The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-07-20
OFFICIALS READY
FOR DRAFT WORK

Official reports from Washington
Thursday evening stated that the
drawing would take place at $50 q.
m. Friday morning.
DR.. H. p. H. Robinson said Thurs
day that the Medina county draft
board is all ready for duty. The board
is now waiting for the big drawing
that will take place in Washington,
probably to-day or Saturday.
DR.. Robinson says that so far as
he knows there will be no change in
the quota assigned to this county by
the state authorities. This was an
nounced Monday as being 125 men
in excess of all men already called to
the colOrs.
A telegraphed protest from Con-
gressman E. R. Bathrick of this dis
trict to the governor and statements
at Washington by Senator Atlee POM
creme that the draft apportionment
causd too heavy a drain upon Cleve-
land, Akron, Canton, Toledo and
other industrial centers, did not
change the attitude of the governors
Office.
Until definite instructions are issued
there is liable to be considerable con-
fusion as the method to be employed
in the drawing. AS to whether you
will be called in the first lot or in
later calls is to be determined by the
drawn numbers. There are several
methods that are said to be fair, but
which one is to be used has not yet
been made public.
To illustrate, suppose the number
drawn at Washington is 4026, then
every number ending in six would be,
say, first call. When the 6s were all
used then the other terminal numbers,
until the first quota needed was filled.
After the terminal figures are all
used then the column next could be
used, and so on, until all were used.
Another method would be to take eV-
cry third number from the one Off
cially drawn, and so on, until all were
used.
A phamphlet has been prepared ex-
planning in detail just how the num-
bers drawn can be applied to the lists
of serial, or red ink numbers in each
exemption district. This pamphlet
probably will be released for publica-
ton Thursday evening or Friday.
The whole system is so simple that
when the numbers are drawn there
and flashed back home. anyone can
apply them To the lists of registra-
ttions Az fast " they come As soon
a. the drawing IS completed and the
numbers received, ii can BIZ told
whether a young man will be SUM
moned before the board in this first
call; whether he will be reached in
the second, or whether there is no
possibility of his being reached during
the war unless it should run three or
four years. Absolute fairness in the
drawing is safeguarded all along the
route. So Friday night should see
the question of "going to war or not"
decided in more than nine million
American homes.
With the drawing over, the exemp-
tion boards will begin work at once.
The local board will absolutely dispose
of each case brought before them
and they must handle all that are
taken in the first call-except the
claims for industrial exemptions and
the appealed cases. The district
board will review the work of the
lower board and decide on industrial
exemptions.
Below is a list of those registered
lack of time prevented us from giving
the entire list. AS it had been our
intention to run the other half next
week which will be unnecessary if the
is completed before then.
Medina village, however, is complete: