The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-20

tomorrow morning. Every member
will be there and every man will have
a square deal"
SO crowded into a senate hearing
been the scene of many national
events-tomorrow will be decided the
fate Of 100000 men.
Prominent Men There.
The weather bureau says the day
Is going to be warm and that side of
the senate office building is always
stuffy in the morning. In the room
will be crowded 1875 persons. Among
them will be Secretary OF War
Baker. several of his military chiefs.
including Major General Tasker H.
Bliss, acting chief Of staff; General
lCrowder, the man who did all the
registration and draft work; Briga-
der General Duvall, the mathemati-
cal expert who designed the drawing;
Major Hugh Johnson, executive officer
for General Crowder. and the man
who first originated the draft plan.
and Major Allen H. Gullion. the Of
ficer lawyer who went outside his own
business into that of publicity and
did the new job so well that every
man in the country knew all that was
happening on the draft question all
the time. There will be the house
and senate military affairs commit
tees, Itduth ItSPttti ely NV pVh"Nc'
chamberlain and Representative Dent.
They will be official witnesses OF the
drawing. Actively engaged In the
drawing will be twelve men-aH spe-
cially trained and whose identities are
kept secret. They are the, men VINO
will do the drawing and who will an :
nounce the numbers drawn. FIVE
men will work In reliefs in the &C
tual drawing They will be blind
/ folded. Then there will be six an
nouncers. working in reiiefs OF two.
Go Out Promptly BY Wire.
Two other m en-. experts from stock
, brokers Offices, will post the numbers
on blackboard as they are called
out There are two OF these black
! boards, each six feet by twelve. They
were designed to hold the original l.
900 numbers when the boards are
filled they will he wiped clean and the
work will start all over again. as by
that time the first mum bers will have
been sent by telegraph all over the
! country.
high ceiled room-with cut-glass
chandeliers. will be small table
with chairs In semi-circle. The table
! viii be about two feet square On 1t
| Will stand the great glass bowl. In
side the bowl will he the l0.50o cap
eules The howl will be covered with
the cover officially sealed on.
| In the chairs grouned around ana
! hack Of the table will he the official
witnesses and about fifty newspaper
! men Three tally clerks with their
I long slips will sit AZ another table
within the circle. They will record
! each number as II Is announced. Back
/ AZ the end of the room will be the
/ hla OK board
Secretary Baker will preside az the
! ceremonies There was a possibility
Z tonight that President Wilson himself
would he present when the first mum =
/ her Is drawn but the White House
: IVES silent on this.
There VIII he few words said. Then
lin the presence Of all. the seals on
/ the bowl will he broken and the top
/ removed
! Secretary Baker himself NAV draw
-r-trr, -f,=i { i+- !
+ ulan he was scheduled TO drawn the
/ ten master numbers. leaving the rest
) - the selected mystery man Now
3 that there viii he n direct drawing,
! however. Il was uncertain what he
( nlan he was scheduled 10 draw the
I fret number however.