Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-15
DELAY IN 15STATES
HOLDING UP DRAF 7
Expected That Drawing for Men
in Army Will Take Place Next
Saturday or Monday.
700 DISTRICTS TO HEAR FROM
Important Announcement Con-
corning Handling of Conscripts
After They Are Chosen.

the statement made at the office OF
Provost Marshal-General Crowder to-
day. 1t was announced late tonight
that all Of the States In the Union
were ready for the draft except fifteen
They have turned their cards into the
State capitals. The fifteen States still
uncompletcd are:
Missouri. Alabama. Kentucky. Louisi-
ana. Maryland. Michigan. Mississippi
Montana. New York, North Dakota
Ohio. Oklahoma. Pennsylvania. Utah
and Virginia.
With these States completed there
remain something like TOO exemption
boards to complete their work. ON
Gals estimate 1t would require almost
week for them to do thin. That the
draft may be expedited. General Crow
der announced that 1t will not be nee
essary for the boards to forward dupli-
cate lists to Washington before the
drawing can be made. TeleEraphic
notice that the central board in each
State has received the lists will be
sufficient. The government merely
wishes to make sure that the serial
numbers are in responsible hands
where they cannot be tempered with.
MANY BOARDS IN LARGER
CITIES NOT YET READY
Tho progress Of the work in the
larger cities is shown by the following
list giving the number of boards which
total in each city:
New York. five out Of 1ss.
Boston. none out of twenty-five.
San Francisco. two out Of thirteen.
Los Angeles. eighteen out OF eighteen.
Chicago, ffty-three out of eighty-six.
Cleveland, fifteen out OF eighteen.
Louisville. six out OF seven.
Philadelphia. forty-seven out of fifty
one.
Cincinnati. nine out of ten.
Pittsburgh, twcnty-one out OF TWEEN
ty-one.
st Louis. twenty-eight out of twenty
eight.
New Orleans. thirteen out of thir-
teen.
Baltimore. eighteen out Of twenty
four.
Kansas City and Washington both
have their work completed.
Choice for Draft Day between next
Saturday and the following Monday
seems to lean toward Monday Satur-
day is a half-holiday In the govern
ment departments and, while some Off
Gals said to-day this would not make
any difference" the general opinion
was that it would be best for the
Presidents regulations for the draw
ing 10 be given out for publication on
Monday morning. starting a new week.
~ hou no m l.
ately, in order that no sharpers might
have time to think up schemes for
Stacking"
THERE WILL BE NO DELAY
IN APPORTIONING QUOTAS
kilograms from number OF Gov
errors of States to the provost-mar-
shal-general to-day indicated that
there would be no delay in apportion-
ing the State quotas made public yes
terday among the various local boards.
An important announcement con-
corning the handling Of the conscripts
after they have been drafted was made
to-day by General Crowder. 1t makes
each State responsible for the details
of preparing their quotas for service
The State machinery will be under
Federal regulations, but the States
themselves will be responsible for get
ting the men out. having their cases
passed upon and mobilZing them at
the railroad stations for transportation
to training camps when the President
calls them out. probably about Septem-
Der /. Physical examinations will be
conducted by representatives of The
Governors, under Federal control.
be made. 1t is expected on Monday.
1t will be that IL a man. after being
drawn. fails to appear before the To-
cal board. he will be listed as held for
military service" When he Is called
upon to go to camp. II he fails to ap-
pear he will be arrested as deserter.
If he is living away from the district
in which he registered. however, the
stipulated ten-day limit will not stand
Say he Is In Washington, and register
cd in San Francisco. He can write to
the San Francisco board, under whose
Jurisdiction he is. and ask for trans
fer to the board supervising the dis
trict in which he now resides. The
San Francisco board writes back. This
exchange may take more than the stip-
ulated ten days. but the man is priv
ileged to claim exemption and ask n
physical examination after that time,
provided the San Francisco reply does
not come within the ten days.
Local boards also will be permitted
to extend the ten-day limit for va
rious causes which appear to be Just
NO CHANCE OF CHANGE
IN CENSUS FIGURES
Reported complaints by cities that
their census figures had been padded in
the draft estimates were met to day
with the statement that the draft
quotas were based on estimates of the
population carefully compiled by the
Census Bureau after more than two
months Of investigation.
The basis of figures was the CEN
sus Of 1910. Another census will not
be taken until 1920. but on the figures
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