Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-07-25
DRAWING CONDUCTED
WITHOUT A Hitch
SIMPLE CEREMONY MARKS SEIEC.
TION OF MILLIONS FOR
NEW ARMY.
BULLETINS WATCHED CLOSELY
First Numbers Drawn Will Be First
To Appear Before Exemption
Board for Examination.

DereQ IN the Unlteu 'otdtes DIS udy
of far reaching consequences. On this
day approximately 100000 young
/ men were drawn under the selective
conscription system for military SER
vice. Every man between the ages OF
21 and 81 was obliged to register on
June 5th. At that time each voting
precinct in the United States consti-
tuted registration district. In Della
ware county, for instance, there were
twentythree such registration dis
tricts. Following the registration the
government designated each county
or city of 10000 persons, as one dis
trict. Exemption boards were appoint
ed for these districts. The first duty
Of the exemption boards was to ar
range the registration cards, irrespect-
i've Of registration precincts, and num-
ber them serially from 1 to 145S in
Delaware county. These numbers
were sent to Washington, and dupli-
cate card sent to the Adjutant Gener-
! al at Des Moines.
One district in the United States had
over ten thousand registrants, and con-
sequently the war department placed
10000 numbers in capsuls and placed
all these in glass jar prior to the
drawing.
Each number placed in the capsul
represented as many numbers as there
are districts in the United States, and
as the numbers were drawn they were
announced and marked on chart and
then photographed, to avoid errors.
The work Of drawing the 1o5oo num-
bers required many hours, the task
not being completed until an early
hour Saturday morning.
According to the statement given
out by the Adjutant General the first
of the week Delaware Countys
quota of men to be furnished in the
selective army will be SO. The full
quota for Delaware county is given
as 200, with credit for enlisted men
Of 107. Five districts in the state
have completed their full quotas by en-
listments prior to the drawing of the
numbers at Washington.
After the local board has examined
the men drafted, each man will be
given an opportunity to present claims
for exemption, if he is found to be
physically qualified.
y If an exemption claim is made on
the ground that he has dependent
family, he will be compelled to obtain
one or more affidavits testifying to
/ the fact that he has dependents.
If he makes the claim himself, one
corroborative affidavit from a neigh
Dor is required If the claim is made
in his behalf by a relative or friend.
two affidavits are required.
The local board will have no au-
thority to exempt on grounds that
man is an agricultural laborer, or en-
gagged in any other occupation which
exempts him from service. Such ex-
,emptions can only be made by two
district boards, one for the northern
half of the state and the other for the
4 southern half The exemption board
for the northern district is composed
\ Of the following men:
y E. NJ Cassidy, former member OF
Legislature and farmer, Whiting.
y w. J. Egloff, physician, Mason
4 'ity.
IA id. M. Kelleher, lawyer, Fort Dodge.
4 Harry B. Plumb, Waterloo, manu-
4 facturer.
T. j. .O'Donnell, member legislature,
Dubuque, labor representative.
These men have jurisdiction over
I the following counties:
Allamakee, Dubuque, Jackson, Bu-
chanan, Clayton, Delaware, Fayette,
Winneshiek, Howard, Chickasaw, Bre-
mer, Blackhawk, Floyd, Mitchell,
Jones, Cedar, Linn, Johnson, Iowa,
Benton, Tama, Grundy, Hardin, En-
met, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Calhoun,
Kossuth, Humboldt, Webster, Winnie
bago Hancock, Wright Hamilton,
Worth, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Butler,
Dickinson, Clay, Buena Vista. Sac,
Osceola, O'Brien, Cherokee, Ida, Lyon,
tSioux, Plymouth, Woodbury., Monona.
4 Members of these boards were Sc
!1ected by the state council of defense
and the recommendations of the state
defense council were reviewed and
forwarded to the president by Gov
ernor Harding.
Below is given the list Of register
led men in Delaware county in the
&prder they will be called for eXamin-
fAtion and service. The list is made up
from the numbers sent out from
I Washington by wire and a few mis-
lakes may have been made by the tel
egraph companies in transmitting the
numbers. The official list of numbers
has been mailed to the local boards
and is expected here the last of the
week. Corrections will be made and
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