Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-10
PLAN OUTLINED
FOR ARMY DRAFT
AND EXEMPTION
Work of Molding Fighting
Forces to Be Rushed
After Lottery


and as soon as every district in the
nation has sent its serial list to the
Provost Marshals office the drawing
of men for the national army will
take place in Washington. The draw
ing will take place probably next Sat
urday or the first of next week
Provost Marshal General Crowder
yesterday made public the pamphlet
of 173 forms to be used in carrying
out the exemption work. This pamph-
let shows the forms that must be used
for every step taken, either by the
local boards, the Government or the
persons to be exempted or discharged.
and copy of the pamphlet will be
aNallable at every local board. Those
VINO intend TO hle any claim before
elthef the local or district boards
pamphlet.
Only, $4,000 men will be called to
the coiors in the first draft, il was
learned yesterday. Recommendations
had oeen made to the War Depart
ment that force of 1,500,OO0 men be
passed upon at this time as fit for
service and that approximately half
once.
The department has decided to call
only enough men to bring the Ma
tional Guard and regular army to war
Strength ana make up the half mill
non men Tor the new national army.
Ihe 10000 reserves necessary for this
new national army will not be called
until later date. No decision has yet
been reached on how many men will
be examined.
QuOtas by States
A sample chart shows how the
quotas assigned TO the. various States
Will be redistributed through the
counties and cities of each State. The
quotas viii include allowances for the
men already furnished the National
Guard and the regular army by the
STATE tid ana VIII be based on the popula-
Figures given out by the depart
neht yesterday show that PennsylYa-
ma has tlled her quota of 1880 men
lor the regular army.
Ihe three most interesting forms
prepared by the Provost Marshal at
thls time are the notice that will be
sent to all persons selected in the
draft, the certificate of discharge for
those physically deficient and the
blank that must be used in the origi-
nal claim for exemption from military
service. A copy of the claim for dis
charse from the selective draft is also
given.
How to File Exemptions
Inc notice OF call, which also in
forms the eligible man when he is to
appear for physical examination, con-
tains at the bottom the date of mail
ing of the notice. Particular atten-
ton should be given to this, as only
seven Gays thereafter will be allowed
IN which to file a claim for exemption
or discharge, although ten days will
be allowed TO submit evidence after
the claim is filed.
With a system of lottery devised by
winch one man in each of the more
than 1000 local districts of the coun-
try Will be designated for service by
every number drawn out or the CEN
tral containers here, officials of the
war department are setting up tele-
graphic communications with the Ad-
jutantGeneral of every State and Ter
rltory of the United States.
AS soon as a number is drawn from
the container 1t will be flashed out
over the country, and as the system is
understood. il will then be the duty of
the State Adjutant Generals to imme-
dlately communicate this number to
the local board chairmen within their
Jurisdiction.
The men bearing this number in any
given local district will be the first
that district.
In working out it's system the War
Department is now preparing a list of
quotas to show the number of men
required from each State for military
service according to the population of
the State. Pennsylvania and New
York viii be expected to furnish the
greatest number of men because of
NHVii liSoNN PoplldllOus. III HS uTlnB
out this responsibility allowances will
be made for the number of men the
state has furnished the National
Guard and regular army.
Work For boards
There are $4,000 men yet to be rails
ed for the regular army and approNi-
mately 103,0OO for the National Guard
to bring these organizations up to war
strength. Provision will be made for
drafting these men in the first cali
under the national draft. This call
will also include the 100000 men for
the new national army and 125, 900 as
a reserve for this service, so that il
is expected close to 900 men will
have to be raised out of the men des-
ignated as liable for service under the
draft.
When each State is assigned it's
quota it Will then be the duty of the
Adjutant General of the State to re-
apportion this quota among the local
boards included in the State. Every
board will be required to furnish its
quota of men according to the popula-
tion of the area il embraces. The
more populOus sections of Pennsylva-
MIA will be required to furnish the
largest number of men.
Men who are called for service will
be informed by mail at the address
they gave when they registered. Their
names will also be posted at the office
of the local board to which they are
responsible, and it will be their duty
to make certain from this list whether
any mailed notices, according to a
statement by the Provost Marshal Cen
eral, will be considered no excuse for
falling To COmnly with the law