The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-11
PREPARATIONS ARE
UNDER WAY FOR
SELECT|VE DRAFT
Territory Win Be Divided Into Six
Districts To Facilitate Draw
II. ing Of Registered Men
BLlNDF0LDED PERSON
WILL TAKE OUT NUMBER
Those So Selected Must Appear
Before Exemption Boards
For Examination


Oahu, two for Hawaii. and one each
for Maui and>Kauai. These will cor,
respond to the representative districts
already established.
Each man when registered received
n number on his registration card, but
this number is not the one 10 he used
in the making of the draft. The card
number. is only for purposes of identi.
tieation for the registration bureau. and
has no other use, said +. j. Green, chair.
man Of the exemption board, Yesterday.
When the six districts are established
the cards of The men of that district
viii be thoroughly shufflcd without re-
gard to names or numbers They will
hen he RANGED in stacks and numbered
conseeutively just as they come in the
lacks. Rel ink will be used, and this
new red ink number is the one TO which
he holder of the card will respond if
1t is drawn in the making Of the draft.
The districts on Hawaii will have
the largest number of cards, rs it is
likely their serial numbers will run up
10 1000. The districts on Oahu viii
have about. 5000 each.
SlSe VI DTdlJ MOI hnOWn
" Slips bearing the serial numbers,
trom one TO the highest in any district,
will be placed in capsules and thrown
into large receptacle, in which they
Kill be thoroughly stirred. Then the
capsules will be drawn one hy one unit!
= sufficient number TO satisfy the draft
has been reached. 1t is not known vet
now many are to be drawn here.
The capsules containing the numbers
are to be drawIt nv a ,blindfoIdcd per
son and handed by him to an an.
nouncer, who will open the capsule, un.
fold the number, and read it aloud. 1t
will he recorded by three separate tally
Jerks at the time of reading.
Each number drawn in a capsule will
thus represent a man of that number
from each of the six districts, unless
he numbers in some of the districts
run higher than iP others, in which case
only one or twOi may respond to the
numb"r drawn
The order in which the numbers are
drawn is the order in which the holders
If the numbers will report for examin-
alton. If Tom Jones has the number
H2N, and 020 is drawn fourth in the
lraft, Tom Jones will be the fourth
nan in his district to 90 before the
BOARD for examination.
Exemption Boards
Local exemption boards in each dis
Tlrt will have entire responsibility for
the men drafted after the drawing is
made. They VIII make the physical ex.
limitations and determine the fitness of
he applications for exemption. Later
IN they will h" entrusted with the dut,
If assembling and caring for the men
until they are turned over to the Unit
3d States authorities.
APpointccs for the local exemption
boards ar" IN tr consideration now,
and will be announced early in the
week, in all probability.
Appeals from the decision OF these
local boards may be taken to the dis
rict exemption board in Honolulu by
either the applicant or the government.
The district board also has the au.
horiN to rev Jew all the work Of the
Deal hoaris ami go over their dcci
liOns
Only Citizens Wanted
When tn" hVIdrrs of numbers which
nave been drawn come before the ex
'mptiOn bOards the first question will
Joe as to citizenship. If they are not
'itizrns they ar" automatically dis
qualified ~ ourr, and no further steps
will be taken. Such persons will re
ain their registration cards for idcnt
.fcation.
In the case Of Filipinos, none will be
L., % Al
first citizenship papers. The same rule
applies to the natives Of any foreign
Ountry whose numbers are drawn in
he capsules.
After the determination of citizen
hip the n"Yt step is the physical ex
animation and determination Of the fit
ness OF the exemption claims as en-.
cred on the registration cards of the
men drafted. When those tests are
passed. the man is ready for the call Of
the government to any organization or
lamp rs the War Department directs.
Much Speculation
Although absolutely no information
has been rrrrrN ed from official sources
AS to the number of men to be drawn
in the draft IN Hawaii, or their dis
'Noh' 'iN'A i'' i'iS pNNh hIdlitu anu
accepted, speculation is busy all over
he city as TO these two points.
p II is thought probable that if men
PrOm the Territory are really intended
be called TO the national service, the
first men drawn will be used to FIJI tho
National Guard Of Hawai- to war
-trength Of ljU men to company he
fore amy are assigned to any other
organization for training. This sys
em has been used on the mainland,
where the national guard of each state
has been fII"d to war strength before
my Of the draftres have been assigned
20 the National Army.
Only Fill Up Guard?
a prominent officer of the national
guard >uid Yesterday that in his opin
on oulr enough men would be drafted
here to muhr up the war strength Of
the guarI ~ Hawaii had already fur
nishcd her Gr~t quota in far mr"rr
lumhor than required, and the filing
IF the gunrd companies would satiSf,
he drnou.l Of the second quota.
The Srroud Hawaiian Regiment is
low up to war strength SO that no
more men would be needed here in that