El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-12
DRAFTING MEN
AGAIN DELAYED
Cannot Proceed Until the
States Complete Organi-
cation; q Ready.

Washington, D. C., July l2.-Per-
sistent inquiries from all parts Of the
country for Information about the
method TO be followed in selecting
men for the national war army
caused war department officials to
explain today that president Wilson s
determination to have absolute fair
ness govern the process was resDon-
si5le for the decision TO Withhold an
uouucement Of the exact plan until the
very eve of the drawing.
Draw Serial Numb ers.
me exemption regulations and all
"Lner moves in the making Of the new
army have received the approval of
ine president personally and the draft
regulations also Will come from the
white house All that is known now
ls that the drawing viii be from
serial mum hers corresponding TO num-
ners on registration cards and that IL
viii take place In Washington prob
ably at the capitol
Secretary OF war Baker OF some
other high official viii draw the first
mum Der and then the process Of Sc
lection viii DE pushed forward until
there is flashed by telegraph TO every
community IN the country the num-
beers of the men drawn It Is under
stood that the system planned is so
simple that the work viii be done in
few hours
Only - States Ready.
So Tar only p states have reported
fo The provost marshal generals Of
flee the completion of their OrEaui-
zarIOu- In some Of them the names
and serial numbers OF the men liable
20 draft already have been posted .
The first city TO report the completion ]
~ that part Of her work was Kansas ]
City.
Drawing Postponed To Next Week. .
Some fear was felt at the war de- /.
nartment today that the delays in F..
organization might cause further /
postpOnemenr of the draft tt had .
take place saturday Of this week Tt 4
then became evident that it could not !
be held before next week and iudiCa-
Ious today We're that It might be the
later part of next week before every
thing was ready
one of the states where there has
ben she most confusion in orEaniza-
zion is New York
New Estimate Of Population.
The new estimate of population
made by the census bureau as a basis
Tor the draft, IL is explained, is not
TO be taken as genuine indication
communities. As the object OF the
estimates ls TO TX fair basis for
establishing local quotas. industrial
ceulerS with dispropOrtIOnately large
mum 1erS of young men subject 10
draft have been given figures prob
ably considerably in excess of ire
number OF people actually within
their borders
New York Must Furnish 1882.
Thus New orE city. with an esti-
mated population Of 6.5J+,1s5 must
give 45-5s- of the $4,000 young men
10 be called on the first draft. a city
with $4,000 population would be re-
luired TO give 1856 men These appOr-
comments would be subject to slight
allowances for alien enemies. for men q
who have volunteered, and for other q
.auS5S- q
Pleas For Exemption {
Pleas for exemption of any man
need not be made by him, but may be r
inferred by wife other dependent, 2
Employer or any other third person p
he provost marshal generals office 3D.
Explained iu "a statement II also eN-
lIa med that any registered man abb e.,
eur from his home district need not /.
erurn for personal examination but %
nay be ordered by his home board TO OF
be- examined elsewhere c
Population Estimates.
A dummy population estimate in X
Arizona. 400. 20a. California. 5.IS9-
26- Nebraska. 1-270-3G1- Nevada. 131-- r
go New Mexico. a52-292: Oklahoma, .
s---sI0- Texas 4.5ss- q5l; Utah 45lr- ~
30; Wyoming -+5-226-
Estimates OF the leading cities in =
Chicago. 3.65g.q5I: St Louis. S27,- a
6t- san Francisco land county,. $780, o'
22- Milwaukee 531.01l: Los Angeles. O.
53-62T- Kansas City. 451,9s4 l105.3s4 s.
D kansas Denver Getty and county,, 50
$500. Pueblo. Colo. 50 T7g. Wichita, Il
1858. Topeka. 1896, Omaha 203.. I II
5b- Oklahoma City, 8l.524, Tulsa, I W
.zla-- 6S--ss- san Antonio, 155.34S. Z
lal-aS. l5t-sh5- FL Paso. lc0-al5- / n.
-alv5ston- 52552- Houston. 152157- p
'crt Worth. 8l-5+3- Austin. Tex &c.
no. salt Lake City Utah, HAZE d