Smyrna times., 1917-06-13
22,oIe MEN REGISTER FOR DRAFT
Wilmington Has I2.eI4, Rural New
Castle County 3,46e; Kent County
2,l58 and Sussex County 3,479

Z'Ioo ana sussex County 3,478
Revised returns from the military |
registration Tuesday show the total
number of young men of eligible mil
itary age registered in the state as
p, O19. as follows: Wilmington, 12. =
914; rural New Castle, 3.469; Kent
county, 2,158, and Sussex county.
3, 478. This is nearly 700 more than
incomplete returns given out Tuesday
night indicated the total would be.
Practically no change was made in the
totals for Wilmington or rural New
Castle. For Kent county final returns
showed first estimates had been
slightly in excess of actual figures.
Sussex county returns were DELAYED
and were not reported until after noon
Wednesday. The returns showed
substantial gain over the early esti-
mates.
Of the II, GA registered in Will
mington 5, 1872 claim exemption from
military duty for various reasons. The
registration was absolutely no expense
to the government.
All persons who had any part in
taking the registration, from the d.
rector on down, served without pay,
and what little incidental expense
there was will be borne by the state,
the government not being charged
penny. Director Kerr, upon receipt
of complete registration returns from
down fhe state wired the authorities
in Washington the result of the regis
tration and announced that Delaware
was ready for the draft call at any
time.
A Lot of Clerical Work to be Done
The next step in the clerical end
of the registration is making a copy
of all registration cards. The dupIi-
Gates will then be filed with the ad-
jutant general, l. Pusey Wickersham,
for the use of the state. The original
cards will be filed with the different
state boards of registration purposes.
All names will be placed in alphabeti-
cal order for publication and for post
ing. 1t is proposed to make the list
list of honor and every name regis
tered will be placed on the list where
it may be seen who have registered
and whether there have been any
slackers. The lists will be placed in
prominent places, it is understood, and
possibly published by the newspapers.
Much must be done before the names
of those who will compose the armies
can be enrolled. Millions of registra-
tion cards must be examined and
classified. Those who are wholly un-
fitted for a soldiers grim business
must be eliminated; the quotas of the
states must be, assigned; the machin-
cry for distributing this quota equally
through every remote county or pre-
cinct of each state must be perfected.
The Exemption Boards May be Loca
The local exemption board will al
most equal in number the registration
precincts. Assurance has been giver
that a mans own neighbors will bt
the judges to pass upon his case
There were more than 125, 900 pre-
j cincts and equal decentralization will
9 characterize the exemption machinery
: President Wilson, upon whom the Law
e imposes the duty of selecting and ap
t pointing these boards, probably will
r give authority to the state officials
j Their loyal and enthusiastic response
r exemplified in the registration is Ger
= tain. Then comes the appointment o
8 a board of review to which each ma
! who may be chosen by his local boar
!, for army duty may carry his case
Is he feels himself wronged. These
y broadly speaking, will be created fo
each federal judicial district and tn
~ President may appoint them himself
q There is no statement yet availabl
" as to the process by which men wi
!. be drawn to appear before the exemT
tion boards. Secretary Baker hs
:. stated that something in the natur
of a jury wheel might be employed
! but beyond that no information ht
l. been given out.