New-York tribune., 1917-07-20

20 whom the capsules VIII be hanoeo
in turn as they are drawn.
Will Break Capsules
The announcers will break the cap
sules as they receive them, extract the
tiny slip Of paper, on which a number
will be stamped, and call the number
TO three tally clerks. The slip VIII
then be handed 70 an official in front
Of the bowl, who will verify the an
nouncers' report, and on his verihca-
tion another man, stationed at great
blackboard, will write the number IN
its order on the board.
The board will hold 1000 numbers
When it is filled it will be taken out
Of the room, photographed, cleaned on
and returned, the drawing continued
meanwhile with a, second board in use.
The official record of the drawing,
which will be furnished 70 the locai
exemption boards and in accordance
with which they will call out the men
N fiji each district quota, VIII be mace
mn into books of eleven pages, eacn
nare being a Photographic fac-simile
Of the blackboard. The exemption
hoards will take no action toward sum-
moning their men until these DOCKS
reach them through the mails.
Jersey Causes Change
The telephone message referred TO by
General Crowder in his statement came
from the adjutant general OF New JeT
sew. When that officer learned through
publication of the system OF douole
drawing, announced earlier IN the day'
ne saw Immediately that a great lnJus-
tice would be done in his state because
of the way in which the local ooards
had given serial numbers to the c@iu'
from the registration preclncts.
The New Jersey ofhcer PromPtsS az
communicated his discovery 10 the ON
GERS of the Provost Marshal GeheIai'
hasty conference of ofhciaIs Was
called behind locked doors ana quIJJn
search made in the local board reco,oS
Of many states which nave t;on p wss
ceived here. A similar situation was
founS "a exist in many parts OF the
conntrv. In some lists colored sno
white registrants had been classined IN
separate groups and the seriai num-
hers ran accordingly. In others, anens
we're separated and given their OWN
Group of serial numbers. ,t .ho
n was q hopeless tangle' Al .ne
double drawing system were carrIeu ~
one election district IN any, eNerhP'ioir i1
S;y;sion might be swept clean OF an
ui' ~ ,,ornc men 10 fill the quota, whlle
~ other election districts IN the same
sxorontion area furnished no men what-
svsr In other cases it might be neces,
ssrv "a mass on and exempt tnousanu
Liens before a single American was
called to service. ;,h+
In others a thousand negrvos
ho taken for examination oelole
,ybite man was called, or wee versa
There was only one way out, snu .n
War Department promptly thoS of
that the whole intricate me'nod 10
drawing. devised to save time & anu Of
S. ,yenld be abandoned in favor OF
~ ~ .;ronIe, direct plan Of drawing sum
o;o,t ~ Numbers TO fix the place OF the
Lee man in the largest exemption ols
80, That was the original plah' anu
II was intended for weeks TO draw III
tbat wav. but the enormous arnouhe %
iabor and the time involved Pioi"PLt w.
.So effort to devise snort cuV 'hA'
would be fair to all.
Glad of Early Discovery
officers Of General Crowders olhee
concratulated themselves to-nlgn. InS'
the difficulty in the way oi lhe uoIDi
dravine was found to-day rather ."@n AZ
after the drawing. IL was od,, of1
,nr,,ord and then it would nave peeh
,ocossaTv TO declare its result eau
celled and draw again. Ado,
11he difficulty that forced apanuohI
ant of the more elaborate methou
rev out of the detail OF the plah. ~
%as proposed to list all reglstrants IN
each district by thousands OF iracuohs
~ thousands. Men whose serial nun,
hers were in the three thousahos
would have been put IN one group
,hoss with numbers of less tnan
thousand in another, those
With numbers in the four thou-
lands in another, and so on. The hrst
drawing would have placed these groups
OF thousands in the order in when the
numbers O to 10 were drawn. Inc sec
ond drawing would then have nxed Ine
order of liability of the individuals IN
each of the thousands as among them-
selves, a thousand numbers being drawn
to that end.
The result would then have been
that if the 5000 group were n nlSs
drawn the 3,000s would have been
called for duty first and in, the oroer
in which their serial numbers came
out in the big drawing. The result Oh
the big drawing would then have been
annlied 10 the other thousands IN
tbeir order fixed by the little lottery.
Each exemption district Is composed
Of several election districts, when
we're the registration precincts IN the
first revolution of the draft machinery;
The registration cards were turned
over 20 the exemption boards, with IN
struction to shuttle them before plse-
ing on each its serial number
In some districts, however. instead
Of the individual cards, il was packs
OF cards, each representing complete
registration precinct, that were shut-
hed The first pack was opened then
and the serial number l placed on the
first card. Serial numbers were placed
in rotation until the pack was exhaust
ed, then continued with the next pack
picked up.
S,,,oofy1 that pack contained a