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Show NEW RULES FOR THE DRAFT ARMY ARE APPROVED Each of 7,000,000 Men Not Yet Called Out Will Be Classified in Scheme for National Defense. CLASS ONE WILL BE EXHAUSTED FIRST Others to Come Along According Ac-cording to Their Liability; Liabil-ity; National Guard Officers Of-ficers Receive Reminder. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. A sweeping sweep-ing change in the machinery of the selective se-lective draft, based on division of the 9,000,000 , remaining registrants into five classes in order of their eligibility for military service, was announced today to-day by Provost Marshal General Crow-der. Crow-der. Details of the plan, which has been approved by President Wilson, are not disclosed. It is calculated, however, to do away with virtually all the complicated com-plicated machinery of the first draft and to make the operations of the local boards hereafter little more than rubber stamp progress. Tho campaign was worked out in conferences con-ferences with local and district board officials and approved by tho various state authorities, its chief features axe that every registered man will .know hia exact position and be able to arrange ar-range his affairs accordingly and that no man deemed necessary in any important im-portant industry or needed at home to support his family will be called to the colors unless the military situation is desperate. Crowder's Statement. Provost Marshal General Crowder issued is-sued this statement: With the completion of the draft of the first army of 687,000. men, a new system will be installed for the creation of succeeding armies, which will greatly lessen the labors of the local and district boards. So far has this been accomplished that it is believed that under the new system 80 per cent of the work will be eliminated, while the forms to be used will not exceed .twenty in number, as compared . with approximately ap-proximately 1S2 forms 'which the present system requires. Along with the induction of labor there will be provided a system which will classify each one of the nine millions of men who have not yet beeiv inducted into military service and each man will have been given his place in the national scheme of defense. Record of Each Man. To do this it has been determined deter-mined to obtain from each man complete information of a character charac-ter which will definitely fix his economic worth as compared with his fellow registrant, and from the information thus obtained, to plae him in one of fivo classes, each to be called in turn as the need arises. The method of obtaining this information in-formation is through a question-. question-. naire, '' a series of question calculated calcu-lated to produce the information required. re-quired. This document will be mailed to every registrant not yet in service, on a day to be fixed, seven days being given to each registrant to complete and return the same. Every opportunity will be offered to each man to complete com-plete his questionnaire fully and without error. The local boards will then examine ex-amine each questionnaire and assign as-sign each registrant to one of five classes. These classes will be based upon every conceivable condition, from the family or occupational standpoint, stand-point, that should properly be advanced ad-vanced by a man desiring to be excused ex-cused from military durv. 'Class will be the first called fW physical examination and service and when it is exhausted, if the nation's needs are such hp to make it necessary, neces-sary, class 2 will follow, and thus each man registered will ultimately take his place if needed. Right to Appeal.. Every opportunity for 'ijipeal from such clastdficaf ion by the local lo-cal board has been retained and perfected, but proceedings hare been gresitlv simplified. Tho tedious work of the local boards has been practically eliminated elimi-nated by the production of a form to be known as Xo. 1000, wlii. h will be the foundation stone of the new system. Through its use all the laborious work of making and posting post-ing lists has been eliminated. All of the old docket sheets and records rec-ords will be made unnecessary and bv the arrangements of its columns col-umns t he work of the Icn-a I hoard will lie reduced to a minimum. On t his new form the cory pi ere history of ea-h man's case will appear ap-pear at a glance, hegmning witn i (Continued on Page Tour.) HEW REGULATIONS FPU DRAFT ARMY (Continued from Page One.) his order number and ending with his induction into a military camp, while at the close of each clay's work the local board is enabled to complete in a few minutes with a . s Tubber -vbtamp what has hitherto taken hours to complete. The system sys-tem is such that it will present each case almost automatically to the local board. Problems Solved. Tlie completion of the new system sys-tem will solve' problems which have confronted the provost marshal mar-shal general and caused him much concern. One of the most serious of these has been keeping together the great organization of tho local and district dis-trict boards, which from a numerical numeri-cal viewpoint, is of the strength of an army division. Many of these officials have been clamoring for relief on account of tlie drain on their time, and the new system will make it easily possible for them to continue their duties, for which they have proved themselves eminently fitted. Another problem solved was the question of expediency of continuing continu-ing the examination of the entire registry, thus fixing each man's status. This would have involved a medical examination of each man. whose physical condition might change from day to day, thus making this great" undertaking undertak-ing valueless. ' Again, under the old system of exemption and discharge, it would have been necessary if the national nation-al need required it, to send for the exempted man to return for physical physi-cal re-examination, while in the meantime his industrial or family status might have, changed, thus involving endless appeals and confusion. con-fusion. Class Definitely Fixed. The new system fixes a man's class and calls him in his proper turn, when he is needed. 'He "will be examined physically only when needed. Thus the labors of the medical officers will be called for only when required. If the nation na-tion needs a half million of men they will respond each in his turn fixed by his class. The man who can be least spared, either as the head of a l':tniilv or t hp 1 -id ' necessary to the defense of the nation na-tion will be the last to go. The new plan is being made ready for the printer and "will be submitted to the local and district boards in ample time to enable them to familiarize themselves with it 'and thus approach their next , draft with a thorough knowledge of its requirements. |