Repository: UIHistories Project: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 2 [PAGE 8]

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This work, like that described under committee number 10, has been carried on from the beginning of the war. and has turn done by the Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, Dean II. II. Jordan,

Chairman,

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On Military Organization and Exhibitions.:

i he duty of this committee 18 to participate in a military way in occasional affairs planned by itself or in connection with the work of other committees.

13. On Conservation and Economy :

The duty of this committee is to influence the University community to economize as far as possible in their mode of living, materials consumed, etc. It is believed that the boarding houses, fraternities and sororities can be assisted to a more economical scheme of expenditure, and that there is room for economy in expenditures connected with public functions of the various University organizations. 14. On Legal Advice to Drafted Men : Certain members of the law faculty have been appointed associate members of the Legal Advisory Board, Division No. I, Champaign County (including Urbana) and also associate members of Legal Advisory Board, Division No. 2, Champaign County (including Champaign) and are listed, with their consent, as one of the divisional war committees. The Selective Service Regulations issued by President Wilson, November 8, 1917, provide for a classification of drafted men not yet called to the colors in order to determine as to each,—"the place in the military, industrial or agricultural ranks of the nation in which his experience and training can best be made to serve the common good. This project involves an inquiry by the Selective Boards into the domestic, industrial and educational qualifications of nearly ten million men/' For this purpose an elaborate questionnaire has been mailed to the registered men. A Legal Advisory Board, consisting of three members appointed by the President, together with associate members designated by the Boards themselves, is established in each registration locality whose duty is to give advice concerning rights and obligations under the Selective Draft Act and Regulations, and to assist registrants in making full and true answer to the questionnaire. Every registrant is expected, and by some Boards at least required, to confer with a member of an Advisory Board before he writes his answers. 8