Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-18
j. S. DRAFT PLAN
WILL GIVE EACH
ORDER OF. CALL
Numbers to Be Drawn for All
RegiStrantS.
LIABILITY FIXED BY ORDER
Each Man Will Know Order in Which
He Is Liable to Be Called for War
serViee-PIan ls Approved by
the President

Inc PRESIDENT
Washington, July l3.-Secretary Ba-
ker announced that in the drawing TO
select men for draft into the war army
numbers will be drawn representing
every one of the nearly 100000 reg
istered, so that each man may know
the order in which he is liable to be
called for service.
May Exempt Fifty Per Cent.
Liability will be fixed by the order in
which the names come out. There are
some COCO districts with numbered
registration cards. 50 the first number
drawn win represent the first COCO
men TO appear before the exemption
boards
1t Is estimated that 90 per cent of
the men examined will he exempted or
fail TO pass the physical examination,
so that more than q million men prob
ably will appear before the boards be
fore the 6S700 or more wanted on the
first call are obtained.
Why Details Were Withheld.
Persistent inquiries from all parts Of
the country for information about the
method 10 be followed in selecting men
for the national war army caused war
department officials to explain that
President Wilson'S determination to
have absolute fairness govern the proc
ess was responsible for the decision
to withhold announcement of the exact
plan until the very eve of the drawing
The exemption regulations and all
other moves In the making of the new
army have received the approval of the
president personally and the draft reg
ulations also win come from the White
House.
All that is known now is that the
drawing win he from serial numbers
corresponding TO numbers on registra-
ton cards and that It win take place
in Washington, probably at the capitol
Baker 70 Draw First Number.
Secretary Baker or some other high
official viii draw the first number and
then the process Of selection will be
pushed forward until there is flashed
by telegraph TO every community in the
country the numbers Of the men drawn
Il is understood that the system
planned is so simple that the work will
be done in few hours.
AS soon as the local organizations
are complete appointment of the dis
trict exemption boards viii be an
nounced
These boards. one or more in each
federal judicial district. will pass upon
appeals from the local bodies and Will
have jurisdiction over claims for ex1
emptions on account of employment IN
Industrial and agricultural or other
necessary enterprises.
Nominations for the boards proposed
from 40 states already have been sent
TO the president by the provost mar
shall generals office.
Only Twenty-Five States Ready.
So far only Il states have reported
TO the provost generals Office the com
pletion Of their organization. In some
of them the names and serial numbers
Of the men liable TO draft already have
been posted The first city to report
the completion Of that part of the work
was Kansas City.
Some fear was felt at the war de
partment that the delays in organiza-
tion might cause further postponement
of the draft.
II had hee9 believed that the draw
ing might take place Saturday of this
week
II then became evident that IT could
not be held before next week. and indi-
cations were that il might be the latter
part Of next week before everything
was ready.
One Of the states where there has
been the most confusion In organiza-
ton Is New York.
Purpose Of Population Estimate.
The new estimate of population made
~ the census bureau &c basis for
the draft. Il IS explained. Is not to be
taken as a genuine indication of the
actual population Of cities and com
munitles.
In some communities industrial con-
iitions have given city population
much greater than il normally has. In
other cities where Industrial activities
are al low ehh the registration failed
10 show actually present the number
which the census bureau had given.
Moreover. IS the object Of the esti-
mates IS 10 FIX fair basis for estab-
fishing local quotas, industrial centers
with disproportionately large numbers
Of young men subject TO draft have
been given figures probably consider
ably In excess Of the number Of people