Evening star., 1917-10-07
DRAFT TOMORROW
TO REACH ABROAD
American Citizens in Foreign
Countries win. Figure IN !
New Drawing.
CONDUCTED IN THIS CITY

Washington tomorrow win conduct Q
second drawing to determine military
service liability. H
The persons whose names are to b
drawn from the hat this time are citt@
zens Of the United States living In CAM
ada. Mexico and other parts Of the word
who registered with United States con-
suls under the selective draft Law.
Inasmuch as the registrants, Of whom
there are about 200. have no permanent
residences in the United States. the war
Department has turned their cards over
to the local draft ofiiciais and directs6
that drawing be conducted to deter.
mine the order Of their military liabilitH
DR.. William Tindall has been desie.
mated by Acting Adjt Gen Donovan for
the District to draw tho nameA Local
draft officials will witness the proceed.
Ings. which will be held at the District
building in Mr.. Donovan's ONCE. The
order of liability to be established by
the lottery will not affect the personnel
of the first National Army. but viii
apply in the raising of the second
Army.
Accused of Deserving.
Another registrant certified for serv-
ice was turned over to the United States
military authorities an 4 desertsr By
District draft officials last night. He
fs c. NJ Roberts. colored. employed at,.
the Commercial Club. who registered a&e
Spartanburg. S. c. According to state.
ments made at draft headquarters last
night, Roberts was given an exemptien
through error by one of the local boardas
in Spartanburg. When the mistake wa4
discovered Roberts was notified By wire
and he was directed to report At Spar
tanburg at o'clock yesterday NORM
ing. He failed to put In an appearance
and the board wired the local of1cialDs
yesterday to cause his arrest - q de.s
serter. ~
The first case of District registrAn$
being exempted after reporting at camp
Is expected to be recorded tomorrow.
Recently. it was ruled by the provost
hardships had resulted could be retS
opened by order of the adjutant general
and treated as new cases. Acting un-
der this authority, Adjt. Gen. Donovan
local citizen who registered with
board No. 1. subsequently left tho city
and claimed that he received mono Of
the notices sent him in regard to re.
porting for examination. Accordingly,
he was served with a hve-day notfc3f
that he would be certified for service.
This notice he received. but he did not
report to the draft authorities until the
seventh day. He was sent to Camp
Meade September 81.
Registrant to Be Released. -
Developments subsequently revealed
the fact that he had q wife and child
dependent upon him for support. Conf
sidering that an undue hardship haas
resulted in this case, Mr.. Donovan
called 1t to the attention of local board
No. /. which ordered an exemption. and
the action taken was sustained by the.
board of appeals. Tomorrow Mr.. Don-.
ovan will send an ofiicial notice Of the
findings to the commanding ofilcer n
Camp Meade and the registrant will be
released. >
Adjutant Donovan tomorrow will pay
his first visit to Camp Meade. He 10
going over with an automobile truckf
load of base ball paraphernalia to pre-
sent to the District troops. The outfits
are the same that were purchased
through contributions made to Clark
Griffith OF the Washington base ball
team. and officially presented to the;
drafted men by Commissioner Brown
low at the game played in their honor.
at American League Park two weeks
ago yesterday between the Washington
and Detroit teams. Other outfits have
been purchased for presentation to the
colored troops from the District when
they reach camp. .