The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-25

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1saption, however, has been turned
over directly to these district boards
with original jurisdiction in all cases
OF this kind. They will be sole judges
of any registered mans field of
greatest service to the nation, wheth-
er in the army, on in the munition
factory, business house or other CIV
ilian occupation in which he is en-
gagged. Each case will be weighed
on it's merits and the value of the
individual, for there will be no blan-
ket exemption to cover other than
divinity students, government offici-
ais or the other classes specially
named in the law. Even they must
file affidavits showing their status,
to be supported in such manner as
the board may determine.
The district boards appointed in
South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisi-
ana follow: =,
South Carolina Eastern district:
William Godfrey, R. @. Jeffords, Ro-
bert B. Scarborough, w. A. Stuckey,
DR.. Robert Wilson, Jr.
Western District-Marion J. Da-
Wis, j. W. CASTOR, DR.. E. A. Hines,
J. E. Mcdonald, A. F. McKissick.
Georgia-Northern district: DR..
Z. C.. Davis, Thomas B. Lumpkin,
James D. Massey, W. P. Raoul, E.
j. Reagan.
Southern District Division No. 1:
E. T. Conner, Col. A. R. Lavish, DR..
T. M. Mcintosh, L. j. Smith, W. c.
Veren.
Southern District-Division No. 2:
lines L. Anderson, w. G. Davis, W.
H. FELTON,, DR.. A. A. Smith, John T.
Williams.
The Empty Capsules.
Number 1864 is the number which
should have been in the empty cap
suie that came out of the bowl early
this morning in the army draft lot
trey. 1t was discovered several
hours later by checking official tally
sheets. A blank for the empty cap
sc1!e was left at the foot of the list
and Provost Marshal General Crow.
der has so reported to Secretary
Baker. Officials in charge of the de-
tail of the scheme say, however,
that it probably will be placed finally
in the order in which it was drawn,
is rotation number being 10000.
This would shove each number as at
present listed, from 10000 to 10499,
down one place further on the list.
Probably there are several hum
dreds of men whose cards bear the
number 1864, since the average dis
trict has 5000 registrants. Even at
10000 they will be so far down on
the liability lists that it will make
little difference to them whether
they are 1O004 or 10000.
Senator Chamberlain, chairman
of the Senate military affairs COM
mittee and joint author of the draft
law who drew the second number
for selective draft, today issued the
following statement:
Everything went off with abso-
lutte precision, testifying to the care
with which the admirable plans had
been formulated by the President
under the skillful management of
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
1t will prove to the country that the
selective draft plan for securing an
army is the fairest that could have
been devised, distributing the burden
of the war so far as man power Is
concerned equitably, evenly and just
among all the young men of the
country between twenty-one and
thirty. Any other system would have
taken only the willing, however, in
furious to the country it might have
been to take them from the walks of
industrial and business life and left
the unwilling to take their places in
every vocation.
"It is not a conscript system nor
does it provide conscript army. On
the contrary every one drawn ought
to feel honored and / believe will
feel honored that he has been select
oJ "a car,yo hic counfrv0