The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-21
ONE CHANCE IN THREE OF
BEING DRAFTED BY U. S.
Exemptions Will be Left Largely to
Commissioners Named BY
President.


Washington, June I6.-Now that
we have registered for selective SER
vice, what next?
This question is in the minds OF
about 100000 young men and their
10000, 900 relatives.
The answer in some of its details
will be delayed for several days. 1t
is contained in regulations now be-
ing worked out by Provost Marshal
General Crowder and it must have
the final approval OF the secretary OF
war and the president.
Some OF the questions, however,
can be answered. For instance, how
are the men to be chosen? What are
the chances OF being selected by lot
terry and by exemption boards?
In round numbers 100000 names
will be taken by lot from the 10000
600 registered names. The chances
are about one in seven and half OF
being selected in this lottery. Then
will follow exemptions on the ground
OF occupation, dependent relatives or
physical defects. This will cut the
number down to 100000, so that the
chance is one in three of being Sc
lected from the list chosen by lot.
Will married men be excused? At
this writing this question is unan-
swered. 1t may be covered by the
regulations which will before long
be published. Probably it will be
left largely to the judgment of the
local exemption boards.
Will sons with dependent mothers
be excused? Again the answer is to
be found in the regulations and the
judgment of the local exemption
boards.
Broadly speaking. it may be said
that those having dependent relatives
will be excused Not all, however,
will be excused. They are more like
ly to be excused, however, il their
occupation is important to industry,
as, for instance, if they are in a me
chanical trade or farming.
Ii the man with a dependent rela-
tive has no regular profession he
might still be selected on the theory
the $50 a month to be paid him-as a
soldier would go farther toward sup
porting his dependent mother than
casual earnings in industry.
1t is expected that about one man
in three will measure up to the physi-
cal requirements. These require
ments will necessarily be relaxed
from the severe tests applied to the
regular army.
If it should happen that exemptions
for occupation, physical defects and
dependent relatives reduced the num-
Der in any community below the num-
Der required from that community
another drawing would be made.
The exemption boards will be in
many cases the same officials who
did the registering.
Appeal is allowed from the decis-
ion of exemption boards and one of
the big jobs now faced by the war
department is the creation of these
boards of appeals, one in each fed
eral judicial district. Judicial dis
tIlCtS arc quito large dhu QUILL oF
peal boards will be very busy.
1t is not necessary to have law
yer to make this appeal. If candi-
date feels he is not being fairly dealt
with by the exemption board and
that he has a proper ground to be
excused he may go before the APP
peal board and tell his story.
The work of selecting from the
registered men is expected to occupy
nearly two months. By that time the
government will have a roster of $780,
600 or more ablebodied and more or
less foot-loose young men. These
young men will not be called until
the cantonmenf barracks are ready
for them. This will not be before
September I, according to the pres
ent prospect.
1t will take from 70 to 90 days to
build these cantonment cities.
Pay will begin for each man from
the time he gets orders to report or
takes the formal oath as soldier.
II will begin whether he actually is
ordered to camp or begins drilling or
remains at home. He will be issued
his uniform and shoes and when he
has put them % he will resemble IN
All respects soldier In the national
S,sard ar feRnlSr army.