Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. THE NEXT DRAFT CALL Washington, Jan. 1. —The next draift call, including deferred percentages of the first quota, will be made up under the questionnaire classification, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced. There will be no formal call therefore before February la, he said. ’This means that men, included in the deferred list of the quota, will enjoy the benefits of questionnaire classification, and will be drawn only if they come under Class 1. Men selected under the old regulations must continue to go, how- j ever, when needed to make up de-1 ficiencies in calls already made. Crowder announced that “very! soon there will be a call for techni-J cal workers and highly specialized: registrants.’.’