The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-07-20

Washington, July 19-Just how the
drawing Is to be conducted here, start
ing at $3.50 q. m. tomorrow, to es-
tablish the order of liability for ap-
pearance before local exemption
boards of each Of the 100000 men
registered for war service was dis
closed today for the first time by the
Provost Harshal Generals office.
There will be two drawings, one of
numbers from one to one thousand
and another Of from cipher to ten to
form so-called master key which the
thousand numbers drawn will reach
every man in every district.
There are 4,557 exemption districts,
with an average Of about 5000 regis
trants in each. The largest has more
than ten thousand men registered and
the smallest only about 1856. In each
district each registrant has been given
serial number written upon his card
in red ink.
For districts with not more than l.
900 registrants the drawing of one
thousand numbers will fix definitely
the place upon each districts list the
name of each man. Where district
has more than 1000, the master key
will have to be applied, thus:
The key will fin the order in which
each group Of thousands is to be
placed on the liability list, which will
run from number one to more than
ten thousand. For instance, il nine
should be the first number drawn for
the key all registration numbers in the
nine thousand group would 60 in a
block at the head of the list, arranged
in the order in which the numbers one
to one thousand come out in the Sec
ond drawing. Districts with less than
5000 registrants, therefore, would dis
regard this first block entirely and
would be affected only by the position
Of the key numbers for the blocks cor
responding with the number of thou.
sands of registrants they have.
Out Of the ten million registered
| 687. 900 are wanted now for the wal
army. As 1t is estimated that fifty per
cent of the men called before the
boards will be exempted, each board
will be directed to call double the
number Of its quota for examination
in the order, their numbers appear on
the district list after the drawing.
That means that 1,a74,000 men will
be notified to appear for examination
within the next few days. II more are
needed they will be called for as need.
ed by the local boards In the order
provided for In the drawing.
In some districts the 100 per cent
allowance for exemption may be toe
large and In others too small, but The
local boards will be instructed in ev-
cry case to continue calling for T en-
until the district quota Is filed. Each
State governor Is now allotting to his
districts their Respective portions Of
the States quota.
After the drawing of the master
key" numbers, the drawing of num-
bers one to one thousand will be
started. For the district with NOT
more than one thousand registrants
there will be no problem to determine
the order Of appearance before the
exemption board. The number drawn
first viii nx the man whose card bears
that serial number as the first to ap-
pear before his board. In the dis
trict with only 1856 registrants, the
1856 will be liable for appearance In
the order in which their numbers are
drawn, and when q number higher
than that appears the district oi
course will not be affected.
Application of the master key makes
II possible to apply fairly each Of The
one thousand numbers drawn to dis
tricts with more than 1000 regis
tranHr. As 8 number 4 drawn Il w
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