b. The filling of requisitions for men from the armed forces. c. The induction and delivery of men to mobilization points. The mobilization division is the delivery office of the system. To it from the corps area commanders of the Army and like officers of the Navy, through coordinating offices of those departments, will come requisitions for men. These requisitions will, as a rule, be filled from class I man power. Every other activity of the system has been directed to completing this class. This division applies it to use. The chief of this division must therefore hav before him a complete chart showing class I by States. The information for this chart will be obtained by periodical reports from States showing the numbers of fighting men in class I under group A (physicallly fit) and group B (limited service). This information must be fairly accurate for it is upon this he establishes his quota basis from which he fixes his quotas to be levied upon the States.

Having levied a quota on a State, he will require that State to report immediately the distribution of the quota to local boards. He is faced now with the problem of transportation. Anticipating transportation needs, he will ask the Railroad Association to assign to each State headquarters as needed a trained transportation man to whom will be given a copy of the quotas to be delivered by each local board and a list of the places of delivery. Schedules must now be prepared showing departure of trains, changes of trains, stops for meals and provisions therefor, and sleeping accommodations when necessary. Men will be moving from every village in the land. They are not all on the main line and many difficulties will be present. These men must not be stranded at lonely junctions. Morale must be maintained. Full cooperation of the railroads must be sought. Trains must be held on the main line for branch lines and on one railroad for another. Having started these men, the chief of this division must know they have arrived and he must check this arrival from each local board and require replacements to make up deficits at once. He must report a requisition as filled.

The chief of this division must keep himself informed as to the man power needs of the armed forces. The Secretaries of War and the Navy should be asked to furnish estimates of personnel required well in advance in order that plans may be laid which will insure meeting their requirements.

SECTION E.-ORGANIZATION OF STATE HEADQUARTERS

1. The governor.

a. The governor is the head of the State headquarters organizations. He is directly responsible to the director of selective service for the efficiency of the State selective service organization. In the administration of the selective service system within the State, he is concerned primarily with broad general policies. His is the authority for the direction of the State system, and final decision in State matters rests with him. He must insure cooperation with the national headquarters, with other States, and with the various State and Federal agencies. The actual details of administration of the State selective service system should be intrusted to the State executive.

THE ASSISTANT

OR THE CHIR

Funotions: Office admi maintenance of the Sta routine administrative

1. Personnel 2. Legal matt 3. Public inf 4. Statistics 5. Mail and 1

6. Stenograph 7. Office sup

REGISTRATION AND CLA
DIVISION

Functions: The regist classification of the the State; the superv ing and coordination ities engaged in clas and registration.

1. Registrati 2. Classifica

3. Appeals

4. Aliens

5. Delinquent

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b. To assist the governor in the organization and operation of the State system, the director of selective service will assign a national inspector to the State headquarters, and the President will appoint a medical assistant and a disbursing officer on recommendation of the governor. The national inspector is chosen for his detailed knowledge of the selective service law and regulations and the workings of the selective service system.

2. The disbursing officer.

a. The President will designate one or more officers of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps from each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia for the purpose of disbursing Federal funds for the payment of lawful accounts incurred in connection with selective service in such State, Territory, and the District of Columbia. Such officer or officers will be directed to report to the governor, or the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for such duty and to render such other assistance in the administration of the selective service law as may be practicable.

6. The United States property and disbursing officer in each State is suggested as the logical candidate for this position.

3. The medical assistant.

a. The President will designate one or more officers of the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy for each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia to assist the State authorities with the medical work connected with selective service. Such officer or officers will be directed to report to the Governor, or Commissioners of the District of Columbia, for duty. The officers so assigned shall receive no Federal compensation other than their pay and allowances as such officers.

b. An outstanding member of the State medical association should be appointed to this position.

4. The State executive.

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a. The State executive should have intimate knowledge and understanding of the selective service law, regulations, and organization. He must have executive ability of the highest order. He is charged, under the Governor, with the organization and administration of the State selective service system and of the State headquarters. national inspector will be available for his State who will be ready to advise the executive on the details of the system. Normally, it is expected that the State executive will be an official from the office of the adjutant general of the State, as that office is the one most interested in the making and maintenance of the records of soldiers and sailors of the State. It is the office to which the public naturally turns in military matters.

b. The State executive is the head of the State headquarters. He will designate an official of the State headquarters to act for and in his absence.

5. Divisions of State headquarters.

The divisions of State headquarters are similar to those of the national headquarters and their duties are the same in general as the like-named divisions of the latter. Therefore, a description of these units is omitted.

SECTION F.-BIBLIOGRAPHY

The proposed selective service law.
The selective service regulations.
Registration.

Classification, induction, and entrainment.
Physical examination.

Finance.

Forms.

Detailed plans of organization and administration of the selective service system.

The State selective service plan.

The printing plan.

First, second, and third reports of the provost marshal general, 1917-18.

The Spirit of Selective Service-Crowder.

Hearings before congressional committees on the selective service law, 1917-18.

Proceedings and files of the joint Army and Navy selective service committee.