Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-24
MEN TO Be CHOSEN q 8
|. BY NUMBER UNDER.
cONSCR|PT| Ac''T|
Actual Drafting Will Be .in
Charge of Federal Cow
ernment Itself. 81
LOCAL BOARDS THROUGHOUT:
COUNTRY ORGANlZiA6
Ample Provisions Made for Ia.
forming All Who Are called.s- :
Into Service. SSss
WILSON WILL DESIGNATE DArE
.,.s. u.s..
Work Being Rushed on CantqA.
ments to Have Them Ready 4,s.eF
by September 4. h.s1
LOCAL BOARDS THROUGHOUf.l
COUNTRY ORGANlZiNE
WILSON WILL DESIGNATE DATE

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WASHINGTON. June 23.--The war
Department gave out the oficial COM
plete registration by States this attoqs
noon, the figures showing a totxiaSY
9.64s.93S men haviag signed for sSFS4
ice. with nearly half OF this number
claiming exemption. 'ls5FS.4S-
In the registration OF s,6ts.e38 - III
cluded e.oo1 Indians reported by ma
Department OF Interior. An investffaa
tion has been ordered to determtneslke
reason for the small registration onySHe
Pacific Coast. where barely more than
so per cent of tho estimated nsures
show in the registration. On TIC
whole. Provost stMarshal-General Crows
der considers the registration 100 eoef
cent as. including the eligibles a1fSSd3
in the Federal service, the hEufkS
would be within few thousands -cf
the census estimate Of 1o,2sS.10i. -.
LOCAL BOARDS RECOMMENDED S,-sS
BY STATE AUTHORITIES
Throughout the country to-dayttlfS
local boards were organizing to carry
out tho provisions of the conscripfion
act as instructed by the President,
There are approximately 1000 Of these
boards, each of three members. They
were appointed by the President
largely on the recommendation Of the
State authorities. Tho boards arensxe
pected by Tuesday at the latest to have
every reEistrant numbered. asF, the
drafting will be done by number, ins
stead OF by name. The local boards
will number tho men reEisteredytheFe
and send the numbered cards t1 TIRE
Adiutant-General of the state,in which
they are located Each States MI
merals wifi be, from Mo- I tpwEfd:
Numbers to correspond with the NUM-
bers In the States will be located ~
the vost-marshal-generals ofncs 10
Washington. .Ss@,
When the drafting besins-and itsis
expected to begin not later than the
second week of July-ths numbers
will be drawn from jury wheela.in
Washington. There will be \ sSpAs
rate draft for each State, SO that, e8ch
State may be called upon for it's quota,
and one State may not be forced;,to
supply more men proportionately; than
another. President Wilson will pro-
claim during the coming week the
number Of men each State must Sup:
ply. The President also will set y day
for tho drafting. .@GG
The numbers drawn then will.56A
tclcGraphed from Washington to- trio
Governors OF the various States, They
will notify the Adjutant-Generai, whS
holds the corresponding numbered
cards. and the Adjutant-Genersl wil
notify the local boards under whSsS
jurisdiction the drafted men are. ..gstls
QUESTION OF EXEMPTIONS
BEFORE LOCAL BoANDS
Then the question of exemptions wiz
como up. and this will go before, the
local boards. If man is exemptsa.
the man bearing the number which wat
drawn next in order will take:his
place. and so on .Sst:SSSs
In this way all those avaiiabies fSr
service out OF the 10000, 900 who rSk-
istered will be made ready for sths
country's call. and from them the ,fxAt
increment of 625,oOo VIII be assernbfeN.
The others will be called as the mesa
develops. Plenty Of time wilissrbN
given for drafted men to arrange .thett.
personal affairs and report to the cSfss !,
tonmcnt camps. 1t is hoped to IN Sse
them all in training by SeptemberIs1 s
or very soon thereafter 5sSs
Plentiful provisions have been nna6a
for letting each man know whether.or
not he has been drafted. -Four copies
OF the registration list and tho num-
ber he bears are to be made puhiie
ono being placed at the Office Of RE-
local board and another being rnSax
available for the press. When a n{SS
learns he has been drafted he Is. priv
ileged to appear before the exemntioa
board OF his district and plead his cSaA
for exemption il he considers heSH&u
one. There also will be a board -
appeal for each judicial district sif
hnally forced to serve. the man viii
be acquainted. by presidential proclaS
nation OF the date he must report fSf )
service. and will be told where to Ta4
port by the local board. This date 5hAS
been set definitely for Scptember$M
Work is being rushed on the cantSns
ments to have them ready by thAk
time. - s51ss.'is
Contracts for three more rSSo
awarded to-day by the War Depart.
ment. They are: Annapolis Janeti6fS
cantonment Smith, Hauser Il NJ, SHS
McIsaac. OF New York: Little RocFt
James Stewart & Co. Of chscaxps
Yappank, l. L.. Thompson Starretx CO d
OF New York. All contracts ,for. sSSns !;
tonment construction have now ;bsS1 7
awarded FeS-~s:es 60
ARMY ROLLING TOWARD /.
F'ULFiLLMENT OF KLAHs
The army was rolling ra ,dtxa ~ &
ward fulfllment OF all its b ~ SfS. Il;
day. Announcement was max IS SSxk 4
Juno 30 would be the last dan A :.
which eniistments Ia any State sS ii SJ
count toward that States quota 81 b
men to be selected from those. srsSS SslsS - N
tered. In addition. the Nationaii csuS{d u
authorities in each State were SsSfs6 e
to report as soon after fhaY' 'HYeS9Sr3k&