Arizona republican., 1917-07-22
EXEMPTION BOARDS NAMED
 AND TALLY SHEETS OF BIG
 DRAFT READY FOR PRINTER
Republican A. p. Leased WIre1


 WASHINGTON, July 21.-Despite the fact that officers and clerks of Pro- vost Marshal General CroWder's offices worked all last night to complete the drawing that fixed the order of mili- tary libality of 10,000,000 registrants. the tally sheets have been compared and corrected before dark tonight and the master list was in the hands of the printer. Copies will be mailed to local exemption boards beginning not later than Tuesday and the summoning of the first draft of 6S7,000 men can be- gin
 General Crowder tonight issued this statement.
 "The drawing is complete and has been apparently successful. The off cial tally sheets have been compared, sent to the printer and the proof is being received. Final copies will be ready for distribution not later than Tuesday.
 "The next step will be the certifica- tion of the results of the drawing to 4,557 local boards and the application by each board of it's chart to it's ser ially numbered list. This need consume but little time and when done, the or der of priority of the nearly ten mil lion registrants to report for eXamina llOn VIII De TeNedltu. SUCH drafts as may be ordered by the pres ident will be filled by calling men in the order of this established priority and no further drawing will ever be neces- sary. Each local board, upon receipt of it's chart and upon notification by the governor of the quota to be raised by it, may proceed at once. under reg ulatiOnS already promulgated, to sum- mon men for examination
 We have now passed the stage in the execution of the selective service act when we must have concert of ac- ton by the states. In raising state contingents, the race is to the swiftest.
 T cannot let this oportunity pass without adverting to the very great value of the assistance which has been so earnestly and efficiently rendered by the press.
 Without the systematic campaign of public information that prepared the country for the registration, the en- rollment of ten million men on the fifth day of June would have been impos- sible. The generous support of the newspapers throughout the period since registration day is appreciated and only the most thorough efficiency could have placed upon the streets, within few hours after the first num- Der was drawn, lists for each registra- tion district showin~ the names of the persons who would be summoned for service on the first call.
 The only new feature shown is the plan for handling cards that are found to have duplicate numbers or are oth- erwise confused, and also of dealing with those received July 10. when the local boards closed their lists to begin numbering.
 By the plan worked out, these ad- ditional cards will be given an order of 1 their own by lot and then will be added | to the lists of the districts from which | they come and be affected by the draw l ing precisely as though they had been | received and numbered before the 1 board lists were closed. Where sev- era1 cards bear the same serial number one will be drawn from the group and retain the duplicated number, while the others will be regarded as unnumbered and the process of adding them to the lists be followed. Another step accom- | plished during the day was the ap- pointment of district boards of 32 of the states and announcement of the names of the five men who will com 1 pose each of them. Some states have l six or eight boards to ease the task Federal judicial districts, the areas used for geographical distribution of the boards are divided into two or three sections for that purpose and a sepa - rate board named for each.
 These district boards will have nc l function until the local boards in their territory have begun to certify to them the men found fitted for military duty physically and not burdened with de- pendents. The higher boards are courts of appeal, either for the individual or for the government, against the find ings of the local board.
 The question of industrial exemp tions has been turned over to these dis trict boards. They will be sole judge! of any registered mans field of great est service to the nation, whether ir the army or in the intuition factory , business house or other civilian occu patton in which he is engaged. T The first purpose today in checking the tally sheets was to discover ont missing number. A blank capsule Wal found in the drawing. At the time {
 notation was placed on the tally sheet
 showing that the blank had come III number 10,004. The drawing was car.
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