Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-16
Fifteen States Have Not
Reported Board Organi-
ZatiOn.
SELECTION MAY
) BE MADE SATURDAY
Drawing Of Numbers For Seleotive Con-
scription Army Not Possible sef
End Of Week, and Possibly May b.
: Further DeIayed-Copies Of Number
ed Lists Of Resistrants Filed 'ith
Provost Marshall General.

Washington. July 16.-On the basis
where the organization work OF the
exemption boards has not been com
pleted, war depart ment officials SAID
the drawing .or the seectiNe conscrlp-
ton army hardly could be conducted
before Saturday at the earliest. fl1-
teen states have not reported III" com
pletien OF their exemption board or
salzation The process tollGNri pN
the boards is to file two cop!"s OF tAef
completed and numbered lists % r"&is-
trants as soon as the serial NUMBERS
have been arranged one copy is mailed
to the provost marshal general III
Washington and the other to the gov
ernor OF the state. Less than thous-
and of the 1863 districts are stu 10
be heard from in Washington ara
probably only a few hundred have not
reported as yet to the governors.
In California, for instance, the gov
ernor would receive his copy from any
exemption board four or Ave days be-
fore the mail would bring to Washing
ton copy to the provost marshal gen
eral, The governor would report 10
the provost marshal general only
,swfielf every district IN bis state had
been heard from. ssz,s
Gong Time For Inquiry.
The big work OF the local boards
Will be the examination of drafted reg
istrants and the elimination of those
deemed entitled to exemption AL
tho the administration announced some
time ago that the training of the ma
tional army would begin Sept. l, many
war department officials doubt that tho
local boards can examine and designate
the men for military service in less
than six weeks.
!hc work OF the district exemption
boards yet to be named in eliminating
men needed in industry and agriculture
can not be completed for at least
fortnight after the loca, boards finish
For these reasons it is likely to be Oct
| before the recruits to the draft army
go to their training camps.
Employers Seek Facts.
Tons OF mail matter are being sent
out from the government printing OF
flee. More than 3O.000.000 blank forms
have been printed and distributed over
the country for those who intend to
make exemption and discharge claims
and file affidavlts in support Of them.
Executives and representatives OF
large commercial and industrial con-
Germs are familiarizing themselves with
the discharge and exemption provisions
of the draft law and are studying
closely the regulations being given out
here.
Many of them intend to make direct
application for the exemption Of their
employees.
Further discussion by localities de-
string to be considered as possible sites
is closed temporarily. the announce
ment says. while the site committee
Of cabinet officers Is making further
engineering studies. It has been as
sumed ever since the great nitrate pro-
ject was proposed that vast supply
Of water power would be needed. Con-
sequent sites with water power have
been thought to be the only onesNlike
ly to get consideration. Muscall
Shoals, off the Tennessee river was
one Of the places most strongly urged
during the debate in congress. Con-
gress appropriated s20,oo0,OoO for the
nroiect S