Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22
SOON TO BEGIN CALLING
MEN FROM THEIR HOMES
Next Steps to Be Taken Toward
Raising Army Of 6s7, 900 Out
lined by Crowder.
LOCAL BOARDS NOW MUST ACT
Tabulated Sheets Will Be Sent Out
by Mail on Monday and Should
Reach Most Distant Section Within
Five Days.

WASHINGTON. July a1-Eow comes
tho actual draft.
Within Ave days In the East. and
within two weeks in the West, tho
government will begin taking men out
Of the homes and putting them into
the army.
The next steps to be taken toward
raising the army OF $4,000 ordered by
President Wilson were enumerated by
Proyost-Marshal-Gen eral crowder to-
day In tho following Official statement:
The drawing Is complete and has
been apparently successful The ON
ctal tally sheets have been compared,
sent to the printer and the proof ia
being received. Final copies will be
ready FOR distribution not later than
Tuesday.
The next step will be the certifca-
ton of the results of the drawing to
4'S5' local boards. and the application
by each board of Its chart to Its serial
~ numbered list This need consume
but little time. and when done the
order of priority of the nearly 10, 600. 900
reGistrants to report for examination
will be revealed. Such additional
drafts as may be ordered by the Presi-
dent will be filled by calling men In
the order OF this established priority.
and no further drawing will ever be
necessary. Each local board. upon re-
cetpt OF it's chart and upon notification
by the Governor OF the quota to be
raised by II. may proceed at once un-
der regulations already promulgated to
summon men for examination.
we have now passed the stage Of
the execution of the selective service
act. and reached tho time when we
must have concert OF action by States
In raising State contngents the race
is to the swiftest.
ASSISTANCE BY PRESS
OF VERY GREAT VALUE
II cannot let this opportunity pass
without adverting to the very great
value Of the assistance which has been
SO earnestly ana efficiently rendered by
the press.
without the systematic campaign of
public information that prepared the
country for the registration. the en-
rollment OF 100000 men on the NTH
day of juno would have been impos-
sible The generous support OF the
newspapers through 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 number was
drawn lists for each registration dis
trict. showing the persons who would
be summoned for examination on the
first call of the local boards"
General Crowder has been without
sleep for more than thirty-six hours.
He did not leave tt Q room in which the
draft was held until after o'clock
this morning. He went home. but could
not sleep So he spent the rest of the
night reading a history OF the Punic
Wars Bright and early this morning
he was at his desk
The first thing he did was to clear
away the difficulty which had arisen
over the drawing OF blank number
as the 1o,o04th capsule.
Tho general ordered that the slips
bearing the numbers be assembled into
groups OF thousands and counted so as
to determine what the missing number
was. 1t was discovered to be 1862.
He then ordered 1t placed on the tally
lists In the 1o.oo4th place. where the
blank had been drawn.
NO HARDSHIP WORKED
ON ANY MAN BY ERRORS
No hardship was worked on any man
by the errors. as If the slip had borne
the number 1862 it would have been re-
corded as that when drawn in the TO-
004th place.
General Crowder this morning re-
ceived letter from Secretary Baker
In which the latter said:
Whom this letter reaches you the
actual drawing of the numbers So
lectins the men for the first national
army OF 100000 men will have been
completed. and the third stage in your
lcontinued on Second Page.)
SS With st. !, ratEick,; Sunday school next