The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-15
Fifteen States, Among Them
Virginia, Have Not Yet
Completed Their Report
LARGER CITIES ARE
CAUSE OF DELAY
States Will Be Required to Get
Men Out, Mobilize Them at
Railway Points for Transfer
to Training Camps

Washington, July 14.--Draft day
will be next Saturday, or at the lat
psf the following Monday. This was
The statement made at the office of
Provost Marshal General Crowder
Today.
Offcials estimated 1t would require
p week for the remaining boards, the
majority OF which are located In the
parser cities, to complete their work.
That the draft NAV be expedited Gen
eral Crowder announced that II will
mot be necessary for the boards to
forward duplicate lists to Washing
ton before the drawing can he made.
photographic notice that the central
board In each state has received The
lists will be sufficient. The govern
nent merely wishes to make sure that
the serial numbers are In responsible
hands where they cannot b. tempered
with The progress Of the work in
the larger cities Is shown by the fol
lowing list giving the number OF
boards which have completed their
sork out Of the total IN each city:
New York. out Of 1879,
Boston, none out OF. IS.
San Francisco, out OF T..
Los Angeles. Is ont Of IS
Chicago. % out OF SIS.
Cleveland. Is out of Is.
Louisville, 6 out of :
~ Philadelphia, ~ out Of 81.
Cincinnati out or 10,
Pittsburg p out OF q
ST. Louis. - out Of IS.
New Orleans IL out of h.
Baltimore IS out Of q.
Kansas City and Washington both
have their work completed.
Fifteen states Incomplete.
Provost Marshal General Grow der
ANNOUNCED late tonight that all Of the
ktates in the urfson were ready for,
the draft except fifteen. They have
kurned their cards into the state capi-
halls. TIL fifteen states still urcom-
pleted arl
Missouri Alabama, Kentucky. Loui-
kiana. Maryland Michigan. Missis-
Eippi. Montana, New York. North Da-
kota. Ohio. Oklahoma. Pennsylvania.
With these states completed there
remain something like 700 exemption
boards to complete their work. ON
cials estimate II would require almost
week for them TO do this.
Choice for draft day between next
Eafurdav and the following Monday
heems to lean toward Monday. Sat
nrday Ia half holiday In the gov
ernment departments and while some
oficialsl said today this would not
make any difference" the general
opinion was that II would be best for
khe presidents regulations for the
drawing to be given out for publ
ration on Monday morning, starting
new week. and to have the draft
Fellow Immediately In order that no
sharpers might have time to think up
echemes for Stacking kilograms
iron number OF governors OF states
no the provost marshal general today
Indicated that there would be no de-
6ay In apportioning the state quotas
made public yesterday among the va
rious local boards.
An important announcement con-
rerning the handling OF the con-
scripts after they have been drafted
was made today by General Crowder.
III makes each state responsible Tor
these details Of preparing their quotas
FOR service. The state machinery will
b under federal regulations. but the
states themselves will be responsible
Tor getting the men out. having their
cases passed upon and mobilizing
them at the railroad stations for
TRANSPORTATION TO training camps
when the president calls them out,
probably about September l. Physi-
al examinations will be conducted by
representatives of the governors I'M
der federal control.
Another Important Ruling.
Another important ruling also Is
Ia be made. 1t is expected on Monday.
M will be that II man. after being
drawn. fails to appear before the To-
cal hoard he will be listed as held
Sor military service" When he Is
cslIed upon to go to camp. II he fails
n annear he will be arrested as a de-
serter. n he Is living away from
the district In which he registered.
however, the STIPULATED ten-day limit
Mn not stand. Say he is In Washing
ton and registered in San Francisco.
He can write to the San Francisco
board, under whose jurisdiction he is.
and ask for a transfer to the hoard
supervising the district In which he
now resides The San Francisco
board writes back. This exchange
may take more than the stipulated
ken days, but the man is privileged to
clAim exemption and ask physical
Examination after that time, PROVIDED
the San Francisco reply does not come
within the ten days. .. /,
Local boards also will be permitted
Is extend the ten-day limit for various
causes which appear to be just.
Reported complaints by cities that
their census figures had been padded
r the draft estimates were met today
Nth the statement that the draft
uotAs were based on estimates OF
6opulation carefully compiled by the