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Show Elective service better organized Information from the government ' and from army me" indica'ics that the. United Slates has a , mucli better method of conscription than that used to build up an army in 1917. The obvious defects of the 1917 draft have been ironed out to the extent that conscriptees are moving into their positions quickly and with little confusion. But the best feature of the present conscription lies in the fact that men are beini" fitted in'.o jobs they either like or have been trained to fill in private pri-vate life. The result is bound to build a better trained reserve in a shorter time, and will also tend to train the men so they can return to private life better equipped in their jobs. So conscription this year isn't so much "a year out of your life" as the draft had earlier been supposed. sup-posed. Although the government is taking a year of the conscriptce's time, every effort is being made to return a certain percentage of value. |