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Show WAR DRAFT BOARDS W HAST CALL That the time has arrived to call for one last effort to finish up details con - ', nectetd with the selective service draft, is Indicated in a communication i received yesterday from Provost Mar- shal General E. II. Crowdcr by Cap-j tain Gordon Snow, U. S. draft cxecu-! tlve officer for Utah. "The stimulus of the war has gone, but the spirit that pervades the system sys-tem remains," General Crowder-writes, Crowder-writes, "The patriotism of these men " is substantial," says General Crowder in speaking of the draft board members, mem-bers, "and will respond as well In these prosaic days as it did in the excitement excite-ment of the past year. "This concludes the last task. The' records of the draft must be crystal-1 lized and preserved. They contain tho records of 23,000,000 men and affect the patriotism of millions of our citl-i zens. As historical documents they are beyond valuation. As a conspectus i of fact affecting the industrial, com-' raerclal and economic relations, they, cannot be paralleled. I "It is the last demand on the men that have served so well. The final 1 work consists of nineteen steps, and i these you will take up so that the' work may be concluded bv Januarv 15, 1919." Tho nineteen steps in the conclud ing work nre detailed, and embrace duties of board members in complet-in complet-in the record for final deposit as government gov-ernment property. nn |