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DORCHESTER MEN CALLED
ON The FIRST DRAFT
Double The Number of County Quota
Eaiicd-til Drafted Must Report
TO Local Beard For Examination.

yesterday in Washington. and III Bal
| timOre and in the counties OF Mary
land he results Of this, probably the
most StupendOus and fateful lottery
| in human history, were accepted IN
regular American faShion-a parity
serious and a partly debonair pur-
pose to take things as they come,and
TO play the game up 10 The hit.
OF the approximately 10000 men
registered in Maryland, Il. 1872 were
picked through the draft-lottery for
the first call. That number is dou-
BILE the quota Maryland will be cali
ed upon to furnish for the first army.
/ Double the necessary number was
called because it has been eStimateG
that. taking the country as a Whole,
J about One-half OF those called VIII be
exempted for one reason or another;
il has been calculated that - pei
cent viii be exempted for physical
reasons.
After the exemptions shall have
been made the necessary number OF
/ mon will be mustered into the ser
vice Of their country. This business
| probably will be finished within I,
few weeks at The outside. The work
, is to be rushed. Very quickly. ac-
! cOrding to the War Department 5
! plans, the exemption boards viii be
! at work There will be one in each
! ward OF Baltimore city. four in Baltl-
! more county. Two each in AileganE.
! Washington and Frederick counties,
aud one each in the other counties.
II is probable that each board will
! notify the men within its jurisdiction
| who have been drafted. to report.
However. each drafted man SGould
understand that he is obligated -
report. whether he has been not'tie
by the board OF not Each draft et!
man should make it his business at
once to ascertain the names of the
members of The board i'll his iuris
/ dictiOn and where their office IS, aud
! Export to them at once. They viii
have the physical tests made. II
then he desires TO claim exemption or
!if the authorities desire 20 exempt
him because they believe that he can
be more useful at home decision will
be given Assuming that man
passes the physical tests, and neither
raises nor has raised against bin
other exemption claims, he Will be
passed for service He Will be n0ti-
fled in due time thereafter where and
when TO report.
1t should be understood that every
man who was enrolled on June s.
about 10000 in Maryland, and
about 1O.OO0,0GO in the United
States-was drafted subject to cal
yesterday, each being given a posi-.
ton in the order of liability for ser
vice The 14,192 called in Maryland
simply are the ones first in the order
of liability to service, and so consti'
tuting the class from which Mary
lands quota Of the new army will be
drawn.
1t may be that the 1895 men. Mar!
lands actual quota, will be gained
without going completely through
! the l4.lG2: if so, that VIII be be
cause there We're fewer exemptions
than expected. On the other hand
there may be more exemptions thar
We're expected, in which case ii viii
become necessary to call men in adj
ditiOn to the IA, 192-the men whose
positions in the order of liability tC
service Immediately follow the a.
1872
The selection of Maryland's actua
quota of 1895 men Will be made II
this wise: In each jurisdiction
that is, each territory under the man.
agement of board-there viii be
new list of all those registered III
| that jurisdiction, each name appear
ing in the order Of liability for ser
| vice. These lists will be made il
Washington and VIII be based upon
yesterdays drawing. Each such jur'
isdiction will be advised by the State
authorities of the number of men il
must furnish toward the States quo
Ia of 1895 men. In each jurisdic-
ton the man first in the order OF
liability for service, as shown by the
drawing, VIII be the first whom the
board must consider toward making
up the number OF men the State au-
thorities call for.
For example, it happened that No
25S was the first number drawn il
Washington: the man holding thai
number in each unit i'll Maryland anC
| throughout the land is the man first
subject to consideration by the boarc
of his jurisdiction. The men hold
ing % in the Twentieth ward O
| Baltin pre-. the man holding 25S il
any enc OF the districts of Baltimore
county, the man holding 25S in Cal
vert, Somerset or any other county
will be the first man considered b,
the board in such jurisdiction.
25S-Howard Winfield Young. Eas
New Market.
45S-Geo. VIM. Ruark, Jr, Taylor is
l4&G-Robt. c. Casper. Hills Point.
S54-Howard f. Robbins. Cambridge
1S94-Herman Jones, Vienna.
l>7S-E. H. Christopher, Linkwood
1095-EUgene Norris, Cambridge.
2022-John +. Jackson, Hurlock.
1455-Thos l.. Hubbard. Lloyds.
7S3-Benj. 5. Insley, Cam bridge.
Ibl3-Thos. Cephas, Bucktown.
IS5S-Harold J.. Toney, Bucktown.
! 1152-E. {. Cannon, WILLIAMSBURG
11l7-Geo. II. Miles, Cambridge.
15T2-John Waters, Woolford.
174S-CarI G. Bradley, Williams burg
2195-JaS. w. Woolford, Salem.
; S37-Jas. Allen Mcdonald, Cambridg
2036-Arrie e Martin, Hurlock.
337-Chas. NJ. Davis, Vienna.
G76-Ernest +. Travers. Fishing Crs
275-Frank Arthur Fro, Secretary.
509-Elmer Hart LakesVille.
1IS5-Lee +. Wiley, Cambridge.
! 564-Chas Is. Tyler. Golden Hill.
2166-Thos. y. McCollister. -Airey.
9i5-Howard Valiant, st. Michaels.
1913-Samuel II. Phillips. I.inl<wooc
59G-Robt. w. Creighton, Fish. Crk.
1267-Howard Randolph Cooper Cam
bridge.
2l4S-Geo. L. Wiley, Madison.
536-Golds borough Phillips, Folds
vile.
| 1495-Wm w. WheatIey, Corners
vile.
= 54S-Wiu Spicer, Lakesville.
| 126-AGarion TulI, Oak Grove, Del
! l679-Ralph $. Todd, Toddville.
l 1237-ThoS. BirdseII Andrews cam
/ 7S4-SamueI \. Johnson, Cambridge
l732-Lawrence McCready, Vienna
155-Wm. Jas. Cation, Cambridge
. l07-Thos. Henry Stokes, RhodeSdaI
la46-Edg. Z NORTHUMBERLAND On. or