Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-25
OFFICIAL DRAFT
l.sI COMING SOON
Governors OK tes Will be Given
Two Copie> @tz' Each of the
Exempt, " ,,odies.
PROVOST MARSHAL: KES
NEW NOTIFICATIL >ULING
Posting of Notices at the Board Head
quarters of List Men Ordered
to Appear Constitutes
Legal Notification.

Washington, July 24.-The master
list of the drawing last Friday, which
fixed military liability under the draft
will be ready for distribution to the
local exemption boards Tuesday. II
had been hoped to mail it Monday
night to governors of states for dis.
tribution, but delay resulted in
printing.
Pending publication of this official
result of the drawing, no authentic
information is available to check the
unofficial report transmitted to the
newspapers during the drawing. 1t is
probable that copy of the official list
will be given out here any day now.
The governors will be furnished
with two copies for each local board
in their states. Immediately on receipt
of their list each local board will 40
tify enough men to make up double
the districts quota to appear for
physical examination.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
ruled yesterday that posting at the
board headquarters of the list of
men ordered to appear constitutes le-
gal notification. 1t, therefore, is in
cumbent upon all registered men to
learn their red ink number at once
and to see that the board headquart-
ers is watched when the list is post
ed. Those ordered up also will be no
titled by mail, but the period allowed
for appearance will count from the
posting of the list.
The ruling was in connection with
an order Issued by the War depart
ment holding the ranks of the regular
army open to registered men for vol
untary enlistment up to the time such
men have been posted as ordered to
appear. Registered men also may en-
list in the army, navy or national
guard.
In apportioning draft quotas credit
ments prior to June 80, but there has
been no indication whether credits
will be given 70 men coming in since
that date.
An average of more than 1000
men a day has been repor ed by the
regular recruiting stations alone and
counting the national guard it isprob-
able chat the voluntary system has
provided close to $4,000 men. 1t is
likely that in the end every man who
enlists voluntarily will reduce by one
the quota of his home district.
The Office of the provost marshal
was swamped yesterday with applica-
tions for blanks requesting transfer
of examination. All who applied were
told that no steps in that direction
could be taken until the registrant
had been called for examination. He
then may secure necessary blanks
from the board within whose jurisdic.
tion he is at the time. His physical
examination can be transferred and
affidavits regarding exemption claims
may also be received and considered
at a temporary residence. Every man
finally certified for military service
however, will return to the jurisdic-
ton of his home board and go with
the troops from his home town.
Following is the exemption appea'
board for the northern district o.
Iowa, which takes in Winneshiel
county.
e. NJ. Cassidy, former member oi
legislature and farmer, Whiting.
w. ]. Egloff, physician, Mason City
d. NJ. Kelleher, lawyer, For
Dodge.
Harry B. Plumb, Waterloo, manu-
facturer.
T. j. O'Donnell, member legisla
ture, Dubuque, labor representative.
These men will decide appeals from
the decisions of local exemption
boards.
The first number drawn last Friday
in Washington was No. 25S. Carl A
M. Wevley, of Highland township has
this number. The other first nine
numbers affecting Winneshiek county
were received by telegraph Frida.
and were posted in front of his Office
and a large crowd gathered quickl!
and remained reading the numbers
as they were received until late in the
night.
The first ten received by wire from
Chicago were Nos. 258, ASS, 1896
s54. 1855. 7s3, 1913, 1852. I'LL ant
1872. The following list is unofii
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