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I onF i AIFIVE INJURED
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■ f yy-u,. n Hit U-Boat Did Not
■ >*nw Herself.
H torpedoing and dis
■ \!i. riean destroyer by
H ihmarine in European
B bed to the Navy De
■ - iprlit by Vice Admiral
B . commanding the na
■ •„,[■>• force abroad. One
B crew was killed by
B overboard and five
B a gunner’s mate.
B ,i r.oi seriously. i
B Sims gave few details
B . (1 that there was no
B !,. r-boat made good
Bj . r launching a torpedo
■ herself.
B •.%i h the policy of se-
B ttiim; American naval
B ! M-jiartment did not di-
B , of the destroyer or
B of the encounter.
B - am einent was made by
B id i ir this statement:
Bj ► is pnrtmenL has receiv-
B i tom Vice Admiral
B on October 16 an
.i was torpedoed
while on patrol duty
B * r Kut.• .<: ,> waters.
Bj / . w;i •; not sunk and has
B wjw arri-o .1 in port.
B j, op were :ts follows:
B i.■ a,olid Kelly Ingram,
■ 11 < xt of kin, mother,
B ~ul t hird street, Pratt
■ n o a o was blown over-.
■ ( -,i : !A body was not recov-
B :. nme of whom wore
1H .i|ijy it.mred. are:
B it. nry Rankratz, gun-
B •; otul class; next of kip,
B .;..•!•! William Pankratz,
B j., Home. Si. Louis, Mo.
B Mwurd Merrit, seaman;"
B other. Ellen Merritt. 264
B i . a;:!h street. New' York.
B , r, ,, .viUiam Kruse, fireman,;
B u of kin, wife, Mar-
B , l Indian avenue, To-
B itmledge, oiler; next of
B :n.i Rutledge, 431 West
B ' trect, New York.
B !i ii>r, fireman, second
B i kin. father, Henry
B t •cud. s, Minn."
B 'ii, iirst time an American
B d > u hit by the enemy
■ ; t f.iiti. Destroyers con
■ oad merchantmen have
I .vines and are believed
I united for some of them.
I patrolling the Europ-
H r. > undoubtedly have
. •; , m ounter of which noth
ni. but until Tuesday
• n touched by a hostile
I SANITARY LAUNDRY
AN I*
EMU :"i.'! ]R Cleaning and Dyeing
r>r itltiirr Service
Call E. F. SNADER,
I'IIONK 117. a34tf
Y A LIBERTY BOND.
• ■ -
; c.miot be won if the industries upon which the Gotern-
Cor w i materials are cramped or bankrupt, and if our
i \iravagantly consumed. A large part of the vast
i i h:g the victory and the peace we all long foi must
,• real s> If-denial on the part of each individual man
'Oman.
SAVE FOR LIBERTY BONDS
rament program must be carried out. The more readily
. the less delay will result in our war preparations
:'K LIVES WILL BE LOST. THE MORE FREELY WE
* THE GOVERNMENT. THE LESS WE WILL HAVE TO
X i> i:ver> man, woman and child in Anne Arundel county,
to do'so, should buy a bond for cash or by installment
The Governmentvjmist get .the full cash payment uith
t:- o for all the bonds it sells, but have
h THE FARMERS NATIONAL BANK. ANNA
PAVINGS INSTITUTION, and THE ANNAPOLIS BANKING
UUST COMPANY, bv which you may buy through any one of
the size bond you want, the bank making the full cash
• for you. and allowing you to pay it back on easy terms.
s 1.00 A Week For 50 Weeks Buying A $ 50.00 Bond
; oo A Week For 50 Weeks Buying A $ 100.00 Bond
-10.00 A Week For 50 Weeks Buying a $ 500.00 Bond
*20.00 A Week For 50 Weeks Buying A*slooo.oo Bond
huv all the bonds for which you can carry payments. \ou
xpon ms or fees of any kind. All your money goes toward
1 uds hat will be your exclusive property, "tour bank does
k of buying the bond and incurs all the expense right up
time of your last payment, and when your last payment is
you will be handed your bond, bearing 4 per cent interest
t ; roximato date of the last payment. For any information
desire, call on your bank or any members of the Commit- •
HARRY J. HOPKINS,
FRANK H. STOOKETT,
GEORGE~T. MELVIN,
Liberty Loan Committee for Anne Arundel Co.
Cut u i n o Qlftpitnl
i TO HOLD MEMORIAL
SERVICES TOMORROW
tench And Bar To Honor Memory Of
The Late Judge James R.
Brashears.
Memorial services to the late Judge
James it. Brashears, for many years
the associate and resident Justice on
the Bench of the Fifth Judicial Cir
cuit of Maryland, will b e held in the
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel Coun
ty tomorrow afternoon. The Court
will suspend its regular business
shortly before 2 o’clock, which is the
hour that has been fixed for the cere
monies.
Several of the attorneys of the city,
including James W. Owens, Ridgely P.
Melvin, Frank H. Stockett, A. Theo
dore Brady, James M. Munroe,
possibly others, will deliver ad
dresses, eulogistic of the deceased
jurist. It is expected that a number
of relatives and friends-of the late
Judge will be present for the cere
monies. It is understood that Chief
Judge William H. Thomas, of the Cir
cuit will be unable to attend the serv
ices, and in that event the response
n behalf of the Court will be made
i y either Judge Robert Moss or
Judge William H. Forsythe.
The memorial services will be held
in the Circuit Court room.
Another Lad Sustains Broken Leg
By Colliding With Automobi!e
Another chapter was added to the
automobile accidents in the city when,
esterday afternoon, ihe young son of
.Major and Mrs. Bunker, United States
Army, was struck by a car at the in
tersection cfTving George street and
t ollege avenue, as a result of which
.a sustained a broken leg. Tre lad,
Is said, was riding a bicycle and
robably through confusion, ran
ito the automobile. Persons in the
eigbborhood who witnessed the ac
dent gave the injured lad every
ossible attention until he could be
nt to his home and a doctor sum
ioned. The mother of the injured boy
as formerly Miss lA?ila Beehler,
lughter of Mrs. Beehler, and the late
omtnodore Beehler, a retired naval
Ticer. Mrs. Bunker has been spend
: ig some time visiting in Annapolis,
er husband is remerbered here as a
inner star.of the West Point foot
. all team.
WANTED. ~
A YOUNG LADY as office assistant,
.xperience not as essential as neat
ness and accuracy. Address “A. A.,”
Box r>97, Annapolis. oIG-3t.
WE BUY SECOND-HAND CLOTHES
We want to let the people know we are
still buying Second Hand Clothing—La
dies’ Mm’s and Children’s. Also second
hand Shoes and furniture of all kinds—
dishes, matting and rugs. Drop u post
card or call at the house. Phone *7-m.
Address 85 Main St.
Look for the right number. • sGtf
PAULINE BLOOM,
s. Main St. mlf>3m Telephone
|A. W. SHARPE
©ptician
Eye Glasses Fitted—Occullst
Prescriptions Filled
Lenses Duplicated.
186 MAIN STREET.
AN ADAMLESS tDEN
* AT THESTATE HOUSE
Strictly Woman's Mettiog Held Is
Old Senate Chamber
3
NO MAN IN SIGHT
e
Baltimore Women Orators Talk For
s The Government Patriotic
s Addresses.
Even James Rider Randall, the au
, thor of “Maryland, My Maryland,’’
’. and ’Tench" Tilghman. whose por
. ~ traits adorn the wall either side of the
fs (Speaker’s chair in the old Senate
.11 Chamber at the State House, must
l ' i have felt out of place yesterday after
r' noon at the woman’s meeting held
,* 1 there.
The historic old Senile was a
f veritable Adamless Eden. There was
. not a man in sight. Even the care
. takers about the place left the ro
> tunda, feeling (hai their presence
; might be an intrusion on the ladies,
r The room was filled, every seat be
ing occupied. The meeting was con
l ducted under the Woman's Council of
National Defense. Mrs. Harrington,
' wife of the Governor, who is in l
mourning for her father, whose death
occurred last summer, was not able
” to be present, sent beautiful chrysan
i theums which adorned the speaker's
’ desk. Mrs. Harrington also present-!
ed a large bunch of chrysanthemums
’ to Mrs. Shoemaker, the Suite Presi
| dent of the Women's Council of De
fense, who made hie principal speech
1 of the afternoon.
j Mrs. Theodore Johnson, Chairhian
of the Anne Arundel Women’s Council
| of Defense, presided, and introduced
’ the speakers.
Mrs. C. Baker Clotworthy, of Balti
; more, spoke first, taking for her theme
the Motor Messenger Service which,
she said, should be organized along
military lines, with its captain lieu
’ tenants and aides. Mrs. Clot worthy
j advised punctuality at all times. She
told the women it is necessary to be
on time in the motor messenger serv
j ice,’as in all things else. If they had
to wait, take their knitting and occu
py themselves while waiting. She urg
ed those who own motor cars to loan
' the use of them to their country in
time of need. The cars are needed to
convey the sick, to carry messages, to
transport Red Cross packages and
surgical dressings supplies.
* Mrs. Clotworthy .outlined the splen
did service done by the women in the
I Motor Messenger Service in Phila
_ delphia and outside of Wilmington
J when the munition factory was blown
) up. Tags are used on the cars and
worn on the arm of the motor mes
l* sengers, and these tags are recog
nized by the police, who allow the
7 cars to go anywhere, knowing they
■ are serving the government.
f Women can do this work and are
urged to lend their cars to carry
speakers to Liberty Loan meetings
when the places cannot be reached by
train or trolley car.
“Women’s work begins where the
men leave off.’’ said Mrs. Johnson, the
Annapolis chairman, in urging the
women of Annapolis to volunteer for
this service.
Mrs. Johnson introduced Mrs. Julius
Freeman, who spoke on the Red Cross.
Mrs. Freeman was the orator of the
occasion. She made a splendid ad
dress. She told the women of Anna-’
polis she found they had been doing
so much in the Red Cross work. Two
things, she said, stand out in this
work very prominently of late, one,
that it has been put on a war basis
as a national work, with thirteen di
visions, each of which is systematized
and mobilized that in five hours’ time
an order can be given that will reach
a Red Cross division in the uttermost
parts of the United States. This sys
tem relieves conditions, saves times
and energy, she said, and prevents
over-lapping.
Second of importance In the Red
Cross work. Mrs. Clothworthy said,
is the cooperative system. If we co
operate we can do better and bigger
work. Specialization is necessary.
This specializing means to do every
thing alike, to standardize, to have
some required pattern or standard by
which things must be done and to do
them accordingly. There cannot be
innovations or experiments in mak
ing surgical dressings. Doctors and
nurses must know what to depend on.
We must do the things most needed
at the time most needed, said Mrs.
CtotwoHhy. Specialization in work
was the direct cause of Germany sav
ing SO per cent, of their wounded, and
non-specialization the direct cause of
the Allies loss of their wounded.
The Council of Defense has smooth
ed things down, aroused interest. At
first their were some 5,000 women in
Maryland pui to work for the Red
Cross, under the Council of Defense
This number has been greatly in
creased. but more work is needed to
save our soldiers. Last year as many
soldiers were taken off by pneumonia
as by bullet. Our country is a big
country. bad and we
must meet them.
We are two great wrmies. one fight
ing under the Stars and Stripes, one
under the Red Cross. Both must
forward. Every man who enters into
this fight will come back a bigger and
better man.
Mrs. Clot worthy cited one incident
of the passing of our soldiers in
THE MARYLAND GAZETTE.
ANNAPOLIS, MD„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1917.
j France carrying the Stars and Stripes,
when little orphan children knelt in
the streets to pray. She said: “It
means something when orphan chil
dren kneel to pray when the banner
of our nation goes by.”
a Red Cross division in the intermost
The Red Cross army, which is
largely composed of women, is the
backbone of our nation. It was form
ed by men, women and children for a
common cause, humanity. Until we j
are able to do the great work we are
expected to do, until we are imbued j
by military spirit, to save our coun- !
try and bring our men home to us
again, we shall not have accomplished j
that for which we are striving.
Mrs Shoemaker.
Mrs. Edward Shoemaker, State
Chairman of the Woman’s Council of
Defense, spoke interestingly. She
said at the offset that she is no orator,
but would give a heart-to-heart talk
to tell how best the women of Annap
olis can serve their country at this
time. She told of the appointment of
the men by the Governor on this
Council of Defense, and how, seeing
the stupendous work it entailed, the
Governor was induced to appoint
twenty-six women from the counties
on a commission to help d<f this work,
i.nd the Commission was later merged
into the Women’s Council of Defense.
The Governor urged the women to
work harmoniously, and the women
have worked, Mrs. Shoemaker said.
In perfect harmony. They devised a
plan for food conservation, and their
home gardens met with marvelous
success. More crops have been pro
duced in Maryland this year than in
all the State’s past history. Vacant
lots have been requisitioned, crops
have flourished on what seemed to be
impossible places. Baltimore alone
has 12,000 back yards cultivated as
vegetable gardens.
If this war teaches no other les
son, Mrs. Shoemaker said, it would
teach the lesson that we are able to
do for ourselves and not depend upon
others.
Along the line of food conservation,
Mrs. Shoemaker said Anne Arundel
County takes the palm. One Anne
Arundel woman, Mrs. Thomas John
Fall, 3rd, has put up 3,000 cans of
fruit and vegetables. This is a rec
ord breaker. Mrs. Hall was asked to
stand up that all women present
might see this wonderful woman who
lias accomplished so much, but she
was not present, having recently lost
a nephew in France.
Mrs. Shoemaker emphasized the im
portance of education, not only for
ourselves, but for others. This war
must awaken us from our lethargy.
We think of the war for our Allies,
for France, for Belgium, but. we must
think of the war for ourselves. ,
No matter how horrible, we must
think of those hundreds of graves
over there, of the many who return
maimed, halt and blind, of those
of our own who will never return, and
give to the Liberty Loan, that lives of
our men, husbands, brothers and
sweethearts may he saved. This
war must be won by' money, Mrs.
Shoemaker sa’id, and money must be
subscribed. Maryland must do her
part. She must concentrate on two
great objects, raising the great Lib
erty Loan and co-openvting with the
food campaign with Hoover, whose
wonderful work in Belgium is recog
nized.
In food conservation we must use
our mentality and ability and show
what good- housewives we are. We
must economise. Tuesday as a meat
loss day is h good example. There
must be economy exercised in the use
of fats and sugar. Our duty is to as
sist in economizing in every possible
way. Shipping is so scarce that we
must send abroad for the Allies food
with the most nutriment, wheat is ne
cessary. Remember, you may save
life by saving food.
Mrs. Shoemaker surprised her au
dience by telling them the French
did not mean to call our soldiers
“Sammies,” but they called them
‘ mes amis’” (my friends), and the
Americans, not understanding French,
thought they .said “Sammies.’’
The Liberty Loan has to be raised,
that our soldiers and sailors may be
well housed and well fed. It is neces
sary for us to make the supreme ef
fort to help save our country. There
is no investment better than a Liberty
Pond, said Mrs. Shoemaker in clos
ing.
Misj Katharine Walton, a member
ot the Women’s Council of Defense
for Anne Arundel County, announced
she had $3,500 subscribed on Thurs
day by women of the county for the
Liberty Loan, and during the meeting
one woman subscribed S2OO.
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
To Speak Tomorrow Night In Home
of Delegates —Governor Har
rington To Preside.
Mrs. Frederick Schoff, National
President of the Congress of Mothers,
will speak here tomorrow night in
, the House of Delegates Hall at 8
r o'clock.
Mrs. Schoff comes here as a guest of
, the Mothers' Circle of Annapolis, un
i der whose auspices this meeting is to
i be held.
Governor Harrington will preside at
5 ; the meeting.,and a cordial invitation
i is extended to all to be present.
j I— *
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j Copies of The Evening Capital of
t i October 16 and 17 will be paid for at
l j face value if left at this office. 018-tf
ANNEXATION OR
1 NO ANNEXATION ?
Both Sides of the Case -Treated as
a Business Proposition.
THE BURNING QUESTION.
|
Has Anne Arnndel Good and Lawful
Governments at Brooklyn and
Curtis Bay?
(Contributed.)
The burning question in Anne
Arundel County today is annexation
or no annexation. The matter should
be treated as a clear business propo
sition. The taxable basis of the terri
tory proposed to be annexed is about
one-sixth of the whole assessable
basis of the county. The bonded in
debtedness of the county is now near
ly $400,000 with sinking fund of about
$40,000, leaving a net bonded indebt
edness of about $360,000. One-sixth
ol thi* would be $60,000. In the bill
which has been prepared by the Bal
timore City Non-Partisan League pro
vides that Baltimore City shall pay
the county for its school houses, en
gine houses, station houses and equip
ments. and i Iso pay for Curtis Creek
bridge. These physical properties
are probably worth $60,000, but their
value Is to be arbitrated. If Balti
more City pays for these physical
properties and would pay an addition
amounting to its proportion of the
bonded debt, the outlying portions of
the county would be relieved to that
extent.
The liquor licenses in the section to
be annexed pay about $12,000 annual
ly into the County Treasury, but
against the receipt from taxation and
from liquor licenses have to be count
ed the cost of police forces, police
magistrate, garbage removal and. as
a matter of fact, the costs of court for
criminal cases from that section
amounts to nearly one-third of the
whole cost of the Court and if a bal
ance were struck it would appear that
the receipts in taxes from that portion
of the district is offset to a great de
gree by the moneys paid out on ac
count of that territory.
Another feature of the case is that
that section pays about one-fourth of
the taxes of the county. The cutting
off of that section would redube the
foes of the sheriff, county treasurer,
county clerks and register of wills
office. But if Is asserted by many per
sons that the police force of Brook
lyn do not execute the law in con
formity to its rights and demands, and
that it is controlled by politics. It is
also said that there never has been a
fair registration of voters in Brook
lyn and Curtis Bay, and that a fair
election has never b?ln held there.
Th re is every to believe in
th r two precincts at the recent
primary that a majority of the votes
cast there were marked by one in
dividual on the outside of the polling
room.
Now the burning question is, first,
have we good and lawful governments
there?
Do the receipts in taxes from those
sections offset the expenditures which
the county has been called upon to
meet? Many efforts have been made
to incorporate the towns there, which
would require them to pay their own
local expenses, hut the people of the
section, knowing that the county
" uld have to pay all extraordinary
expenses, the people of that section
have refused to he incorporated.
• Annapolis City pays its municipal
expenses and also its county tax.
, Were these sections incorporated
their police. police magistrates, fire
. companies, garbage removals, and
i other incidental expenses would be
i paid by the towns thus Incorporated,
! and they would still pay their pro
. portion of county and State taxes.
But as so much complaint is made
about the crimes and misdemeanors
committed in that section, which are
s paid for by the county, is to ask opr
. selves of the outlying districts
whether we should dispense with it
, or continue to hold It? The matter
r may be settled by a referendum, and
. if so, as every taxpayer in the coun
ty is interested in the question, it
. should be put up as a referendum to
, the entire county.
I JAMES W. OWENS.
A BUSY DAY
Paitor Had Two Weddings Within Fonr
Hours.
The Rev. Dr. George Scott Bell,
B pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, was a busy man yesterday.
Despite his other duties in his study
at the Manse, he officiated at two
‘ weddings in a few' hours.
’ In the afternoon Dr. Bell performed
1 the marriage ceremony that united
® William Duer, of Baltimore County,
and Margaret F. Bell, of Curtis Bay,
* this county.
In the evening Dr. Bell married
0 Charles E. Sadler, of Eastport, and
Miss Edith E. Deininger, of Annapo
* lis. The groom is a poplar young
n clerk in the store of Joseph W. Traut
wein, and the bride is well known
here. She is a staunch worker in the
Sunday School of the Presbyterian
if Church, of which Dr. Bell is pastor,
t Mr. and Mrs. Sadler will reside at
t. Eastport.
lEUTPORI SOLDIER
I>EaD A! ANNISTON
Private Wilium Wkitlington, Of Com
pany M, Victim Of Menin
g'tis At Camp.
Probably the first death to occur
among the several thousand Maryland
soldiers of the One Hundred and
Fifteenth United States Infantry, now
in training at Camp McClellan. Annis
ton. Ala., is that of William H. Whit
tington. 22 years old. a resident of
Eastport, near Annapolis. Word to
this effect was received in Annapolis
this morning, in a telegram from
James tl Knight, commanding Com
pany M, one of the Annapolis or
ganizations of the former First Regi
ment of the Maryland National Guard.
The telegram was addressed to
George Klakring. of Eastport, a
friend of the dead trooper, and it
gave the bare information of the death
and asked instructions as to the ship
ment of the body. Relatives of the
young man have requested that the
body be sent to his former home at
Eastport fer burial, and it is expected
that it will arrive here in a day or
two. His death, it is understood, was
due to meningitis.
Young Whittington, who was a pri
vate in Co. M, was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Whittington, of
Eastport. His .parents died several
years ago. Surviving him are three
brothers and four sisters, as follows:
Messrs. Edward, Murray and Wal
ter Whittington; Lena, Rosie, Susie
and Anne Whittington, all residents
of Eastport, or vicinity. '*
Injured At Camp Meude.
J. T. Barber, a Washington typo,
and former resident of Annapolis, was
painfully injured a few days ago at
Camp Meade.
Work in his line being dull in Wash
ington, Mr. Barber sought employ
ment at Camp Meade In the construc
tion department.
While operating a circular saw Mr.
Barber had two fingers on his right
hand so badly sawed that they had
to he amputated. It is hoped to save
the forefinger of the same hand, which
v.-as also badly torn. First-aid was
administered by I)r. Beach and Dr.
Engler, surgeons at Camp Meade,
after which the injured man was sent,
to his home in Washington.
Dainty Fannie Ward in an unusually
pleasing Btery “On the Level" —Col-
onial, Thursday. adv.2tol7
MRS. FREDERIC SCHOFF,
National President Council of Mothers
Will Speak In
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
FRIDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 19,
AT 8 O’CLOCK
Under Auspices of Mothers’ Circle.
Governor Harrington Will Preside.
All are invited. 018-2 t.
Colonial Theatre.
; Friday and Saturday, October 19-20
| MOTHERS—MAKE YOUR DAUGHTERS SEE THIS PICTURE I
| ENLIGHTEN \
With Create# Star Cast TH El It AM A Tit *
g Ever Assembled. jf M M M I Til IMIKH HOLT.
t DAUGHTER
The Seven-Part Cinema Sensation.
Hidden Truths Revealed in All Their Sacredness!
Matinee, 3.30 P. M. Adults, 15c. Children, 10c
| Evening p.*m. Adults, 25c. Children, 15c
$6,000 FIRE SALE OF CLOTHING!
... .M
Men's, Boy's and Children’s Clothing, slightly damaged
by water, will be offered at a Big Money-Saving
Sale, beginning October 16th, for 15 days.
200 doz. Knee Pants, at 10c and 15c
Come early and get your pick Look fer Big Sign in Front of S'ore.
ol6w
New York Jobbers, :: 38 West St.
Republic Theatre TODAY!
MATINEE DAILY
OLIVE THOMAS, in “AN EVEN BREAK”
The Story of a Cabaret Girl Mho Traded the Great White May For the
Man She Loved.
DUSTIN FARNUM, in “Durand of The Bad Lands'*
Also a Cartoon and Scenic
AT THE kEPUBLIC THEATRE TOMORROW
tilt ttKAIIIKK.
For Maryland—
Rain and warmer tonight.;
Friday fair, cooler west por
tion
THE EVENING CAPITAL -ESTABLISHED 1884
NEW DRAFT PLAN
BEIN WKtD OUT
Would Exempt hose Wi h De
pendents, or of ar Value.
HAS BEEN PUT UP 10 WILSON
Is Now Being Discus ed V iih Stale
Governors Woo d Estibiish
Various Gradts t De
pendency.
A comprehensive new plan to ap
ply to-the army selective draft which
would take first only men without de
pendents and of no particular value
tc war industries and establish vari
ous grades of dependency and indus
trial value from which future drafts
would be made strictly on the selec
tive basis has been worked out ten
tatively by the Provost Marshal Gen
eral's office and discussed with the
President.
It is proposed to formulate in each
local draft district a table of all regis
trants, placing each in a column de
noting his dependents and industrial
value in the war’s prosecution. For
instance, horibontal columns or clas
sifications would be based on depend
ency. Men with no dependents would
be placed in the first class, those with
dependent distant relatives in the
second aclass, those with wives in the
third class, those with a wife and one
child In the fourth, and so on.
Similarly ihe vertical columns
might represent certain industries,
arranged according to their respective
merit as war necessities. Industrial
classes under consideration in this
connection are farmers, shipyard em
ployees, munition workers, railway
and transportation employees, miners,
rteel plant and motor industry work
men, and certain other individual
plants or Industry branches to be
designated from time to time by tho
President or tho War Department as
temporarily essential. The latter
classification might Include plants
making /nilitary clothing, harness,
first-aid materials, or professions
such as chemists and other scientific
men more needed for war research
than to carry arms
Thus tlie table with horizontal de
pendency classifications and vertical
industrial classifications would hold
a place for each registrant in accord
ance with Ids dependency or indus
trial value claims. In selecting men
for examination, boards would first
take all men physically fit, having
neither dependents nor value in es
sential war industries. When this
class was exhausted, draft authori
ties would draw on the classes hav
ing the slightest dependency claims
and the least value In essential in
dustry. Theoretically, the draft would
work down througli the table to the
classes with most dependents and
highest industrial value.
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