The Washington herald., 1917-07-22

Ocn. \IOWOcI yesterday IN lnc IOli'
The drawing is 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.
The next step will be the certifica-
ton of the results of the drawing to
4,557 local boards and the application
by each board of its chart to Its
serially numbered list. This need con-
sumo but little time and. when done.
the order of priority of the nearly
100000 registrants to report for ex-
animation will be revealed. Such ad-
dttional drafts as may be ordered by
the President will be filed by calling
men in the order OF this established
priority and no further drawing will
ever be necessary. Each local board
upon receipt of its chart and upon no.
tification by the governor Of the quota
to be raised by It. may proceed at
once. under regulations already pro-
r1ulgated, to summon men for exam
inatfon.
States Must Complete Work.
I'VE have now passed tn stage of
the execution of the selective service
act when we must have concert Of
action by States. In State contin-
gents the race ia to the swiftest.
The eastern boards will have their
sheets on Tuesday; those in the Cen
trail States by Wednesday at the
latest and even the farthest west
will receive them by Friday or Sat
Urday.
The eastern boards will Immediately
do the routine work of picking out
the men from their lists and noti-
flying those first selected to appear
for examination.
The men. under the law. are sup
posed to acquaint themselves with
their positions on the list of their
local boards, in order that they may
know their liability for service. but
in order to make IL easier for the
drafted men the boards will advise
them by mail when to report. Only
those called in the hrst quota will
be notified at this time. Others will
De called, according to their posi-
tion on the lists. as exemptions of
the first called occur.
May Call Ole Ont Of Five.
Oncials of the War Department
estimated that only one man out of
five will be held for service. No
matter what his position on the list
they estimated the chances of the
healthy unmarried young men to be
only three to one against being or
dered out.
The estimate made yesterday would
give the government only about p
22e5,OoO men out of the draft Of ap-
proximately 100000.
of the exemptions 1t was estima-
ted that out OF the 100000 fully
forty per cent would be physically
unit. while Of the remainder fifty
per cent would have claims for de-
pendency or industrial exemption.
Indications yesterday were that there
will be far fewer claims for exemp-
ton than officials had anticipated.
however. From all parts of the coun-
try came messages showing how
anxious the manhood of the nation
was to serve in democracy's battle
against an autocracy which threatens
the world.
Even aliens are anxious to serve in
the American army. TIE following
message from a Spaniard was receiv-
ed yesterday:
HON. Newton u. BAKER, secretary
OF War:
You drew my number first. and
although I am not an American Citi-
zen but a Spaniard and have never
applied for naturalization papers, I
consider it such an honor to be the
first one drawn that 1 beg to offer
you my services to fight the war for
freedom and democracy thrust on this
great nation.
SAMUEL SANJINES."
Gen. Crowder yesterday ruled that
men drafted may still enlist in the
army. navy, National Guard or Ma
riue Corps They can do so until
officially notified to appear before the
local boards for examination. This
will give some men-those in the first
draft-from two days to a week to
enlist. while the others will have
weeks or months.