New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Tally Corrected; Charts
Being Rushed to Local
officials
District Boards in
80 States Named
Late Registrants Provided
For; Plan to Hunt
Out Slackers

Washington, July 21.-Despite the
fact that officers and clerks Of Provost
Marshal General Crowder's Office worked
all last night to complete the drawing
that fixed the order Of military liability
of 100000 registrants, the tally
sheets had been compared and correct
ed before dark tonight, and the master
list was in the hands OF the printer.
Copies will be mailed to local exemp-
ton boards, beginning not later than
Tuesday, and the summoning OF the
first draft Of $4,000 men can begin.
General Crowder tonight issued the
following statement:
"The drawing is complete, and has
been apparently successful. The offi-
cial tally sheets have been compared
sent TO the printer, and the proof Is
being received. Final copies will be
ready for distribution not later than
Tuesday.
Certification Next Step
"The next step will be the certifica-
ton Of the results Of the drawing to
1857 local boards, and the appli-
cation by each board Of its chart to It's
serially numbered list. This need con-
sumo but little time and. when done,
the order Of priority Of the nearly ten
million registrants to report for ex-
animation will be revealed. Such
additional drafts as may be ordered by
the President will be filled by calling
men in the order of their established
priority, and no further drawing Will
ever be necessary. Each local board
upon receipt of its chart and upon
notification by the Governor OF the
quota to be raised by It, may proceed
Mt once, under regulations already
promulgated, to summon men for sx-
animation.
1--WE now have passed the stage in
the execution of the selective service
act when we must have concert OF ac-
ton by the states. IN raising state
eontineents the race Is to the swiftest.
Praise for the Press
"I cannot lie. this opportunity pass
without adverting to the very great
value of the assistance which has been
so earnestly and efficiently rendered by
the press.
without the systematic campaign
Of public information that prepared
the country for the registration the
enrolment Of ten million men on the
9Th day of June would have been i'm
possible. The generous support OF the
newspapers through the period since
Registration Day Is appreciated, and
only the most thorough efficiency could
have placed upon the streets within
few hours after the first number was
drawn lists for each registration dis
trict showing the names Of the per-
sons who would be summoned for ex-
animation on the first call Of the local
boards"
General Crowder also made public
the text Of the regulations Tor their
application. which will accompany the
master lists. The only new feature
shown Is the plan for handling cards
that are found TO have duplicate num-
hers or are otherwise confused. and
also of dealing with those received
July 10 when the local boards closed
their lists to begin numbering.
Duplications Provided For
By the plan worked out these addi-
tional cards will be given an order OF
their own BY lot and will then be
added to the lists Of the districts from
which they come and be affected by the
drawing precisely as though they had
been received and numbered before
the board lists were closed. Where
several cards bear the same serial
number one will be drawn from the
group and retain the duplicated num-
Der, while the others will be regarded
as unnumbered and the process Of add
ing them TO the lists be followed.
Another step accomplished during
the day was the appointment Of the
district boards Of thirty-two of the
states and announcement of the names
of the five men who will compose each
of them. Some states have six or
eight boards 20 ease the task, Federal
judicial districts, the areas used for
geographical distribution of the
boards, being divided into two or three
sections for that purpose and Q sep
arate board named for each Of these
district boards.
These district boards will have no
function until the local boards in
their territory have begun to certify
TO them the men found fitted for mill
tary duty physically and not burdened
with dependents. The higher boards
are courts of appeal. either for the
individual or for the government,
against the findings Of the local board.
Judges Of Exemption
The whole question OF industrial
exemption. however, has been turned
over directly TO these district boards,
which have original jurisdiction in all
cases of this kind. They will be sole
Judges of any registered mans field
- savvtra to the Natloa-