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af. Committee on MU.fH AnaTs
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member OF tho st.ats t"umiti''.
,urrrctsmau Kahn. arlrE lt'uH..
IIpau member - ihr IuuH. Commit.
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gIUWdcr HrI MrCaIu were bindfold .
ed and drew uumu,fs
ANcr fHurt tlmo The Tslatiue cap.
suIos became stick. and Instead ~
taking them apart the ends were
snippeI on With a small shears.
Later on the capsules. moistenoi by
Precipitation from the hands of man
who kept stirring Them around and
the man who reached IN and drew
them out. started g. ulcA together.
This necossltaied extra work in 20
separating the little tubes that they
could be taken out one at time.
Secretary Baker. In opening the
drawing. said:
This IN an occasion OF great dig
nifty and some solcmnity
THE young men selected to- day
are honorod by the privilege Of sew
ing their country"
There are lSg exemption districts
In the city OF New York. The first
number drawn calls one man from
each OF those is9 districts when
tho number 1858 was drawn the man
whose name was opposite No. 2bS
IN the ilst Of each OF the lS9 districts
was singled out for examination w
the exemption board for his district
The highest reported total OF regis
tered men In any New York city dis
trict is 1890. 40 that any higher mum
Der drawn does not affect any New
York registrant. I
The result was that instead OF jun
bling up the names OF the men In
each Local District Board group &c
that everybody would be on an equal
footing az TO luck In the drawing. the
Jerseyitos are bound together In littlC
sub groups OF the main group.
Had the original plan OF allowing
the master numbers 20 determine In,
drawing been followed, tbere coulC
have been no uniformity In calling
the registrauts for examination be
cause persons would have been draft
ed from one locality within the juris
diction OF the board before any othc
person was drawn from another 10
cality in the same jurisdiction.
II was an awful blow to the Provos
Marshal Generals office when tn
news came In by telephone that Ncy
Jerrry hal thrown sand In the gear
OF the erfectly organized machinl
But the War Department wasted N
time. After a conference betwee
Provost Marshal General WIDER an
Secretary OF War Baker, It wus de
clded to conduct the DR. = on
lines which the Department had : o.
diligently seek TO avoid-namel,
10 draw out enough numbers 70 cove
tho number OF men registered in N
District T. thot1nited States In whiC
registration was the heaviest.
Ihis district is located In Detro
in the automobile manufacturing 81,
tion. More than 10000 men regil
tered there. Therefore. the highe
number In the draft viii be the nun
Der Of the man who had the highe
number In this district.
OF course this IL an exception
district. although there are many
which the registration ran over SOC
theoretically there Is an average
5000 men registered IN each OF {
1861 districts covered by Loo
Boards.
Clerks and army officers worked
night In the offices OF the Prove
Marshal General preparing tho a
ditional numbers. In the Mast
Number" plan there would have be
drawn only a few over 1000 nu'
bers. These numbers had alrea
been written on squares OF pap
hidden away in gelatine capsules a
scaled in glass Jars.
II was necessary during the MS
for the clerks and officers 10 WI
every number from 1000 to $500
separate little slip Of paper, C
ored black on the diverse side.
fold each slip so that the black S
showed and to put the slip in III
capsule about the size OF the C,
..lnar for three grains of ouInl