to be constituted in the various va-rious districts throughout the 'United States, for the purpose of making a systematic physical examination ex-amination of the registrants. It is important v also that police officials of every grade and class should be informed of their duty under the 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 very great assistance 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 dav. Finally, 1 ask that during the time hereafter to be specific as marking the sixty-day period of the classification, all citizens give attention to the task in hand, in order that the process mav proceed pro-ceed to a conclusion with swiftness and yet with even ami considerate justice to all. Crowder's Statement. Supplementing the president's call to the nation i'rovost Marshal General Crowder issued the following statement: The questionnaire which is the basis ot the new system is a collection col-lection of questions bringing out the essential facts upon which all classifications are made. It i the only printed form which any registrant regis-trant needs to use, either in making mak-ing claims or filing proof. At first sight it may seem a little formidable, formid-able, but a reading of the questions shows that tiny are simple enough for any person who can read anil I write understanding to answer. j The president's message lines up the whole legal profession of tho I United States as assistants of the j selective service system and ns impartial im-partial advisers to registered men m filling out their questionnaires. Under the new regulations a place I i to be provided convenient to every local board where registrants may go for free advice and assistance assist-ance in making.nut this document. The county j'dgc or other judicial judi-cial officer of similar court is placed at the head nf a committee of lawvers in each vicinity and this commit lee is charged with the duty of seeing that there jire always plenty of lawyers and other volunteers volun-teers present to help registrants in filling out the quesl ion naire. Seven Days lo Answer. 'u est inn n :t ire h a re to be mai led by I he local board to per cent of the registrants each day. The jirin-c jirin-c i pa j work of the legal a d v j o ry boards will thus he. over in twenty days, by whi'-h linn' all the questionnaires ques-tionnaires should be. returned lo the boards. Kveiy hian has seven days in which to velum his questionnaire ques-tionnaire fullv made out. The process proc-ess of classi fien t inn will begin about. 1 Member bl. Might. Hays later the boards will begin Hie great process of chiA-il'icatioii, vhieh heroines, he-roines, in the wo i dfi of I he president, presi-dent, 'a national war undertaking of such siguificitnee as lo challenge, the fit t "M inn a lid compel 1 he ;ih-H-.1mwe of every American." Not since thi war began lias nn opportunity been offered for prac-i prac-i ticallv everv person to take an active ac-tive and vigorous part in so important im-portant a war men sure as the actual 1 a i sing of our :i r m The presi- denl'.s foreword nff''r-i this opportunity. oppor-tunity. It gives a tjef i nile place Tor the ,octorn to work in making the. plivsicnl examination. I'or the f i r 4. l tine it avu gns every lawyer In active duty in building up Ihe national anuv. In the legal ad i"nrv hoanN it gi es eveiy on ft who responds to Hie president 's call ii place 111 the raul.s of the army behind Hie armv. The nation alreadv has a reuiiuk- able i opt of efficiency in adjust- lug political nineliinorv lo Hie regis) rati if I n.iliio.llilii i with in eighteen dtivs after Hi met men! of Ihe law alii li.n i.iug regis t rat ion. If is now propose. I to lie ler this record lie classifying In, fliMt.noo men in a period of sixty da vs. |