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In a statement of the aims, accom
plishments and future of the selective
draft system, Provost Marshal General
Crowder makes some very pungent re
marks, which should be read by all
who expect to be called upon for ser
vice in the next few weeks:,
Class 1.
In Class I we shall have, in every
community, immediately available for
military service single men and a few
married men whose removal will not
disturb the reasonably adequate sup
port of their dependents. In the in
dustrial and agricultural aspect, we
shall have segregated into this class,
men who have not especially fitted
themselves for industrial or agricul
tural pursuits so tha tour only insur
sion into the labor supply will affect
but a small percentage of unskilled
labor.
Class 11.
“In Class II we find men who can be
taken without disturbing the support
cf any dependent and, as I shall pres
ently show you, if the necessity of
drawing on Class II arrives, we must
demand even from agriculture and in
dustry an adjustment to replace a
small percentage of skilled labor af
fected by the draft —men who, while
occupying no pivotal or important po
sition, can servfe industry or agricul
ture better than unskilled men.
"Should the pinch of military neces
sity increase beyind Class II it would
mean that the nation would have to
begin to commit itself to hardship and
to an adjustment in agriculture and in
dustry to meet the paramount ne
cessity.
Class 111.
“We take in Class 111 a very small
class of persons upon whom others are
dependent for support, but we do not
break up the closest and most sacred
of the family relationship. We also
invade the field of agriculture and in
dustry to the extent of ‘"kin!?, in the
small percentage aff..?‘ri men who
have specialized thems* ’• cr who
occupy rather pivotal pc • ns.
Class IV.
“In Class IV we find the men whom
we shall take as a last r?so Before
that class is reached it is perfectly
safe to say that by the addition of
other classes as to age, say those who
have attained 21 since registration day
and perhans adding the classes of 1?
and 19 and 20 years old, men. we sh ill
have included two or three million men
in our available list, and thus have
saved Class IV.
“Class V comprises the field of ah.
solute exempts.
The Field of Labor.
“There is one thought that I muT
impress to eradicate an erroneous view
that may be taken of this- classafica
tion:
“We are dealing in the field of labor
supplv. Presuming that labor supply
of industry and agriculture comprises
men between the ages of 18 and 50, and
assuming, for the purpose ‘of this ex
position. that there are 1,000,000 men
of each of these ages, we are dealing
with thirty-two classes, appurtenant to
agriculture and to the various indus
tries. The draft affects ten-thirty sec
onds of this sunply or only about 31
per cent. Therefore turning to Class II
where we find skilled farm labor there
it does not mean that when Class II
is exhausted all skilled farm laborers
will have been taken. From these fig
ures, it would seem to mean that 31
per cent of all skilled farm labor will
have been taken. But even this fig
ure is misleading. Without the defi
nite statistics that the present drnf*
will eventually afford I can say, I think,
that within this class of skilled lab
orers at least 62 per cent of these.
Must Give Man Power.
“To raise an armv comprising hun
dreds of thousands of men necessitates
an inroad into the man newer of the
nation. We are committed to this war
and wo ought to fight it in the most ef
fective fashion possible to us. The ne
cessity of raising on armv is para-
The decrease in labor sunnlv
must be ndlnsted m some way o’her
than bv shutting off recruitment. That
it can be adjusted there is no question.
Wo see what England has done, what
France has done, and most of all what
Germany has done. The problem is
not to maintain the labor sunply of
agriculture and of every industry in
tact. It is to make the withdrawal of
men in the most scientific manner
possible. I think we have done that
and that what is offered here is the
basis for a nice balance between our
two necessities. I feel that we can go no
further. There are those who say that
we must win this war in the economic
field, with an inference that the rais
ing of an army is a side issue. I say
to you that with any greater inroads
into th? field of recruitment of our
armv, we shall be sendirfg inferior men
to the field. That if this nation is not
competent to make the slight adjust
ment necessary to compensate for this
scientific selection, then it is not com
petent to. enter this war. A vast pro
duction in cur farms and factories is
necessary. It is necessary in order to
support military operations on the field
of battle. But certainly no man can
urge in this day of trial and sacrifice
that this nation should deliberately
neglect to make itself effective in the
field of military operation on the plea
tjiat our greatest contribution to the
“Man Power Must Win War,”
Says Provost Marshal Crowder
TRENCH AND CAMP
cause of humanity is in attaining an
economic supremacy.
Not a Mere Sutler.
“To do so would be to relegate the
United States to the role of sutler of
the fighting nations. We shall, of
course, increase our production. We
shall become more and more effective
as a nation and we shall supply our
new armies and do all that can be ex
pected of us to supply thearmies of our
allies. But we shall not, under that
guise, confine our participation in this
conflict to the baking of bread and the
sharpening of the swoids of other men.
This war will be won military on the
devoted field of France. Doubtless it
will be won by the side which is able
to place behind its army the prevailing
ounce of provision. But the blow that
shatters the Germin lines and extin
guishes autocracy from the face of the
earth will be the blow of man’s right
arm and not the insidious stroke of a
shrewd trader.”
General Crowder gives great praise
to the selection boards and states that
the “volunteer method of raising an
army far war is gone,” and that the
“principle of selection has been tried
and proved by our people.”
NEWSLETTES
FOR BURNING FACE with acid to
pose as victim of German’s liquid fire,
a former soldier has been sentenced
in Jersey.
BOARDERS hid hat of Detroit land
lord, he beat his wife and she got a di
vorce.
FROZEN RABBITS are to be exported
by Teaxs to our allies abroad.
SPOONING in subway O. K’d by Presi
dent Shonts, who in reply to protest says
“Don’t look at ’em.”
MAKING GAY COLORED sweaters al
most high treason, say those trying to
save wool.
CRAWFISH closed West Virginia fac
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in meter and shutting off water supply.
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