The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-24
Pacific Coast States Will Pe
Investigated Owing to Small
Registration
In VIRGINIA l04,854
CLAIMED EXEMPTION
President Will Issue Proclama-
ton This Week Designating
Number Of Men Each State
Must F urnish On Draft

Washington. June 23.-The ofscial
complete registration by states was CIV
en- out by the war department this
afternoon. The figures show that al
most one-half the to'ai of 964a.93s
men registered claim exemption for
various causes
In the registration Of s.s4ae3s ia
included s.ool Indians reported by
the department OF interior An inves-
tigation has been ordered to deter
mine the rea son for the small regis
trauon on the Pacific coast. where
barely more than fifty per cent of
the estimated figures showed in the
re gistration. On the whole. Provost
Marshal General Crowder considers
the registration 100 per cent and in
Guiding the eligibles already in the
federal service the. figures would be
within a few thousands OF the census
estimate OF 1o.2as, In4
Boards Organizing
Throughout tie country TODAY the
local boards were organizing TO car
ry out the provisions of the conscrip-
ton act as Instructed ~ the president.
There are Approximately 1000 Of
these boards, each OF three mem bers
They were appointed by the president
largely on the recommendations of the
state authorities The boards are ex-
peotAd by Tuesday ct the latest TO
have every registrant numbered. as
the drafting will be done by number
instead Of by name TIE local boards
vail number the men registered there
ard send the mum bered cards to the
adiutant- general OF the state In which
they are located Each states numer-
ais Will be from No 1 upward
Numbers TO correspond with the num-
hers IN the states will he located in
the provost marshal generals oftca
in Washington.
To Proclaim Quota OF Men.
When the drafting begins-and Il
is expected to begin not later than
the second week in July-the mum
bers viii he drawn from Jury wheel
in Washington. There will be a sepa-
rate draft for each state. so that each
state may be called upon for It's quota
and one state may not be forced 10
supply more men proportionately
than another. President Wilson will
proclaim during the coming week the
number Of men each state must sup
ply The president also will set day
for the rafting
The number drawn. then will he
telegraphed from Washington to the
governors OF the, various states They
Will notify the diutant-general who
holds the corresponding numbered
cards and the adiutant general will
notify the local boards under whose
Jurisdiction the drafted men are.
Plentiful provisions have been made
for letting each man know whether
or not he has been drafted Four
copies OF the registration list and the
humble he bears ere to be made pub
lie. one being rtaced at the once OF
the local board and another made
available for the press When a man
learns he has been drafted he Ia privt-
legged TO appear before the exemption
board of his district and plead his
case for exemption II he considers he
has one. There also will be board of
appeal for each judicial district. II
finally forced to served the man will
be acquainted by presidential procla-
nation of the date he must report for
service and will be told where to re-
port by the local board. This date
! has been set definitely for September
I. Work is being rushed on the can
comments to have them ready by that
I time.