The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-07
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! Isaslsa -. 1857. they show
y nAiline 81 1s,7ls. View Jersey
x nosx me registered 3ot.sss. on
1uttnaxe 81 30s.sSs. . reduction OF
NJ. n The afternoon Delaware wae
q nR1 lro0 and she also was below
~ eensus mark.
u sS Two Arrests In Washington,
S - District of Columbia tncludins
ASh inRton rusiotered s2,212 out OF
651Ra8ed number OF s6.s1s. Two ar
II were made In the Capitol city for
! 1k1Ampts to evada the Law. The to,ai
number Of arrests throuEhout the
4 c6untry tonight, according TO an re-
ports ofscaal and unofiicial are more
\ than 1.eoe.
sorted TO the department of justice,
however.
General Crowder made public a
number Of most optimistic staten snts
from the governors of various states.
TneaA were contained In teiegrams
recsived at this once during the lay.
Come OF these follow;
Governor Hutchings. Texas--"Reg-
iStration accomplished satisfactorily.
Governor Stuart. Virginia ne
turns from FIVE cities indicate larser
4 f0RlIx{&fioN
seems everywhere TO have oeen dohe
efhciently and registration regdia }
tions compiled with cheerfully. onty
one or two cases of trifins evasions-
Governor Beckett, North Carnlina--
Full registration Not one trace or
orrositIon or disorder IN any IRE
cinct in the state
Governor Cats. Florida "Resistra-
ton satisfactory throughout the
etste."
The Sep which now foIlows--the
routine after registration which pre-
c>des the actual departure OF the
elected men for the training camps
were explained in detail today for the
Arse time. General Crowder made
the following statement for the hene-
At of the Il. ooo. Gee or more men VINO
are vitality interested.
Completes First step.
Registration marks the completion
Of the arst well defined step in the
execution OF the seiectiTe draft law
The actual recording has been prac-
sicafiy finished in a single day, but
the arrangement and copying OF the
cards their segregation into appro-
pirate groups the publication of lists
and the gathering in OF delayed
registrations will consume week or
tan days. In the meantime. the ma
ckinery Of the registration is being
yeAdtusfed TO serve as machinery for
the further execution OF the Law. This
~crk 10 proceedin rapidly and should
De completed within The time or stimuli
taneously with the appointing OF the
tOardA
when this is all done regulations
sK0verning the jurisdiction of the TO-
! cAl boards will be issued and the ma
chinery will then be ready to pro-
cs&d to the drawing which will result
III q determination OF the order in
which registered men will be exam
tnad for the purpose OF their selec-
ton for military and Industrial ser
vice.
When this list of order is deter
mined. IL is expected that the war
department Will be able TO make
definite cali for men. and as soon as
= this data is available the quotas nee
essary to Ali the FIRST called will be
assigned to the several states.
The policy of decentralization. the
application of which has SO success
fully consummated the registration.
will be adhered to throughout. The
various states, knowing the number
OF men which they must call and
the order in which each particu, II
man is TO be examined. can then as
sign to the various local boards the
task of selecting the number OF men
necessary to complete the quota for
the locality under the jurisdiction of
the board"
The exemption list will be submit
ted to Secretary Baker shortly and
after being approved by him will be
sent to President Wilson to be drafted
into his proclamation calling out the
rekistered men.
The only exemptions certain so far
ara persons already in military or
naval. executive or judicial depart
ments OF the United States, the sew
eral states, territories and the Dis
friet OF Columbia. ministers and d.
WITTY students. aliens and alien enc
mics.
!, i 'fFsfegsr 20, d partial exemption l!s'
Including members OF the sects op-
posed TO war on conscientious grounds
who were members OF those sects wher
the draft law became effective on MAY
IL. These persons, however, are sub
see4 4, Industrial eeFSefiP ttef7- 9th
ers on this list include county and
municipal. custom house clerks, per
sons employed in the transmission o
the malls, artifcers and workmen EN-
pioyed in the armories, arsenals ant
navy yards, mariners actually II
American sea service and those eithei
with solely dependent relatives o
whose moral or physical defictsncie
Afaoualify them