Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-24
EXAMINE DRAFTED
NEXT WAR MOVE
COPIES OF NUMBERS TO BE
READY FOR MAIL DURING
THE WEEK.
FIRST CALL IS $4,000 MEN
General Crowder is Pleased With
Loyalty and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tions Next-Newspapers Are
Great Assistance.

Washington.-Despite the fact that
officers and clerks of Provost Mar
shall General Crowder's office worked
all night to complete the drawing that
fixed the order of military liability of
10, 000,0O0 registrants the tally sheets
had been compared and corrected be-
fore dark Saturday. Copies will be
mailed to exemption boards and the
summoning of the first draft of 67S,-
900 men can begin.
General Crowder has issued the
following statement:
Examinations Next.
1.-THE drawing is complete and has
been apparently successful and the
official tally sheets have been COM
pared 1.-The next step will be the
certification of the results of the
drawing to 1857 local boards and the
application by each board of it's chart
to it's serially numbered list. This
need consume but little time and
when done the order of priority of
the nearly 100000 registrants to re-
port for examination will be revealed.
"Such additional drafts as may be
ordered by the president will be fill
ed by calling men in the order of this
established priority and no further
drawing will ever be necessary. Each
local board, upon receipt of its chart
and upon notification by the governor
of the quota to be raised by it may
proceed at once under regulations
already promulgated to summon men
= for examination.
I'VE have not passed the stage in
| the execution of the selective service
/ act when we must have concert OF
= action by the states. In raising state
contingents the race is to be the
swiftest
Handling of Cards.
General Crowder has made public
the text of the regulations for theiI
application which will accompany the
master lists. The only new feature
shown is the plan for handling cards
: that are found to have duplicate
numbers or are otherwise confused
and also of dealing with those re
ceived July 10, when the local board:
+ closed their lists to begin numbering
BY the plan worked out, these add
tional cards will be given an order o
their own by lot and then will be add
e ed to the lists of the districts from
r which they come and be affected b.
" the drawing precisely as though the.
s. had been received and numbered be
e fore the board lists were closed
e Where several cards bear the sam
t. serial number, one will be draw
If from the group and retain the dupl
C Gated number while the others will b.
It regarded as unnumbered and the pro
d cess of adding them to the lists b
h followed.
H. Name District Boards.
Another step accomplished durin
Saturday was the appointment {
the district boards of 80 of the state
e and announcement of the names {
1T the five men who will compose eac
Id of them. Some states have six {
n eight boards to ease the task. Fede
s. al judicial districts. the areas use
o. for geographical distribution of tn
Il boards, are divided into two or thre
sections for that purpose and sepa
ate board named for each.
is These district boards will have 4
ps function until the local boards in the
is territory have begun to certify
n them the men found fitted for mi
tary duty physically and not burde