Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-19
Need Of Drawing All So That
Each VIII Know Place
On List
WHOLE TEN MILLION ARE
TO BE GIVEN NUMBERS
Employers win Thus Know
When, If AT All, Their
! Help VIII Be Taken

Washington, July 19--At $3.50 clock
tomorrow morning in room 226 Of the
senate building, America $ great lot.
terry to determine the order in which her
men are to respond to the call of democ-
racy will be held.
This announcement was made at the
capitol shortly after 1880 this after
noon, following visit to the capitol
by Provost Marshal General Crowder
Room 226, in which the fatefnl event is
to take place, is large committee room
on the second floor Of the senate Of
flee building
disposed of, all details of the drawing
are now complete, except announcement
of who will draw the numbers, who will
announce them and who viii constitute
the official tallymen.
Crowder and Secretary Baker held
conferences both this morning and this
afternoon to determine these questions
Owing to the demand for absolute
quiet while the drawings are made, only
a limited number of people win be al
lowed within the room and press asso-
citation wires will be connected up out.
4 side the chamber
With arrangements fast being whip.
ped into completed form, General
Crowder today took time to explain for
the country the absolute need of draw
| ing all numbers at this time, so that
there may be no doubt in the mids of
any man as to how soon he may have to
respond to the colors.
ALI Must Be Drawn.
"a moments reflection will prove
that the whole 100000 men should be
given their places on the list Of 'order
of examination - Crowder said. "Ev-
cry registered man is in state of un-
certainty. de does not know when he
will be called. He hesitates to plant a
crop for fear he will not reap it. EN-.
ployers hesitate to engage his services,
fearing they will be but temporarily
useful
"This condition ought to be cured
for the repose Of the public mind 1t
can be cured to some extent by putting
every man on the list.
"For this reason the whole 10000
900 names are to be given places in the
list of order Of exemptions.
Pennsylvania, New York and Mich
igan had failed up TO early today to re-
port their serial numbers, bnt had ad-
vised the provost office that they are
practically ready.
In these circumstances, General
Crowder felt free TO arrange with Sec
retary Baker as to who should Gull the
capsules and where they should be
drawn.
Press wires direct from the draft
room will flash the numbers to the ma
tion.
The paraphernalia for the drawing is
ready and locked in vault in the war
department. As the little capsules are
plucked from the glass bowls by blind
folded men, the numbers will be an
bounced and recorded upon huge
blackboard. They viii be checked sew
eral times to avoid the slightest pos
sibility of mistake. The force Of clerks
and accountants had been drilled and
rehearsed in the work.
During the night Provost Marshal
General Crowder called capitals of lag
gard states by telephone. He was told
only seven district we're out in Penn
sylvania; that New York and Michigan
expected to be ready today.
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General crowder has outlined the sys
tenn of the lottery to newspaper men
here. Lest effort be made to switch
numbers at the last moment, the scheme
will be kept secret until lagigng dis
.tricts report to their state capitals.
The lottery will draft every one Of
the 9,650,000 men on the registration
rolls and determine the order each must
report to his. local exemption board for
physical examination.
In case registrant finds his mum
Der in the center or near the bottom OF
the list in his district, II means he prob
ably will not have to report for a
monitor until the second or third levy
OF drafted men.
After the drawing fixes the order Of
examination, the local boards win start
at the top Of their list and summon the
first, second, third and so on down the
those disqualified-un-
til enough men are secured to fill each
quota.
Within a few days each board win be
notified by the state governor Of the
exact number Of men each district must
pive TO the army. The quota is based