Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
ANXIOUS DAYS FOR
REGISTERED MEN.

1Hc lcAt lew udyS lOl tuOSC llcdl
the head of the draft will be days of
waiting, for no calls will be issued
by the county exemption boards un-
til official reports of the drawing
have been received by mail. AS
soon as these reports arrive each of
the county exemption boards will
call upon a certain number of men
at the head of the drawing to pre-
sent themselves for examination,
The regulations say that when
any person is called by local
board, notice thereof shall be mail
ed by the clerk of such board to
each person so called, directed to
the address on his registration card
With few exceptions all those cal
led must first be subjected to a phys
ical examination.
The notification sent out by mail
will fix the date and place of this
examination, but the government
will not take as excuse or failure to
appear that the man called did not
receive notification.
Each registrant, particularly if he
is near the head of the draft list,
is expected to watch the posted an
nouncements and lists OF his local
board. The instructions to regis
.rants say in heavy black type:
"Watch the lists at the office of
your board and see when you are
called for examination"
Those called up for examination
at the start will probably be those
who come within the quota number
Of the head Of the list. The instruct
ions set forth that the first third
shall be called up for examination
the morning of the fifth day fol-
lowing the mailing Of the notice;
the next third on the morning OF
The sixth day and the remaining on
the morning of the seventh day.
"After the draft any man who
loes not respond will be classed
as a deserter from the military SER
vice of the United States and will
De courtmartialed and treated as
such on capture" said Brig. Gen.
Maurice Thompson. The adjutant
general, in charge Of the state draft.
In times Of war such as the present
lesertion is an offense that draws
serious penalties. 1t should be dis
tinctly understood that when man
once is drawn from that time forth
ne becomes member of the draft
army-in other words the federal
military forces-and he remains
such and is under military law until
such time as he is declared exempt
~ proper authority for physical dis
ability or other reasons"
Just how the "deserters" will be
rounded up has not yet been pre-
scribed, but it is certain that the
government will devote no little at
tention to the capture and punish
nent of these men who seek to es-
cape draft thru flight.
According to the tentative plans
'or continuation of the army draft
process following the initial select
ion of names, the first third OF the
county and apportionment will be
examined within seven days. The
second third of the total will be eX-
amined within prescribed time al
Ter that and the final third at a third
prescribed time.
Determination of the liability or
Ter will be made as follows:
The district of the United States
having the largest number OF ellgl-
)les within it's jurisdiction will be
chosen as a model for the liability
order choice of succession.
All the members from No. to the
highest number in that district Will
be placed in container and drawn
one by one in the same manner as
the selection of the draft numbers
were made. Being the largest DIS
trict in the United States the num-
bers included in this drawing VIII
| cover corresponding numbers IN all
other districts in the country.
If the first number drawn should
be $4,000, all precincts in the United
States having such number would
designate the person identified with
that figure as the first to be called
and examined. Those districts moi
having such a high number would
| record a zero at this drawing and
would follow out the scheme only
| in so far as it pertained to the num-
bers included in that district.
The second number drawn might
be No. 1 and the men having No.
in all districts of the entire country
would be the second in succession
to be subject to draft in their dis
tricts. AS there are more names
drawn than the district city anc
state quotas required, the numbers
drawn last and beyond the maxi
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