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Show LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS TO DEMOBILIZE SOON Almost imediate demobilization of local draft boards and discharge of their members mem-bers from service is indicated in a telegram tele-gram received yesterday by Captain Gordon Gor-don Snow from Provost Marshal General E. TI. Crowder. "I am in receipt of the decision of the secretary of war," General Crowder says, "that it will not be necessary to continue the organization of the selective service boards In connection with the demobilization demobiliza-tion of the army. This clears the atmosphere atmos-phere and makes it possible to proceed at once with the preparation' of orders for closing tiie provost marshal general's department. de-partment. Detailed instructions will be communicated in the near future. "In the meantime, list all the boards that have not yet completed the lD-to-36 and lS-year-o!d groups and call upon them for reports by wire as to the earliest date when such classification can be completed. com-pleted. Also, instruct all hoards which have not yet forwarded their annual reports, re-ports, heretofore called for, to do so al once. I desire thatlhe selective service boards give the nation an example 'of efficiency ef-ficiency in closing up their ad minis Ira- ; tion such as has characterized their .past , performance." I |