The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13

have to serve. He may never be
called to the colors. But his name
VIII be on the list, no matter how far
needed. Government officials hit upon
this plan as the simplest and most efs
fect!ve. 1t does away with the hecss-
sity for a separate draft for each new
increment az conditions prove It recess
sary. There will be but one draft for
the entire war Unless conditions so
Develop that the demands for man
power are such that tbs entirs $780,
600 are used up and hs,~ cali to take
in met, Of ages ether than between
twenty ar,ea aud th.Htcofae III fsfita
necessary. 1t also does away with this
necessity for draft for a few hun
dred thousand men In case 1t is found
that more than the first million are
needed to form an army OF 100000 and
fill the ranks OF the two forces now
In existence, after exemptions have
been made instead OF drawing men
until the required number 10 reached
men will merely be ordered out IN the
order In which their names stand on
the lists
Chances for Trench Work IA to I.
The chances OF the individual are
fourteen to one that he will not be
mated. In the frst place In one mil
lion II is ten to one shot that John
Smith or W. K. Citizen will not be
among the first million. Then after
he is called should he be called, It Ia a
four TO one shot that he will AL the re-
guirements. Officials are going on the
theory that only about one man out
OF four will NEE, the physical require
ments for active service and at the
same time not be exempt because at
national, industrial or family reasons.
The names OF the hrst million men
will be made public IN the states,
each board announcing It's quota. No
names will be dealt with in Washing
ton Duplicates OF the registration
cards are being received here and will
be filed away, but the war department
ment itslf VIII hav nothing to do with
the names on. them. 1t will deal en-
tirely with numbers. The names will
be made public by the local boards.
General Enoch Crowder. provost
marshal. was at work today endeav-
orlng 10 develop a plan whereby the
press may be furnished with the
names of the first million by CEN
trial agency in each city. or each state.
Numerous suggestions Were made. es-
pecially in the case of the larger
citie. At present each board would
have to make public it's lists of con-
Scriptions and it would be a week
before the lists could be arrived at
in their complete form. 1t Is that
the men drafted may know of 1t at
the earliest moment that General
Crowder ia endeavoring to work out
general plan for distribution of the
names TO the public.
or course. it is the duty OF the man
himself TO find out whether he has
beer drawn and he can do this by go
ing 10 the once OF the local board,
but newspaper publication of the
names is considered more effective.
Complete plans for the machinery
of drawing are now before Pr resident
Wilson. IT is only pending his ap-
prevail that they are rot MADE public
in complete form. Secretary Baker
today merely conveyed a hint OF
what is planned
Full information will not be given
cat N complete form Until just before
the drawing. probably the morning Of
the draft day. The selection ITSELF 10
held up by delays In the larger CEN
tiers Of population, principally New
York
There are 1883 local boards In New
York city alone, and of all the boards
In the country they were tho last to
organize AS result. aside from the
vast amount OF work slipertatended
by the great population OF the metro
polls, many OF the New York boards
arc not yet in working order.
Twenty-one states and the District
OF Columbia had reported for the
rrsw.rE tate today. Suggestions that
the choosing for these states be made
Immediately were rejected by oncialA.
President Wilson viii proclaim =
Gay for tia draft and an IRA vaov.s,.
jnx Of the drawing viii issue "A ~