Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-13
ALL RECISTRANTS TO
BE Called At ONCE
Order of Their Selection TO
Establish Seniority of
Summons to ColorS
100000 TO BE
ON FIRST LIST

WASHINGTON. July bah those
who registered under the selective
draft law viii be included in the
draw to be held here probably next
week, Secretary Baker announced
yesterday The object will be to es-
tablish the order of liability TO SER
vice for each man registered. This
means that all the numbers from one
TO approximately five thousand the
highest total in any district-will be
drawn here The names correspond
ing to the numbers drawn will in each
district be liable to service in the or
der drawn.
There are 9,659,3S2 registrants. ac-
cording to preliminary Geographic re-
turns, and the number is being daily
increased But it will not be neces-
sary to draw anything like 5000 600
numbers in the great national lottery
that is TO determine the men first to
be drafted. Not more than about 5000
key numbers will be drawn. The or
der in which each number is picked
will be officially recorded. The order
in which men will be drafted will be
determined by the order in which the
numbers are drawn. But when any
one number is drawn it will serve
as a national key number and the fit
ting Of these numbers to the serially
numbered names on the lists in the
local registration districts will be
done locally.
Information so far available indi-
Gates that the drawing will work out
IN this way:
There are 1850 exemption districts.
When the first number is drawn-say
No lot will be recorded as No. 1,
with the serial number (10) follow
ing. The record would show that the
men whose cards bore the serial No.
10 in each Of the 1850 exemption dis
tricts would be first to appear before
the exemption boards. Presumably
the announcement made at the draw
ing would be No. l. Serial No. 10.
It is assumed that when the draw
ing is complete the government will
compuete how many men are repre-
scented by No. / in the drawing and
bv the numbers Immediately succeed
ing. and then issue an order for
enough to report to make the total
desired for the first army. For in
sance. the first call might be Nos. 1
10 100 in all districts. When the first
exemption came in each district, NO.
iO1 would be called, and so on.
Badges For Exempts.
Tho approximate number OF men 10
he first drafted will be $4,000. In or
der TO Obtain this number 1t probably
he necessary to examine not fewer
than 1 800 900 men on the basis OF oU
per cent. Of reflections. AS the lottery
drawing OF key numbers will deter
mine the order in which each man
will be liable for military duty II Will
be easy for the exemption boards IN
each district to proceed with the ex-
animation Of registration in the order
of their liability that districts quota
has been filled.
To prevent embarrassment among
those who are exempted under the
collective draft law the War Depart
ment has decided to give with each
exemption certificate a bronze naage
hearing the inscription. Exempted
q. s." -
A few details Of the drawing re-
main TO be settled. In general. now
ever master" number VIII pc
drawn from glass globes hitting every
man in the nation with that partic7
Mar number. There are 45os as
sricts The Hateful numbers VIII
he held in little cream colored cap,
snles which. before the lottery, VIII
be stirred UP and Thoroughly niiNeu
In the glass globes.