Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-07-20
Draft Drawing Friday
Grant Quota Is 2I8

Grant county will be required 70
furnish 2l8 men for the new nation
al army according to the announce
ments made of the drawing, which
is scheduled TO take place Friday or
Saturday at Washington. The num-
bers will be flashed by telegraph
throughout the country. The final
quota for New Mexico is 1892 men
Two counties in the state, Luna and
Eddy, having furnished more than
their prO-rata for the National Guard
and regular army will not be reduir-
ed to furnish any men in the draft.
In Grant county it has been esti-
mated that the chance of being drawn
is about one in 19. The Silver CITY
; Independent Tuesday published a
complete list Of men registered with
: their serial numbers. A list is ON file
at the pOstOflicc and may also he seen
) &C the Western Liberal office by any
) one interested.
; The important part of this list is
; the serial number. 1t is by this that
; the draft will be made. It bears no
; relation whatever TO the number on
) any individual registration card. The
drawing will be made in Washington
) from a wheel which contains num-
bers up to that of the highest record
) ed in any district in the country.
The drawing will be public and the
numbers as drawn will be flashed to
every part of the country. With a
copy of this list it will be possible to
tell at once who IS included in those
who will have to report at once, the
names of those most likely to be
called as we'll as the order in which
men will be called for later drafts,
should there be any.
The drawing at Washington will
not stop until every number has beer
drawn and every mans place, who is
registered, is fixed Tho question Of
exemption has to be settled later.
Every name will be drawn
IL is announced from Santa Fc that !
2lS men now will be ordered TO re-
port for service Immediately from |
Grant county. The exact number has
now becn officially announced. Tho
first 2l8 numbers drawn from IN, |
Wheel in Washington will be the
first called to service, provided these
numbers are all less than ATT, tn
total registration in Grant county |
All numbers above ATT will be blank,
as far as this county is concerned.
In determining a mans liability tc
be called into service Immediately thc
exemptions must be taken into con
sidcration. In Grant county claim
Of exemption were practically 80 pc
cent and were chiefly based on dc
pendent relatives 1t is reasonable
to suppose that actual exemptions
will run about the same and tina
therefore any man whose serial num-
Der is drawn in the first 436 or twice
the total number of men asked fol
from Grant county, may expect tc
receive notice to report in the very
near future Those whose number
follow this closely will possibly BE-
called to fill vacancies which occul
from any one of various reasons, but
must certainly be included in the sec
ond draft.
All those needed for immediate ser.
vice will be notified officially by the
sheriffs office, but this notification
will be necessarily later than the re
ccipt of the numbers from Washing
ton.
Every man who is registered car
determine whether or not he is one
of those drawn by checking over thi
official list and comparing the draft
with his list number. Thes
lists were made in quadruplet. One
list has been posted at the office Of
the sheriff Of Grant county at the
court house; one was forwarded to
the governor of New Mexico at Sants
Fc; one was forwarded to the pro
vost marshal general at Washington
and the fourth was delivered to The
Independent for publication for tn,
of the regstrants and al
others interested.
The renumbering of the cards was
lone by the local board, composed OF
Sheriff Herbert j. McGrath, james
A. Shipley and DR.. +. w. Hooper, the +
actual REMEMBERING being done by
Mr.. Shipley and Dr. Hooper, after
which the list was checked in the
iheriffs' office by Sheriff McGrath
chairman of the board, and Chief
Deputy Sheriff Ray Grayson, the lat
er fnising up the work when Sheriff
,lcGrath was called out Of the city Q
m urgent official business. I.