The Butler weekly times., 1917-07-26
CALL TO coLoRs SOON
How to Go About Meeting the Re-
quirements Of the Draft and
Also the Process Of Ex-
empdon Are An
,,' nouuced.


~ nounced.
Washington, July 21.-1t will be
week, probably ten days, before the
young men who were at the top OF
the Nations honor roll in the great
drawing yesterday will appear before
The local boards for the third great
step in the army building-the de-
term3ping of the exemptions. An
army of clerks were busy today
checking and rechecking the lo,54o
nunpbers drawn, in sixteen different
ways so that the list would be ab-
scauteH verified.
| While the newspaper lists probably
| were accurate to the last number, the
local boards cannot act on them.
They must wait until the official list
Of numbers as they were drawn are
sent them. They will be mailed out
as soon as printed, those to the Pa
cific Coast States going first, so that
every board should have received
the official list about the middle of
next week. AS soon as they receive
the lists, the work. will start, Notices
will be sent to each man in the first
cali to appear for examination. And
the final step in army forming will
be on.
As a preliminary to the next big
tstep the provost marshal generals Of
flee made public tonight the district
boards which will pass upon indus
trial exemption claims and all appeal
cases from the lower boards in thir-
ty-seven states.
The provost marshals office mere
has been deluged with questions from
the men at the top of the lists in the
drawing asking just what to do.
Here are some of the more import
ant questions and their answers.
l.. was among the first drawn.
What shall now do?
Your local board will receive the
official list of numbers this week
They will Immediately post -the-ot=
ficial list and will mail you notice
at the address given on your regis
tration card, telling you the day and
place to report for physical examina-
ton. However, the official posting
of the notice is sufficient, and should
vour mail containing your notice &C
| astray that isn't the government
fault. Watch the newspapers fol
dates.
| 2. Will all .the men taken IN the
first call appear the same day!
No. The regulations instruct tht
local board to divide the list roughl,
in thirds, telling the first third to re
port five days after the notice II
mailed out; the second third on tn
sixth day after the notices were sen
out and the last third on the seventh
day. That is to avoid compelling al
to stand around several days waitin'
their turn. Each notice will tell tn
young man the hour to report.
=. What if l am sick and can
come on the day and hour set?
You are supposed to come at tina
time If it is humanity possible to d'
so, However, you have ten days al
/ ter the official list is posted at you
district to report for examination
. If Won haven't reported then govern
! ment iagents will begin inquiring TO
: you. =.
l. | am near the top OF the> lis
and certain to be drawn, Can l nov
! enlist in the army Or navy!
Yes. You may enlist in any brancI
of the service you desire up until tn
dav the official list Of numbers caile
is posted in your district. Every
> thing is timed by the day that motto
: is posted, not when you get your nc
: tice by mail. After that notice
2 oosted YOU are called, it is too late
enlist. Roughly you have less tina
: a weeks time in which to enlist, pos
sibly only four or five days, II yo
intend to choose the branch OF sci
. Vice YOU desire to enter by enlistint
= & After l am in the selected q
national army, can I choose tn
90 branch of service I want to go IN!
No, positively. An opportunit
will be afforded you to express
choice and the government Will o
- guided by that as far as'possible, bt
the final disposition is left to the go'
ernment. 1t will place you IN tn
- hranch of service it believes you be:
- fitted for.
i & have wife and two boys.
was near the top of the list and hav
Ito claim an exemption. HOW 10
go about it? =,
In that event, you had better watc
the newspapers pretty closely and sc
when your local board officially pos'
the list of numbers for your distr'e
Go and examine It to see TOT SUI
itha. Won are called, although yo
v;Il also get notice by, mail. Yo
have seven days after that ns'
oosted to notify the board of you
claim for exemption. You can g<
a copy of the blank from the ooai
n f;ii ont. After YOU have flied thi
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