Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-22
Lists Of Those Liable Will Be
Mailed From Washington to
County and District Boards
Tuesday,
NO FURTHER DRAWING
FOR FUTURE ARMIES
General Crowder Thanks News
papers for Corporations
District Appeal Boards Are
Being Named,


Washington, July 21.-Despite the
fact that officers and clerks of Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder's Of
flee worked all last night to complete
the drawing that fixed the order OF
military liability of 100000 regis
trants, the tally sheets had been
compared and corrected before dark
tonight and the master list was in
the hands Of the printer Copies will
be mailed to local exemption boards
beginning not later than Tuesday and
the summoning of the first draft of
6S7 900 men can begin.
General Crowder tonight issued the
following statement:
Distribution Tuesday.
"The drawing rs complete and has
been apparently successful. The Of
ficial tally sheets have been compared,
sent to the printer and the proof is
being received. Final copies will be
ready for distribution not later than
Tuesday.
1.-THE next step will be the certifica-
ton by each board of its chart to its
1851 local boards and the applica-
ton of each board of it's chart to its
serially numbered list. This need
consume but little time and when
done, the order of priority of the
nearly 100000 registrants to report
for examination will be revealed. Such
additional drafts as may be ordered
by the president will be filled by call
ing men in the order of this estab-
lished priority and no further drawing
will ever be necessary. Each local
board, upon receipt of its chart and
upon modification by the government
of the quota to be raised by it, may
proceed at once under regulations al
ready promulgated to summon men
for examination.
Race Now TO the Swift
we have now passed the stage in
the execution of the selective service
act when We must have concert of ac-
ton by the states. In raising state
Contingents the race is to the swiftest,
Il cannot let this opportunity pass
without adverting to the 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
5th day of June would have been inn
possible. The generous support 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 reg
istration district, showing the names
of the persons who would be sum-
moned for examination on the first
call of the local boards"
Little Change Made.
General Crowder also made public
the text Of the regulations which win
accompany the master lists.
The only new feature shown is the
plan for handling cards that are
found to have duplicate numbers or
are otherwise confused, and also of
dealing with those received July 10,
when the local boards closed their
lists to begin numbering.
By the plan worked out, these ad.
ditional cards will be given an order
Of their own by lot and then will be
added to the lists of the districts from
which they come and be affected by
the drawing precisely as though they
had been received and numbered be-
fore the board lists were closed.
Where several cards bear the same
serial numbers, one will be drawn
from the group and retain the dupli-
Gated number, while the others will
be regarded as unnumbered and the
process of adding them to the lists be
followed.
Thirty-two Boards Named.
Another step accomplished during
the day was the appointment Of the
district boards of thirty-two of the
states and announcement of the
names Of the five men who will com.
pose each of them. Some states have
six or eight boards to ease the task.
Some federal judicial districts, the