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WILL USE ENTIRE
REGISTRY LIST
Every Name On Draft Rolls
to &c Drawn.
so PER CENT. NAY Be EXEMPT
Government Plans That Each Mar
Shall Know Order in which He il.
Liable &c be Called For Service.


Washington, Juiy l." ) cre,Hry o
War T., ker anroanced Ira ia TIE
drawing to se-rt men for service
III tie army. nU..,bs'~ viii be drawn
representing every one Oi the naarl,
ten million registered. 50 that eacl
man may know the order in which he
is lab" TO be .;lIel for service
Liability will he fixed b. the order
in which the names come out. There
are some 5000 districts with numheres
registr ton cards. so the first number
drawn will represent the first 6o"0 tt
appea" before the exemption boards.
It Is estimated that 80 per cent OF
the men examined Will BE- exempted OF
fail to pass the physical examination
so that more than million men prob
ably viii appta before the boards be
fore the est. 900 or more wanted on the
first call are obtained.
When the fortunes of thousands O
Americ"n youths are cast in Washing
ton there will be no ceremony. In
stead the occasion will be a solemn
one
Secretary of War Baker may posi-
bly, draw the numbers himself. Presi
dent N'lsyn viii prub2b!y b present
as will cabinet members and member:
of the military affairs committee o
both branches of congress.
The place has not vet been picked
but 1t will probably lie in the house
OF repres ent ativex or the White House
The time for the drawing Is still 9
matter of conjecture. II is up 10 the
states Provost Marshal General Crow
der can be ready for the d:a wing with
twenty-four hours after the last state
has completed its registration and eli
gible lists.
Present indications point to Wednes
day as the most probable day, al
though Secretary Baker and Genera
Crowder are hoping for an earlier
date
Provost Marshal Crowder issued {
ruling which will simplify the huge
process OF examination after the mer
have actually been selected. Mer
drawn who are away from their home
district NAV be examined and present
their claims for exemption to the cX
emption board In the district where
they are residing.
T.oca! boards may order the pAysi
can examination of any person called
and the hearing of a claim for eXemp
ton or DISCHARGE transferred to an
other local board according 10 section
twentvnine OF the rules and regula
lions
This means that the selected person
will have to apply for a transfer Of
examination from his local board tt
the board in whose jurisdiction ht
wishes to he examined.
"Permanent removal" or necessary
absence" will he the only ground:
upon which transfer OF examina
ton will be allowed
The apportionment for the call ha:
been based upon revised estimates O
the population. Each city, county OF
state must furnish twO-thirds of one
per cent % its paper population. ac
COrdlng TO the new estimates WHICH
were made for the purpose of equaliz
ing the number of men to be selected
rather than to represent actual popu
lation totals.
The total population Of the countr!
is fixed at 1903 $4,000.
According to the population fixed b,
the revised census. Pennsylvania has
population of 1881 ,Os2. and will be re
quired to furnish 59,S73 men, while
Philadelphia. with total population
of 2.06O,023 will be asked for 1888.
The census bureau has made the fol
lowing estimates of the population o
cities and towns, and upon these esti
mates the apportionment will be based
Wilmington. Del. 136,SO3; Atlanti
City, 55.247: Camden. n j.: 120,536
Harrisburg Pa, 1929; Scranton. Pa.
132,S97: Allentown. Pa. S0,526
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, 70,472; Lancaster
Pa, 1854: Wtlliamsport, Pa, 32,oss
Easton, Pa, 92006.