New Britain herald., 1917-07-21
Paa1nVille News
ORDER OF DRAFTING
AS APPLYING HERE
Can't Tell Definitely How Many
PlainVille Men Will Report
TOWN PART OF DISTRICT
charles Frederick Hubbard Owner of
First Plainville Number Taken
from Box-Order in Which Local
Numbers Were Drawn.

| Was I drafted? Who was drafted
| from Plainville? What will Plain
| Vllle's quota to the new conscription
army be? These questions, asked re-
| peatedly last night and today in eyerv
| place and from every official who
| might be regarded as source of in
| formation on the results of the draw
| ing made at Washington yesterday,
cannot be definitely answered for sew
| eral days, as this town is not consid-
cred as an entity but is a part of a
division and it will be necessary to
get the numbers for the entire district
and the order in which they We're
chosen before it will be possible to
say how many of the young men from
this place will be ordered to appear
before the exemption board for ex-
animation as representatives in the
| first army of 6S7, 900 men who are to
go into training camps early in Sep
TENDER.
Was my number drawn? Another
question which seemed to disturb con-
| scription eligibles is not so difficult of
| answer, as every man who is between
| the ages of p and 81 and who en-
rolled on June 5, has serial number
which was taken from the box yester-
day. The order in which the number
was drawn is the essential part of the
CONSUMPTION plan as it deSignateS the
position in the column assigned to
its owner and the probable time with
relation to the others, that he will be
expected to report while the work of
filling each districts quota is in pro-
gress.
According to the state council of
defense towns are not expected to fur
nish any designated number of men,
their representation in the army de-
pending on the order in which their
eligibles are conscripted with relation
to other places in the district of
which it is part.
The first number drawn from the
box yesterday, which correspondent to
the serial number of a Plainville man.
was in the twenty-third capsule Sc
lected. 1t is 3,679 and according to
the "Iocal boards" list was assigned
to Charles Frederick Hubbard No.
1856 was in the twenty fourth cap
sule. 1t represents James Leo McNal-
ly. In the thirty sixth container was
found the number 1874, Roland
Evans Hoerle.
over 10000 many would not affect
Plainville, and the order Of the draw
ing does not necessarily designate the
order in which the young men Of the
town are to be listed. In the Plainville
classification instead of being consid-
cred as 20, "a and SO, Hubbard, Nc
Nally and Hoerle would be listed as l.
2, and 3. However as there are other
towns in the districts with men whose
| numbers may have been in the cap
sules taken earlier from the box the
order in which they will be classed in
| the second division, of which Plain
vile is part, may be changed. How
ever as they were drafted early in the
day, it is foregone conclusion that
they will be in the first lot ordered to
appear before the "local'' board which
! is made up DR.. OConnell Of Bristol:
Herbert Knox Smith Of Pennington,
and B. I. Miller Of Avon, for examina-
ton. Providing they are physically fit,
without dependents and not engaged