The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-24
All Who Apply Are to Be
Subjected to Examination of
Rigid Character
DRAFT LISTS TO
ARRIVE VERY SOON
May Reach Hands of Local
Boards by Tonight May
Enlist Until Lists Are Posted
In Offices

Washington. July 23.--The draft
has passed from the hands of the
government into control OF the states
The final word TO each state is: AL
low few exemptions. De strict and
Investigate e&ch case carefully"
Provost Marsha! Genera, Crowder
father OF the draft. set this example
today himself at the same time blast
Ing the hopes of thousands of federal
employees who believed their names
on government payrols would ex.
empt them.
General Crowder refused exem ption
claims for six OF his civilian employees
men who had aided him In prepar-
ing for the draft aud who themselves
were drafted for the first call. He
refused to make affidavit that the men
were virtually necessary 10 the con-
duct OF his work. as Is required by
the law One of the men was his
personal stenographer. As a result
the men. If physically fit. vii have
to serve.
Blow To Wealthy Youth.
General Crowder's action is a di-
rect blow at hundreds Of wealthy
youths who fiocked to what they con-
sidered the protection OF a govern
ment payroll when the seleCtive con-
scription law was passed They work
cd for small wages in mental posi-
tons because OF the report that all
rpploves Of the government would he
exempted IN y body Strange as II
may seem a large proportion sought
refuge In the war department itself.
he mailed tonight They had heer
ehaeka dand rechecked and verified
many times. and finally printed by the
government printing office. Work o'
marking them wifi begin early to-
morrow
The lists are To be sent TO each Of
the 4.aS7 local boards There are
eleven sheets 10 each ns'-one sheet
for each 600 numbers drawn and
rho eleventh sheet for the remaining
5oh numbers
These lists wifi 10 rostef i'm medi'
atAfv upor recent IN the Office OF each
local board The men drafted for
he first call are thereupon called &c
present themselves for examination
as the hoard NAV designate.
VIII Notify Py Mail.
To make II easier for the men. Tire
what Sav 10 appear for rhvsical ex-
Bnt in the Anal ANALYSIS
II IS incumbent upon the man himself
10 a~uear before the board should
Re fail 70 receive notice.
THE master lists contain each Of ths
10000 numbers drawn in the order
in which thcv were pulled from the
r-lass bowl Each local hoard. IN re.
ceivtnr them. will eliminate all the
Mum hers higher than the highest rec
istored number under the board
jurisdiction and the remaining mum
hers WIFI show the order In which
tho men are srhtact 20 sevvfce.
n vas exrect 81 az General Crowd,
er'e Office TODAY that nv ton,
evening the draft would he in F,l
operation. That 's. states near Wash
tngton will ha IN n position to i'm
-, eafata,v notify the mer called r.
.,res- for examination Pacific coaS'
boards viii. Of course. he the last r.
sc. under wav.
The first actual call will 10 ISSUED
II Is exnected. in Washington. the
IN rital city. Here II will require hut
short time for the boards to secure
master lists and In order to set a
record. they AFRO all ready to issue ar
immediate call.
When the master lists are placed ir
the mail the government will have
finished Its work with the draft. II
will have nothing more TO do. except
retain general supervision until earl,
in September Then IL will receive
the men selected into it's armed ser
vice.
As to Exemptions.
As result Of thousands Of re-
quests of General Crowder and ths
department Of Justice. the following
settlement was issued informally to-
dav:
The provost marshal-genera1 Ia:
NO authority to grant exemptions
Neither has a-v other federal agency
Each man n,rst put his case up Il
hts local board"
! General Crowder made the tmcor
tart statement that President Wilson
IL he nnds that the local boards Ee
out Of their depth in the question o
Industrial exemptions. possibly will Is
sue a proclamation esta blishing line
for industrial exemptions.
There has been no definite ruling, :
he said, ION what industries shoult
he exempt We have believed II wa
for the local boards to Judge To-
Themselves. However. II the demand
arises. President Wilson will clear thi
Glasses for exemption"
General Crowder then added tina
even should certain Industries be ex
empted It would not follow that ever.
worker would be released from mill
.tary service.
Because Of questions concern
ing the permissibility of men on
the draft volunteering In the
armed service. General Crow1er
today ruled that such enlisting
Will be permissible for men called
on the first draft only up to the
time In which the master lists
ore posted in the Offices Of the
local boards. This means that
men In the East only have about
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