The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-14
NORTH DAKOTA is
READYFORDRAFT,
CAPITAL ADVISED
ALI Exemption Boards
Have Reported to the
Adjutant General
NO. 1882 HIGH
FIGURE IN STATE
Many Make Inspection Of
List at the County
Courthouse

North Dakota is ready for the
draft for the conscript army, Wash
ington was advised today by Ad-
jutant General Fraser.
The last county exemption board
report was made to the adjutant
general, and a message by adjutant
general, and message by the adult
ant general to Washington advises
that No. 1892 is the high number in
this etate.
Under the orders by the war
department to the adjutant generals
of the various states, they were re-
quired to report to Washington just
as soon as all reports from the
county exemption boards had been
received, giving to the officials in
Washington the highest number
registered.
When all states have wired to
Washington their highest numbers,
cards correspondingly numbered will
be dumped into an old-fashioned
jury wheel, and the drafting will be-
gin. AS each card is drawn 1t will!
be reported to registration head
quarters in each state, and the man
whose number that card bears in
each county will be listed for pos
sible selection.
Secretary of War Baker has an
nounced at Washington that the
gigantic lottery for $500 fighting
men to be modified as soon as pos
sible waits only upon completion OF
the registration lists.
The entire drawing will be done at
one time, so that each of the $685.
1872 men who registered June last
may know the order in which he
may be called for military service.
Only 100000 to Be Reached.
Probably only the first 100000
names will be reached in the draft
to fill the two quotas in the new
army of 1000, 900, authorized by the
selective draft law. But for the i'm
mediate purpose Of raising the first
increment of the new army and dIl-
ing the regular army and national
guard, probably not more than the
first 100000 registered men drawn
will be called for examination.
Between now and the date Of the
draft, newspapers will be furnished
with the complete list of registrants
in each exemption district in their
locality with the red ink serial num-
Der, name and addresses of each man
registered. AS soon as the drawing
is made the key numbers will be
flashed to the newspapers in the
order they are drawn, and each news
paper will be able to list the men in
all their local districts which have
this number and print them in the
order Of their standing.
All viii BE Notified.
The first news that he is called
for service, or that his name stands
SO low on the list that he probably
will not be called for the first levy,
viii be given each registrant by the
newspapers. Later the men called
will be notified by mail to present
themselves for physical examina-
ton.
After the quotas for cities is fixed
and the first levy is drawn the first
name on the remaining list viii head
the second levy. Exemption boards
may, however, continue to call men
in proper order from time to time TO
I'LL gaps in the ranks.
It has been definitely decided that
the 100000 enlisted men, which
represents the enlisted strength OF
the national guard, will be supple
mented by enough others drawn by
draft to build the guard to full war
strength OF, 453,344. The three arm
les as constituted after the draft will
be made up as follows: National
army, 100000; national guard, 46S,-
344; regular army, 100000; total, l.
253,344.
Some Lists Are Confusing.
Interesting scenes are being en-
acted daily in Fargo at the court
house when the serially numbered
lists of men available for military
duty have been posted. Confusion
has been caused in some cases by
nnisspelled names. That some Of the
addresses given, especially in the
downtown wards, will never serve to
locate the man registered is the be-
lief of many draft officials. The
guilt in all such cases lies, however,
on the man registering.
The law distinctly says that the
posting of a mans name makes him
liable to military service whether the
notice sent out by the exemption
board happens to reach him or not.
Pay for Clerks Limited.
Examining physicians on the ex-
emption boards will be paid at a
rate of about 10 cents a man, but
not more than $4 day. Clerks may
be hired, though not over $3.50 a
day per board for clerical help is al
lowed. Board members themselves
may apply for pay.