The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-23
SUMMONING
TO BEGIN SOON
Copies Of Master List Being
Prepared Will Be Mailed
Tomorrow
DRAFT TASK NOW
FACES LOCAL BOARD
General Crowder Praises
Work Of Press in Carry
ing News of the Draft

Washington, July 23--Despite the fact
that officers and clerks of Provost Mar
shall General Crowder's Office worked al
Friday night to complete the drawing
that fixed the order of military liability
of 100000 registrants, the tally sheets
had been compared and corrected before
dark Saturday night and the master list
was in the hands of the printer. Copies
will be mailed to local exemption boards
beginning not later than Tuesday, and
the summoning of the first draft OF $751;
600 men can begin.
Gen. Crowder Saturday night issued
the following statement: "The drawing
is complete and has been apparently sue
cessful. The official tally sheets have
been compared, sent to the printer and
the proof is being received. Final copies
will be ready for distribution not later
than Tuesday.
"The next step will be the certifca
tion of the results of the drawing to
1867 local boards and the application
by each board of its chart to its serially
numbered list This need consume but
little time and when done the order of
priority of the nearly 100000 regis
trants to report for examination will be
revealed. Such additional drafts as may
be ordered by the president will be filled
by calling men in the order of this |
established priority and no further draw
ing will ever be necessary. Each local
board upon receipt of its chart and upon |
notification by the governor of the quota |
to be raised by it may proceed at once,
under regulations already promulgated
to summon men for examination.
1--WE now have passed the stage in the
execution of the seleetive service act
when we must have concert of action
by the states. In raising state eontin
gents the race is to the swiftest.
Il cannot let this opportunity pass
without adverting to the very great val,
ue of the assistance which has been SO
earnestly and efficiently rendered by the
press.
Without the systematic campaign of
public information that prepared the
country for the registration, the enroll.
ment of 100000 men on the fifth day
of June would have been impossible. The
generous support of the newspapers
through the period since registration day d.
is appreciated and only the most thor ,
ough efficiency could have placed upon !,
first number was drawn lists for each
registration district, showing the names
of the persons who would be summoned
for examination on the first call of the
local boards"
Gen. Crowder also made public the |
text of the regulations for their applica.
ton which will accompany the master
lists. The only new feature shown is
The plan for handling cards that are
'ound to have duplicate numbers or are .
confused, and also of dealing y
With those received July 10 when the =
ocal boards closed their lists to begin . =,
BY the plan worked out these addition =
i cards will be given an order of their .
,wn by lot and will then be added to the -
lists of the districts from which they "a
ONE, and be affected by the drawing - I,
precisely as though they had been re- "
eived and numbered before the board
lists were closed. Where several cards u
'ear the same serial number one will be y
rawn from the group and retain the -, "a
duplicated number, while the others will =
e regarded as unnumbered and the proc -
SIS of adding them to the lists be fol- =
owed. 81
Another step accomplished during the 'p
ay was the appointment of the district =
cards of 32 of the states and announce :!
tent of the names of the five men who "
ill compose each of them. Some states
ave six or eight boards to ease the task, ~
,deral judicial districts, the areas used
,r geographical distribution of the
cards, being divided into two or three hi
'ctions for that purpose and a separate ics
oard named for each. III
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