The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-26
CITY RlvETED ON ARMY DRAFT

the day when the war came home to
everybody. Every person in Man
towoc was either subject to the draft,
or had blood relations or personal
friends who were. War, the great
leveller, made itself felt among high
and low. The selecLive draft, the blind
lottery, swung with blind force and
fateful impartiality which fell upon
bootblacks and rich men alike, and re
minded all that they wereAmericans,
as good as any and better than none.
No such day ever came before to
Manitowoc. Presidential election 9
have aroused interest of all the people,
but never before was there great
event which had such an intimate per
sonal relation to men and women OF al
classes. 1t WAS question OF life
liberty, happiness and patriotism to
everyone, and nothing else was even
thought about. cam | called?" and
"Is he drafted2" were the only
questions heard, and until they were
answered nothing else mattered.
Bulletins were posted at the
Williams House and the National Bank
and men and women, boys and girls
thronged about each OF them to see IL
their own names or the names of their
brothers, cousins or friends we're posted
there. The national lottery at Wash
ington fixed the order of military
liability for the ten million young
Americans registered for service. The
fate of the men reposed in l0,5OO little
gelatin capsules in big glass bowl.
Every mans number was drawn from
the bowl and the order of the drawing
determined the order Of liability 10
service. An answer was given for each
individual to whom Fridays ceremony
has been vital topic since june 8.
OF the numbers drawn approximately
100000 will be summoned before
their district exemption boards shorty
to be examined for service. Then they
will be exempted from service or
placed In the ranks of the first 50O,O0a
of the new national army, and in
smaller numbers in the regular and
national guard armies. The remainder
will be subject to service later in the
order of the drawing.
Wisconsins quota being 1856 the
In,, ~ t, ha ioA IN
before the exemption boards in the
various districts OF the state will be
%, 752. The quota for Manitowoc
county is approximately 357 and the
number of men to be called for exam
ination for the first draft will be double
the number required, or ia, divided
about equally between the first and
second assembly districts Each district
will have to furnish, say l79 men double
it gives 35S,s unless exemptions in each
district are more than 100 per cent only
about the first 400 for the state drawn
will be subject to call for the first
draft.
The local boards have not yet re
ceived the master lists. According to
the unofficial report the following is
the names of men in each district of
Manitowoc county in the order in
which they were drawn that will be
called first. This list however, is sub
ject to change.
FIRST DISTRICT
John Ploederl, Monitowoc r. 6,
William Halde Cleveland II. 2,
Clarence j. Kusier, Gus Hans Thoke,
Fred j. Ploeckelman, Reuben E. Koch
Felix Ziarnik. Roy Spencer, Arthur
Pratt, Elmer Bleser, Joe Rystieken,
VIM Bruins, Erwin Welk, Leonard
Brietscwick, Nick Mueller, Harry
Duien, Fred Alter, Gus Schoenwald,
Manitowoc city; Reinhold Peters, Val
ders; Carl Wehrwein, Manitowoc Il.
2; Arthur Schultz Manitowoc II. 5,
Ewald II. Ohm, Cleveland II. |
Hugo Reindl, Manitowoc city; Edward
Oemichen, Cleveland r. 2; Archie Lii
Clyde Frick, Manitowoc city; Adolph
Bauer, Manitowoc Il. 2; Joseph
Stryzewsky Manitowoc city; Peter
Koenig, Cleveland r. 2; Walter
Bugenhagen, Mitowoc city, Jos Theil-
man, Keil r. l; Fred Frank, Man
itowoc Il. a; Rudolph Westphal, Edw
ard Dunnng, Jos A. Wifer, Reuben
Suman, Jos. Zascek, Manitowoc city;
Geo. Vanderluom, Cleveland II. 3;
Frank Swette, Manitowoc City; Edw.
knell, Ben Umhoefer, Alvin Kollway,
Wenzel Frisch, Manitowoc City;
Alfred Eichman, Il. 2. Manitowoc Wis. |
Lester A. Dedrichs, Manitowoc city
Peter Jos. Hilka, Mantowoc city; Paul
Wlbert, Kiei; Oscar G. Thompson,
Valders; Frank Dan Cabbett, Milwau
kee; Walarisn Clearance Siebert
Cleveland; Emil Lutz, Mike Budnk,
Fred label, Rhinard j. Fricke Man
itowoc city; August K. Kotlow. Auburn
Dale, Wis; Fred +. Hemb, Cleveland;
Charles Ladsig, Jr., Max Herman.
John Kiozas, Hugo G. Wellhoefer
William Michel, Albert Teatek, Geo
rye Lajanas, Mike w. Handl, Zclslaw
Dempski, Charles Kuecker, Man
itowoc, city; Richard Manske, Il. |.
Manitowoc; Rueben Stoltenberg, Clev-
land; Heney Paellmann, X. 2. Man