Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-27
EXAMINE. DRAFTED
NEXT WAR MOVE
COPIES OF NUMBERS TO BE
READY FOR MAIL DURING
THE WEEK..
FIRST CALL IS $4,000 MEN
General Crowder Is Pleased With
Loyalty and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tions Next-Newspapers Are
Great Assistance.

the Idct that
officers and clerks of Provost Mar
shall General Crowder's office worked
all night to complete the drawing that
fixed the order of military liability Of
10000, 900 registrants the tally sheets
had been compared and corrected be-
fore dark Saturday. Copies will be
mailed to exemption boards and the
summoning Of the first draft Of $751;
900 men can begin.
General Crowder has issued the
following statement:
Examinations Next.
1.-The drawing is complete and has
been apparently successful and the
official tally sheets have been COM
pared. "The next step will be the
certification of the results of the
drawing to 4557 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 10, ZOO, 900 registrants to re-
port for examination will be revealed.
such additional drafts as may be
ordered by the president will be fill
ed by calling men in the order Of this
established priority and no further
drawing 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 ono under regulations
already promulgated to summon men
for examination.
I'VE have not passed the stage in
the execution of the selective service
act when we must have concert of
action by the states. In raising state
contingents the race is to be the
swiftest.
Handling Of Cards.
General Crowder has made public
the text of the regulations for their
application which will accompany the
master lists. The only new feature
shown is the plan for handling cards
that are found to have duplicate
numbers or are otherwise confused
and also of dealing with those re-
ceived July 10, when the local boards
closed their lists to begin numbering.
By the plan worked out, these addi-
tional cards will be given an order of
their own by lot and then will be add
ed to the lists of the districts from
which they come and be affected by
the drawing precisely as though they
had been received and numbered be-
fore the board lists were closed.
Where several cards bear the same
serial number, one will be drawn
from the group and retain the dupli-
Gated number while the others will be
regarded as unnumbered and the pro-
cess Of adding them to the lists be
followed.
Name District Boards.
Another step accomplished during
Saturday was the appointment of
the district boards of 80 of the states
and announcement of the names of
the five men who will compose each
Of them. Some states have six or
eight boards to 8 the task. FEEDER
al judicial districts. the areas used
for geographical distribution of the
boards, are divided into two or three
sections for that purpose and a separ-
ate board named for each.
These district boards will have no
function until the local boards in their
territory have begun to certify to
them the men found fitted for mill
tary duty physically and not burden
ed with dependents. The higher
boards are courts Of appeal, either
for the individual or for the govern
ment. against the findings Of the To-
cal board.