The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
PEPPERMAN MAKES STATEMENT AS ID REGISTRATION LIST Task of Renumbering Reg istratiOn Cards Has
 Been Completed RED INK NUMBERS
 FULLY EXPLAINED Reasons Given for the Renumbering of Certificates-Drawee Must
 Notify Local Board if
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 pleted the task of renumbering all registration cards in Birmingham and copies have been forwarded to Mont gomery, and a certified list of the names and addresses have been tor warded to the war department at Washington.
 Secretary Pepperman Is very anx- ious to have the public understand the situation so that their minds will be al ease, and also to avoid the con- fusion that seems to prevail, giving city and county officers a great deal of trouble He states that the cards at the city hall will apply only to those who have registered within the cor porate limits of the city of Birming- ham. County cards will always be found at the county seat of the coun- ty the man registered in. for instance, if a man has a card from Fillmore, Ala, he would write to the local board of Fillmore county, at Wetumpka, Ala, enclosing a self-addressed stamped en- velope, giving his registration num- Der on his registration card and in re- turn ne will receive his "red ink" number, and then if his number Is drawn he will notify the board that he is ready, giving them his address.
 In explaining the situation for the benefit of those interested. Secretary Pepperman has taken the pains to pre- pare the following statement:
 PEPPERMAN'S STATEMENT
 Birmingham cards have all been re- numbered and the copies have been forwarded to Montgomery. A certified list of the names and addresses also showing the same number have beer sent to the war department at Wash ington. The originals are held at the Birmingham office of the exemption boards
 'The principle of the red ink num- bers is as follows: The United States is divided up into something over 4000 districts: each district is under the supervision of three men. namely, the exemption boards. These districts are made up, based on an estimated popu- lation of 30.000.
 Birmingham has six boards and these boards are as separate in their relations to each other as if they were l in six separate cities.
 | 'In placing the red number on the ] cards each board started at No 1 and went to the last card in their posses sion
 Tn this way there are no two num- | bers alike in any board Therefore. when a number is drawn in Washing l ton it cannot apply to but one man in | each board
 You will find in the lobby of the city hall, on the Fourth avenue side, the numbered lists for the six Birming- ham boards.
 l "On entering the hall the first thing to do is to locate by the signs, the ] board under whose Jurisdiction you are. These signs show by numbers. also by location, for instance, Board Mo- 4 comprises Pratt City, Thomas and i North Birmingham; Board No l. East Lake, Gate City, Vanderbilt, Woodlawn Avondale. East Birmingham. No. 2, old mingham, east of Twentieth street. l No. B. old Birmingham west of Twen- tieth street No. 5, Ensley, Vivian and Failfield. No. 6, Elyton, Graymont, West End and Fairview
 NUMBERS DIVIDED
 These signs also show the personnel of the board. When party once locates l his division he will find attached a list of the various places on that di-
 
 operated on June 5; these places are shown by both precinct number and name. As stated above the numbers of 1 each board run from No. 1 to the last humber, but are divided on the chart to show what part of the series applies to small division, for instance, on l Division 1, those who registered at l Wauhoma station the numbers run from 1 to 161, inclusive. East Lake fire cfx nfC In this way a party can get close to his number. However, if he IS careful he can get even closer. Say that he holds registration certificate No. 10 at 1 East Lake fire station. If the chart 1 shows that the red numbers at East Lakes fire station start at No. 162 and lhe holds No. 10 he can find himselr pretty close to No. I'll, Tn fact If there has been no transfer ahead of his num- ! Der he will find himself exactly at No. I171.
 l "When a party has located his red number he must simply remember it and should this number be officially published as having been drawn at the lottery he Is to report immediately to the local board under whose 5urisdic- tion he is to be. If he is anywhere in the United States and his number IS drawn, immediately write or report to his local board. REASONS FOR GIVING NUMBERS
 One of the main reasons for givna out ahead of time the red number IS mot only to expedite matters, but 1t IS human nature that everybody wishes Ito know before hand the number or which they are gambling.
 "Now to show that there Is nc chance for any one to manipulate tht names and change a name to cor respond to any number that might bt drawn, a copy of the name with the rec number shown by same Is in the Of , Ificial files at the city hall, a CODY posted on the lower floor at the cit, hall, copy in the records of the wal department at Washington and cop! lat the office of the adiufant general ? , Montgomery. These cards are all de lliyered as above before the drawint and must correspond afterwards.
 There are some parties who regis tered at the wrong precinct which w have corrected and placed in thei proper places, these parties who canno , find themselves on the bulletins will |. have to come to the office and we wil : locate them." e PERSONAL