Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
gystem. which on Friday will settle
.wtthin the space OF sixty minutes tho
sAta OF 1c,00O,00o men

e gystem. which on FRIDAY Will settle
9.~tthin the space Of sixty minutes tho
!, CATO OF 1c.oo0.ooo men.
He II chief law offic,. Of tho War
IMPAIRMENT. He holds tho dual posi-
vtNE OF Judge Acknowledgement and
aprovost marshal-Eeneral. this short.
y slim. slightly crippled man. who has
handled-at stretches OF more tran
twelve hours day--a mass OF work
unprecedented in the history OF the
government Less than hve feet eight,
: bald on top, and his brown hair thick
S ly-- shot with gray. as Is his bushy
moustAche, no has thrown his lao
). pounds into tho mountain OF detail and
the detail has Strengthened itself out
until now there Is nothing but nice
orderly bundles Of papers. neatly bound
with rubber bands. He lives in his
work. and Is shy to the point OF dis
comfort when outside his swivel chair.
all the weeks he has held the reins
offSthe fate Of 100000 Of Americas
bext manhood he has not permitted his
photograph to be taken once. He has
stayed in after dark, SO that snap shots
might not be taken. To-day a breezy
business man-agent for q great news
photograph corporation-came into his
Office and sought to arrange for a pic
ture OF the draft.
Il guess It's got to be DONE" said
General Crowder, but ! want ue pic
ture to be taken before l come in.'
LIVES OF MEN By MILLIONS
= STAKE IN GREAT LOTTERY
Tho system devised by this man will
draft approximately $4,000 men
minute. America banned the lottery,
but within less than forty-eight hours
she is going to have the biggest gam
BILE In the world, in which the stakes
arc tho lives OF men by the millions
BY Friday night every man in the
country will know his position on the
CONSUMPTION list few days later he
will DO officially notified and with this
notification will be sent a complete
list, OF the numbers In his district so
that he may Judge how soon he is like
ly to be called If among the nrst
quota he will be given FIVE days to APP
pear before the local board for physi-
cal examination. He then will have
an additional five days in which to
nie afiidavits II he makes a claim for
exemption
No penalty will attach to his failure
to appear before the board He will
merely forfeit his rights to exemption.
and will be listed as held for service"
II, however. he fails to appear when
ordered to report for transportation to
the mobilization camp, he will be ar
rested as deserter. and face heavy
penalty by a military court.
Tho drawing will apply with equal
fairness to the largest and smallest
registration districts. The largest dis
rict-that u.s. the one with the greatest
number Of registered mems located
sine Detroit. 1t has more than 5000
-reststrants. The smallest is In Wyom-
ing. 1t has 1877.
General Crowder to-day called a con-
ference Of newspaper men, and an
swered questions relative to the draw
Ing, In order that there might be no
chance for error in transmission of
the draft numbers through the medium
of the press He said that all prepa-
rations were now complete. and
waited only upon the reports from the
late States.
The first capsule will be drawn by
Secretary Baker. who will be present
with his military chiefs at the draft
committee. Blindfolded men will
draw tho others.
blackboard has been made ready.
and an expert in posting market quota
tons employed to post the numbers
as they are drawn. This will occupy
whole side OF the wall in the room
where the drawing takes place.