Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-17
DRAFT NEARLY READY FOR THE
 FINAL TOUCH
Drawing of Lots Only Part of New Army Plan Yet to Be Completed = Few States Slow in Sending in Their List.
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 vvRASHINGTON, July 16-With the 1s Sa%ns Sra s4my of pss avsine G5 et on ssss
 completion of exemption ma chinery in a few scattered sections of the country. officials here are anxious that registrants take every opportuni- ty between now and the day of draw ing to inform themselves thoroughly regarding exemption regulations, so as to reduce confusion to minimum.
 To this end attention was directed today to various sections of the regu- lations over which questions have arisen and il was suggested that the local boards and the press cooperate during the week or so remaining be- fore lots are drawn to insure that the registered men know just how to per form their part in the great task of examination and exemption.
 Make Numbers Available
 So that easier access may be had to the lists of registration numbers in
 
 Marshall-General Crowder telegraph ed the governors of all the states asking that instead of posting the lists at the board offices, they be placed "in some safe, central office such as police headquarters" in the larger cities especially, the provost marshal-general said, much inconven- fence has been caused by having the lists available only at out-of-the-way board offices.
 Eleven States UncompIeted.
 Only eleven states tonight had not reported their organizations complete and in many Of these only few dis dricts throughout the country are ready for the drafting and the gov ernoTs or the missing states telegraph that all the boards in their jurisdic- ton have filed their lists, the drawing date will be set. Officials think it will not be earlier than Saturday.
 Local Boards Limitations.
 Officials here are anxious that local boards make it clear everywhere that no question of exemption of any reg istered man for any other cause than physical disability or depednent rel atives can be taken up before the loc- al boards. The whole matter of in- dustrial exemptions is left to the su- perior boards, one of which has been created in each federal judicial dis trict.
 No individual case where exemption is desired because the registrant is engaged in an industry classified as vital to the conduct of the war, will be taken up until that individual has been called up for examination by his local board, found to be without dependents | and physically fit for military duty | and certified to the superior boards. l After that, application to the superior board for exemption on other grounds 1 will be admissible. The registrant or ! his employer may file necessary af | fidavits with the superior board seek ing exemption and the case will be ! heard promptly.
 Absent Registrants.
 Another point on which there has | been much debate has been the status | of the registrants absent from their registration districts. Scores of re- quests have come from men in this | situation, asking if they will have to return to their home towns for exami- | nation. They have been informed | that if they are selected for examina- | tion each will be notified by mail by ! his local board and then can apply to | the local board for permission to un- dergo examination in the town where he is located.
 Such action cannot be taken. how ever. until the registrant actually has been summoned by his local board.
 Blanks Sent Out
 The government has distributed to all local boards complete sets If blanks to cover appeals, transfers and any other matters in connection with the process. Registrants may exam. inc these at the quarters of local boards, but every effort has been made to prevent the filing of afIidavits or other documents that do not apply to case actually under consideration. Otherwise the boards would be swamp ed with efforts to get a decision in advance.
 Industrial Exemptions.
 Probably the point in the whole pro- cess which has led to the greatest misunderstanding and confusion is the system by which industrial exemption is to be granted. Many persons have have regarded it as certain that men in munitions-making or other strictly war industries would be exempted as class. That is not the fact. What