The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-21

men are registered IN the United
'etatss for war ssrvice--ss7. 900 are
nssdsd In the frst call for the Nat
ionai army. Who shall 20 first?
? This question is asked and the
msthod by which Il 10 to be answered
outlined by Provost Marshal General
cCrowdsr In IN explanation issued to-
night OF the great drafting about to
b held I'm Warrington. The scheme
svelvsd y 20 simple that the drawing
= one ace Of . thousand numerals
and another OF ten viii fix with abso-
iuts equality OF chance the order In
which every one Of the ten million
reg&strants shall report to his local
beard for examination and subse-
onsnt exemption, discharEe or ac-
sSptancs for military service.
~ 0lncs the svsrags exemption dis
tztet registration 10 5000 and there
,sr~ asst districts. the average num-
~ - men listed with each opera
sis9 az the drawing machinery viii be
ab{ut is.soo.
osasral Crowdsr announced. also
that local boards will bs instructed to
.cAs zee pr cent. Of their quota at
49, nrst sii TO provide for probable
assumptions. That means that 1884,,
.eee men win b notif,ed to appear for
examination within the next few days.
It more are necessary they viii be
caI1sd for - needed by the local
beerds In the order provided for in
the 1sawinG.
In sons districts. the one hundred
psf cent. allowance for exemption
may b too large and In others too
SMALL. but the ical bosrds win be
inseructsd In every case TO continue
calling for men until the district
,sspta - nllsd. Each state governor
= now allottiny to his districts their
rsspscsive portions OF the States
aHpea
y Zach OF the asst exemption dis-
tslsts. among which the 10000. GOO
6gistratioa cards have been divided.
o. eards have been given serial
Esnbsss. Ths number Of rssisrants
- eepA ateeftet. yariss Eem Shept
7 CO ~ ~ neooege - $500 tlnAa ~
evq ~ ne larssk. % that the serial
pe1sbees 20 be dealt with IN the
4rHw1nS range from one 20 between
rins and ten thousand. ii.
In order TO reduce the mechanical
precs0 and make II possible for the
eos thouaand numbers drawn to
reach every man in every district.
. ese-callsd master key has been de-
yieed- This win be obtained by
drawing slips numbered from nausht
TO nine which win be listed in the
order that they are drawn to form
thS key.
Thsn win begin the drawing Of the
nvmbsrs one 70 1000. For the dis
trict with not moro than one thou
sand rsgistrants there will be no
problsm to determine the order Of ap-
peerance before the exemption
beard. The number drawn FIRST will
IN shs man whose card bears that
sssial number a. the first to appear
before his board. In the district with
esav tsS rsGtstrants the lsS will be
nnASe sOr appearance. In the order IN
vbSch thsir numbers are drawn and
whom . number higher than that ap-
psars the district Of course will not
10 affected.
Application Of the master key
makes u possible to apply fairly each
o. the 1000 numbers drawn to dis.
tricts with more than 1000 regis
trants. AZ q number In drawn IN
win be added to each Of the thou
sands In excess Of 1000 In each dis
tsict.
For instance. u 2s In the frat num-
bsr drawn, II viii represent Is: l.
sss: s.oas; s.o2s: 4.oss; 5.o25: s.-I
o2s: 7,o2s: s.oss: s.025.
By applying tho master key the or
der In which the numbers will be list
"a In each district will be determined. |
II the drawing Of 10 numerals for the
Key should result this way:
81 q; 4; s; .; 3: o: 8; 4;s.
Thsn the drawing Of rs an the first
numbss Il the thousand would fx the
nrst man 70 appear before the ex-
smption boards In this order:
s.osS; 7.oas; 1.O2s: S.o25: s.o25; &c;
seas; t.o2s; and s.02s.
The district with more than 5000
rsgistrants thus wtll have 10 of its
men assigned tn their places at the
head OF its list. with s.025 on top.