The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-25
FIRST CALL SOON.
ONLY REMAINING STEP FOR FED.
EFsAL AUTHORITIES IS TO
SEND OUT MASTER
LIST OF NUMBERS.
Thereafter States VIII Take Charge
and Hasten Work OF Raising Their
Quotas Of War Army ns Fast as
They will-Districs y Exemption
Boarls for Many States, Including
south Carolina, Named.

Incy WuNDtStrfce ~ exemption
Boards for Many States. Including
south Carolina, Named:
Washington, July 21.-Dcspite the
fact that ofhcsrs and clerks of Pro-
vost Marshal General Cro~der's Of
fice worked all last night to complete
the drawing that fixed the order of
military liability OF 10000. 900 regis
trants. the tally sheets had been
compared and corrected before to-
night and the master list vas In hands
Of the printer. Copies will be mailed
20 local exemption boards, beginning
lot later than Tuesday. and the
summoning OF the first draft of esq.,
900 men can begin.
Gen. Crowder tonight issued the fol-
lowing statement:
The drawing is complete and has
been apparently successful The OF.
ncial tally sheets have beer compared,
sent to the printer and the proof is
being received. Final copies will be
ready for distribution not later than
Tuesday. I
The next step will be the certif-
cation OF the results of the drawing to
4.557 local boards and the applica-
ton by each board or Its chart to it's
serially numbered list. This need con-
sumo but little time and when done
the order Of priority Of the nearly
io.ooo.O0 registrants to report for ex-
animation will be revealed. Such ad-
ditional drafts as may be ordered by
the president will be filled by calling
men In the order OF their established
, priority and no further drawing will
ever be necessary. Every local board
upon receipt OF Its chart and upon no.
tlf,cation by the governor ef the quota
(, 70 bs reached BY Il. must proceed at
once. under regulations already pro.
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I'VE have now passed the stage in
the execution Of the seieciive service
: act when, we must have concert, of
action by the States. In r,ising State
contingents the race Is to the swiftest.
II can not let this opportunity pass
without adverting to the very
great value OF the assistance which
has been so earnestly and efficiently
rendered by the press.
Without the systematic campaign
Of public information that prepared
the country for the registration the
enrolment Of 100000 men on the
9TH day of June would have been i'm
possible. The generousness of the
newspapers through the period since
registration day Is appreciated and
only the most thorough efficiency
could have placed upon the streets.
within a few hours after the first
number was drawn. lists for each
registration district. showing the
names of the persons who would be
summoned for examination on first
call OF locdl boards"
Gen. Crowder also made public the
text Of the regulations for their ap-
pllcatioh which will accompany the
master. lists The only new feature
shown = the plan for handling cards
that are found to have duplicate num-
bers or are otherwise confused and
also OF dealing with those received
after July 10 when the local boards
closed their lists to begin numbering.
by the plan worked out. these ad-
ditional cards will he given an order
OF their own by lot and will then be
added to the lists of the districts from
which they come and be affected h.
the drawing precisely as though they
had been received and numbered be
fore the board lists were closed. Wher,
several cards bear the same seria!
number. one will be drawn from the
group and retain the duplicated num-
Der. while the others will be regarded
a. unnumbered and the process Of al L,
ding them to the lists be followed.
Another step accomplished during
the day was the appointment of tn,
district boards In 32 OF the states and
announcement OF the names of tn
hve men who will compose each O
them. Some States have six or eigh
boards to ease the task. federal judi
cial districts, the areas used for geo
graphical distribution OF the boards
being divided into two or three sec
tions for this purpose and scparat
board named for each.
These district boards will have n
function until the local boards in thei
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