Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-07

l,,tpally complete. 1t Is probable that
dew days VIII see them duly promul-
.gated BY President Wilson, and the
work OF assembling tho boards in each
community under way. The personal
.thonor Of the President. of Secretary
Baker and of every member of Con-
,sress who voted for the bill stands
.spiedged to the statement that even
handed justice and fairness to all men.
,.friEh or low, white or black, will govern
In the great task.
,.p Aiuc1, must be done before the names
sspf those who will compose tho armies
.reHn be enrolled. Millions of registra
ton cards must be examined and
classified. Those who are wholly un-
tfttted physically for soldiers grim
tHusincss must be eliminated. The
tSuotas OF the States must be assigned.
tt,ithe machinery for distributing this
s|Suots equally through every remote
,Soun,y or precinct of each State must
ttbe perfected.
u. The local exemption boards will al
ignost equal in number the registration
,Iprecincts. Assurance has been given
that mans own neiEhbors will he the
itfodges to pass upon his case. There
,iS;cre more than $4,000 precincts. and
jEaual decentralization will characterize
tts,c exemption machinery
tMILL DELEGATE AUTHORITY
Hi TO STATE OFFICIALS
i,s,President Wilson. upon whom the
ipSw imposes the duty of selecting and
.Sppoin,ins all these boards. probably
,S;ill delegate this authority to the
lSiate officials. Their loyal and en-
'tiusastic response, eXempiticd in the
Registration. is certain.
i.-Then comes the appointments of the
Uoards OF review, to which each man
who may be chosen by his local boa rd
FOR army duty may carry his case If
I've feels himself wrongcd. These
broadly speaking, will be created for
each Federal judicial district, and the
President may appoint them himself
There is no statement yet available
as TO the process by which men Will
be drawn to appear before the eXemp-
tion boards. Secretary Baker has
stated that something in the nature of
jury wheel might be employed, but
beyond that no information has been
given out.
Reports to-day from all parts of the
country bore out the indications q
last night that the great enterprise had
been carried through without objection
or opposition from suflicie mt number
of citizens to be worthy of mention.
without disorder: certainly with only
small part of the disturbances that
usually characterize national elections.
WHAT Is TO FOLLOW
GREAT ENROLMENT
General Crowder tonight outlined
what is TO follow the great enroll
ment.
Registration marks the completion
OF the first well-defned step in the
execution of the selective service law,
he said The actual recording has
been practically finished in single
= day, but the arrangements and copying
! OF the cards their segregation into APP
propriate groups, the publication of
lists and the garncring in of delayed
registrations will consume a week or
ten days In the meantime. the ma
chinery of the registration is being re-
adjusted TO serve as machinery for the
further execution OF the law This
work is proceeding rapidly. and should
be completed concidcntally with the
tying up of the loose ends OF registra-
ton
when this is all done registrations
governing the jurisdiction of the local
boards will he issued, and the ma
chinery will then he ready TO proceed
TO the drawing which will result in
determination OF the order in which
registered men will be examined for
the purpose OF their selection for mill
tary or industrial service. When this
list OF order is determined. 1t is
pected that the War department will
be able to make definite call for
men, and as soon this data is avail
able the quotas necessary to fill the
first call Will be assigned TO the sew
eral States.
THE policy Of decentralization, the
application of (which has so success
fully consuHlmaied the registration,
Will be adhered tor throughout. The
various states. knowing the number
of'men which they must call. and the
order i'll which each particular man is
10 be examined. can then assign to the
various local boards the task of Sc
lectinE the number of men necessary
TO complete the quota for the locality
under the jurisdiction OF each board
PRECISE TIME LIMITS
CANNOT NOW he SET
Precise timc limits cannot be set at
present. for the reason that it is de-
sired TO have uniformity of operation
OF the machines throughout the United
| States and to have each step taken
simultaneously throughout the nation.
Mountainous, heavily wooded and
sparse!y settled States cannot move
with the expedition %: compact and
densc!y populated states. While date.
are not TO be named precisely. these
! steps viii follow each other promptly
with nXcd purpose OF giving as niucl,
time as POSSIBLE 10 men who are Sc
lected to adjust their anairs, 10 ma @
their farewell and 10 avoid the incon
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