Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-13
DRAWING OF LOTS
METHOD OF DRAFT
More Than Four Thousand to
Be Selected by Each Num-
Der Withdrawn.
EVERY ELIGIBLE IS INCLUDED
Entire 100000 Men to Be
Ranked; Then Called Out
Whenever Needed.

WASHINGTON. July l2.--DrawinS
of lots for the selectiVe draft Will de-
termine what men arctic be called 10
the colors In the first war army ana
will show in what order the others
registered will he liable for service
when later armies are organized
A plan OF drawing will be followed
under which definite place In the
waiting lists will be given every one
of the ten millions who registered.
Those standing at the head of the list
in each county or city district will be
called first before the examinatioh
boards and then the obligation will
BASS on down the line as long as men
are needed.
Four Thousand on Every Draw.
This does not mean that separate
name or number Will he drawn for
everyone of the country's $500, 600
registrants Every number drawn un-
dep-the theory of the plan will rep
resent more than four thousand mon.
one for each of the registration &
trcts. Details of the system have not
been made public, but an outline or
its principal features follows:
Every registration board has num-
bcred the cards in its possession IN
red ink beginning at No. | and con
tinuing to number "orrNsponding
with the total In the district.
At tho drawing NUM- ers will be
ranging from No to a number cor
responding 10 no 'r'al In the largest
di-'rict OF the country.
The first numhe drawn viii de-
.ermine what man in each district Is
to be taken first. If II he No. 10. for
example, II will mean that the man in
each district holding local card No.
10 will he called for examination he
fore any of the other men in that
district
The second number drawn VIII de-
termine what man in each district Is
to be taken, and so on as long as men
are needed.
Those not needed for the first war
army will retain their positions on the
lists and these positions will deter
mine the order of their liability when
they are needed.
VIII BE Public.
The drawing will he public and each
number will be announced as II IL
drawn. At the offices of most local
exemption boards the red ink numbers
of tSe registrants already are posted
so that registrants may inform them
selves beforehand of their respective
numbers. II they do as soon as word
OF the drawing comes they will know
in just what order of liability they
stand.
Obviously there will be high num-
bers drawn for which there are no
corresponding registrants in small dis
tricts. The smallest district in the
country is understood to have but 1877
registrants and the largest about
. a l..
beyond the total in any given district
comes out 1t will operate as n blank
for that district. Thus II the theory
works out evenly the larger districts
will be constantly assessed in excess
Of the smaller on a pro rata basis cor
responding to their size
The drawing will not take place this
week and probably will be held some
time during the week of July 23 ac-
cording to present indications. Only
"a states have completed the organ
ization of their exemption boards and
the posting of red ink numbers. The
drawing cannot be held until all states
are complete so that no Juggling of
numbers will be possible
Baker May Draw Numbers.
The drawing probably will be held
In the big reception room of the
war department adjoining Secretary
Bakers offices. The secretary Is will
ing to do the drawing himself, but
that point has not been decided. The
president will not take part person.
ally in the drawing.
Officials are unwilling to disclose
the details of the drawing itself, but
the suggestion which seems to have
the most support Is that the numbers
stamped on thin sheets of paper be
inclosed in nontransparent gelatin
capsules and placed in n large glass
vessel to be removed one at a time by
the official designated to do that
work.
The drawing is expected 20 work
out thus:
There are 1850 exemption districts.
When the first number is drawn
say No. lot will be recorded as No.
|, with the serial number (ten) fol-
lowing. The record would show that
the men whose cards bear the serial
number ten in each of the 1850
exemption districts would be first to
appear before the exemption boards.
Presumably the announcement made
at tho drawing would be "No. l,
serial No. TO-"
It is assumed that when the draw
Ing Is complete the government will
compute how many are represented
by No. in the drawing and by the
numbers Immediately succeeding and
then issue an order for enough to re-
port to make the total desired for the
first army. For instance. the first
call might be for numbers one to one
hundred in all districts. When the
first exemption came In each district,
No. 101 then would bo called and
so on.
To prevent embarrassment among
those who are exempt the war depart
ment has decided to give with each
exemption certificate a bronze badge
bearing the inscription "exempted---
U. s." The design for this badge has
been approved by Secretary Baker
and a number already are In process
CT manufacture. II is intended to pre-
vent those exempted from any sus-
piclon Of being slackers.