The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-07-25

knowing as they DO now exactly how
many men each exemption district must
contribute to the national army, and
knowing that In each district twice this
number Of men must be called for physi-
cal examination. the local boards will be
ready to 60 ahead with the draft pro-
sramme as soon as they receive from
washington corrected certified copies of
the list showing the exact order Of the
drawing-the order in which the man
must be called. The copies of this
master list have been mailed and
should be in the hands of all the 1s9
boards in New York city to-day.
In some districts foresighted board
members. without waiting for the official
master list. and able to guess approx
mately what quota would be designated
by Gov. whitman, have marked of a list
OF men who would probably be called
and prepared to send them the sum-
mons. They could not go further, as
the arrival OF the master list" and the
actual quota would necessitate some
changes In the contemplated notifica-
tions. But boards which have done this
are so much ahead of the others.
Quotas Cut for City and state.
The Governor last night at Albany
said he had notified the exemption
boards that New York's gross quota
would be l22,212. but that through the
volunteer enlistments in the National
ouaru ana regular army this quota is
reduced TO 69,241 men.
The total quota for the city-3s.ss5-
Is less than was expected. Most
suessers had thought IT would be some
thing more than 10000.
me next step in the draft is not the
mailing OF notices to the men to be ex
ahmed Before board can do that IL
must apply the master list" to the list
or registrants, which varies for each dis
trlct and following the order of the
craving in Washington prepare a list
OF all the registrants in the district in
the proper order. This is called the
available list" Each board must mail
us available list to the Provost Marshal
General within three days. 1t should
complete this step in few hours.
Messenger 10 Bring Notice.
The official announcement Of the quotas
will be brought 10 the city by messenger
To-Day and distributed among the lsg
boards, With this in it's hands, each
ooard VIII prepare to call for examina-
ton double the number of men in its
quota. For example, IL the quota is zoo.
the first 400 men on the districts avail
The first third Of these 400 men will
be summoned for examination on the
nfth day from the date of the call the
second third on the sixth day and tho
rest on the seventh day. II is likely
that some boards will begin mailing
their notices this afternoon. AT the
same time they win post in their head
quarters the names of all those to whom
notices are sent.
In computing the quotas the Adiutant-
GENERALS office has followed Washing
toms ruling and taken no account OF the
number OF aliens. Aliens cannot be
uIaIteu INTO the army, but they have 10
De examined like any citizen II they are
In the order OF call and Will be exempted
upon presenting affidavits establishing
PROOF or non-citizenship. In some OF the
clty districts the alien population is so
neeVy mat the proportion of citizens 10
be drafted will run extremely high.
Curious East Side situation.
In certain districts there are hound
10 oe 30 many exemptions for reasons Of
health non-cltizenship and dependent
relauVes that many times the quota
VIII nave TO be called for examination
before the quota Is full
The chairman OF lower East Side
district said yesterday he believed tina,
nearly all the 4,00O-odd registrants in his
district will be examined in order 10 gel
the quota OF little more than 200 n,rn
His analysis OF the district list produced
astonishing results.
He eXsmined the registratio cards OF
the frst l39 men on the available list.
or these 50, or 1854 per cent. swors
they we're aliens so said they had taken
out their hrst citizenship papers and IS
were citizens. OF the l39 men 67.5 per
cent. claimed exemption and n per cent
OF those claiming exemption were aliens
Seventy-one per cent. OF the aliens
claimed exemption, 80 per cent. Of those
who had declared their Intentions OF
becoming citizens and 3s per cent of the
citizens.
The board chairman pointed out thai
very many OF the men who do not claim
exemption will be rejected by the doc
tors. OF course number of those
claiming exemption will prove to be
takers. but everything considered. Il
looks as II any man who is registered
In this district. and In others like II,
has a good chance OF being called be-
fore the board before the quota Is
reached. In these cases the draft pro-
cedure will take a much longer time
than has been calculated. II district
board fails 10 MI it's quota from the
FIRST batch OF men called II will keep on
calling more until the specified num-
ber is reached.
The exemption boards are gradually