Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-20
DOUBLE-DRiWING
SCHEME GIVES WAY
TOLONGER METHOD.
Necessary to Take Out, One
at a Time, 10,500
Numbers.
EXPECTED TO REQUIRE {.
ABOUT TWELVE HOURS
Process Will Begin at O'clock
This Morning in Senate ri
Office Building.
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ALL ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE
Errors in Procedure by Some Local
Boards Cause Entire Change
in Program. -
EXPECTED TO REQUIRE =
ABOUT TWELVE HOURS
ALL ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE
Errors in Procedure by Some Local
Boards Cause Entire Change
in Program. -


the drawing which will he held to-
morrow to fix the order of military
liability for nearly 100000 regis
tered men throughout the country were
materially changed late to-day. and the
intricate method of double drawing
worked out by officials to lessen the
physical task was abandoned -
Instead Of process requiring not
more than an hour, and involving one
set of numbers from l to 1000, and
another from TO 10. 1t will be necesS
sary to draw one at time at least
10.26S numbers. Probably. to make
certain that every registrant in the
largest district is placed. lO.50o draw
ings will be made. II will require at
least ten and half hours, and officials
in charge believe IT, will take twelve.
The process will begin at 9:30 A. NJ.
The numbers will be publicly an
noupced for telegraphing to the news
papers over the country as fast as they
considered plan, under which they.
would hive been hetdsinsconffd fdeneessfof
publication everywhere Saturdavimorn-
ing, but that sugc cstion was Abandoned
late tonight. $3.50
DISCARDED FEW HOURS
AFTER BEING MADE PUBLIC
Following is Provost Marshal Gem
erai Crowder's explanation OF the sud-
den abandonment of the double draw
Ing plan which II had taken weeks to
work out in detail. and which was
made public only d few hours before
1t was discarded: -
"Advices received by long distance
telephone this afternoon indicate that
In certain areas the boards, In mum.
bering registration cards. have kept
the cards segregated by election dis
tricts. and that serial numbers have
been assigned to tho whole group by
board while the cards were thus
segregated. II the drawing is con-
Quoted as originally planned. in groups
OF 1000, the result will be that con-
siderable proportions of certain cleo
ton districts will brought up for
examination together
This will result in drafting persons
from one locality within the jurisdic-
ton of a board before ahy person is
drawn from another locality within the
same Jurisdiction. For this reason, it
has been decided to abandon the draw
ing by thousands. and to draw 10000
numbers. which is in excess OF the
highest number OF cards under tho
Jurisdiction Of any board
The only change In the plan will be
that there will be one drawing instead
of two.
The advantage will be greater sin-
plicity. The disadvantage will be that
the drawing will require, ten hours to
complete"
DRAWING TO TAKE PLACE
IN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
The stage setting for the great lot
terry has not been changed 1t Will
take place in the public hearing room
of the Senate Office Building The in
vlted guests who will sit with Secra@
,ary Baker. OF the War Department.,
and watch the proceedings. will be-
members of the senate and House
Military Committees. The only other
persons present. according to plans to-
night. will be a limited number of
newspaper espondents. photogra-.
piers to take both still views and mo-
tion pictures OF the historic event. and
the officials of General Crowder's office.
who Will conduct the drawing
In the drawing Itself. there Will be
nine actors. The principals will be "a
hlindfolded man who constantly stirs
the lo.5o0 black capsules in the great
placed another b.;ndfolded man who
draws the capsu.ss from the bowl one
At time. and two announcers, one
standing Al each side OF the bowl. and
TO whom the capsules viii be handed In
turn as they are dawn.
The announcers viii break the cap.
Sules as they receive then. extract the
~ slip o. paps! on which number
VIII be stamped and call the number
to three tally clerks. The slip will
then he h nded 10 an official in front
OF to bewr who will verify the an-
nouncer's repoct. ana on his verinca-f
ton, another man. stationed at greet
blackboard. will write the number In
Its order on thc-',oard.
The board will hold 1000 npnbers-s
When II is filed, II VIII be taken out
OF the room. photographed, cleaned OF
and returned. the drawing continuing
meanwhile with a second board In uss.
Tho onicial record OF tho drawing,
which will be furnished to the local
exemption boards. and In aecordanns {,