New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-07-19

Lie ulStI1CL, Ol course, Will not DC
fected.
Fairness For All.
Application of the master n
makes it possible to apply fairly cal
Of the one thousand numbers dra3
to districts with more than one tho
sand registrants. SAs a number
drawn, it will represent Is, 100
POPS, 1925, 4025, 5O25, 6025, 703
S025 and 9025.
By applying the master key Il
order in which these mum bers vi
be listed in each district will be d
termined. If the drawing of ten nj
merals for the key should result It'd
way, 8, 7, l, 5, 2, 8, o. s, and
then the drawing of 25 as the ca
number of the thousand would fix ii
first men to appear before the 81
emption boards in this order: 9O2I
1925, 1925, 5025, 2O25, 1925, IS, sod
4025 and 6O25.
The district with more than mid
thousand registrants thus will han
ten OF its men assigned to their placl
at the head Of it's list, with o,025 !
top. The district with less than Oh
thousand men will have one numbe
IS, at the head Of it's list. Th
process will be continued until evei
man of the ten million has been al
signed to his place on the roster 4
his district
In his explanation of the procel
and of the reason for fixing the ord
of liability for all the men when on1
$4,000 are need, General Crowd
says
The Order of Examination.
If we were dealing with the 81
clent draft, we should take ever
fourteenth man. But we are not coY|
scrlpt1ng. We are selecting for mill
tary service those whose civil servid
can best be spared. Therefore III
question is not Who shall go firsl1
But who shall be first called up fd
examination, and what we must q
is to make a list showing the order d
examination
Nov no one Knows how many naol
must be examined to yield 6S7,0O|
soldiers. Therefore no one can sa|
just how many men 1t is absolutel
necessary to put on thsD list.
"A moments reflection will prov
that the whole 100000 must b
given their places on the list a
order Of examination
Every registered man is in a stat
of uncertainty. He does not know
when he will be called. He hesitate|
to plant a crop for fear he will mol
reap it. Employers hesitate to engagl
his services, fearing they will be bu|
tenn porary. This condition ought Il
be cured for the repose of the publi1
mind 1t can be cured to some extan
by putting every man on the list.
For this reason the whole ten NH
lion names are to be given places u
the list of order of examination.
The Segregation Into Groups.
"Obviously no single agency coul,
examine 100000 men. Therefor
the 100000 are segregated int
groups of suitable size for convenien
examination. There are 5,557 of thes
groups. For each group a board ha
been appointed to examine for selec
ton. BY far the greater number o
these groups consist Of approX1matel.
5000 men.
''Since this is so, our problem Is no
to put the whole 100000 names II
one list arranged in the order of eS-
animation. 1t is to determine ths
order of examination III each group.
The Necessity for Drawing.
"Since all registered men stand II
an equality of right and duty, th'
question of priority can only be de
termjned Ivy lot or drawing. 1t woulf
be possible to have 4,557 separat'
dra wings--one@ for each group-bu
since methods would vary and sine,
supervision and absolute insuranc,
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