Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-24
OFFICIAL LISTS OF
MEN SELECTED ARE
NOW BEING PRINTED
Provost Marshal General
Frowder Expresses Keen
Qualification Over Successful
Conclusion of Undertaking

MAESAaAA NuGlGEdA AE0NuCA oAAANC WI n
ed all last night to complete the draw
ing that fixed the order of military il
ability OF 100000 registrants, tn
tally sheets had been compared and cor
rected before dark tonight and the mas
ter list was in the hands OF the printer
Copies will be mailed to local exemp
ton boards. beginning not later thai
Tuesday. and the summoning Of tn
first draft of $4,000 men can begin.
General Crowder tonight issued tn
following statement:
The drawing is complete and has
been apparently successful. The Of
fetal tally sheets have been COM
pared. sent 10 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 certifi-
cation of the results of the draw
ing to 4.55T local boards. and the
application BY each board of its
chart to it's serially numbered list
This need consume but little time,
and. when done. the order of pri-
ority of the nearly I0.O0O.0O0 regis
trants to report for examination will
selections as may be ordered by the
president will be filled by calling
men in the order of their establish
ed priority and no further drawing
will ever be necessary. Each local
board upon receipt of its chart and
upOn notification by the governor
OF the quota TO be raised by il, may
proceed at once. under regulations
already promulgated. TO summon
men for examination
We have now passed the stage in
the execution of the selective serv-
ice act when we must have concert
Of action by the states. In raising
state contingents the race is TO the
swiftest
COMPLIMENTS THE PRESS.
I cannot let this opportunity pass
without adverting 10 the very great
value OF the assistance which has
been so earnestly and efficiently rem
dersd by the press
without the systematic campaign
of public information that pre-
pared the country for the registra-
ton the enrolment Of ten million
men on the fifth day of June
would have been impossible. The
generous support of the newspapers
AuEuuEu TIC A1A SaAaNC ISL
day is appreciated. and only the
most thorough efficiency could
have placed upon the streets. within
a few hours after the first num-
Der was drawn. lists for each regis
trstfon DISTRICT. showing the names
OF the persons who would be sum-
ufuned for examination on the first
call Of the local boards
General Crowder also made publi
Che text OF the regulations for the ap
pIicatiOn which will accompany tn
master lists. The only new fea,ur
Shown is the plan for handling card
that are found 10 have duplicate mum
hers or are otherwise confused. ant
also of dealing with those received JUL
10. when the local boards closed thei
lists to begin numbering
APPOINTMENT OF BOARDS.
BY the plan worked out. these addi
tionaI cards will be given an order o
their own by lot. and vii, then be add
ed TO the lists OF the districts from
which they come and be affected by tn
drawing precisely as though they ha
been received numbered before IN
beard lists were closed Where sever
al cards bear the same serial number
one will be drawn from the group an
retain the duplicated number. while tn
others will he regarded as unnumbsre'
and the process OF adding them to tn
lists be followed
Another step accomplished during tn
dsv was the appointment OF the lis
trict boards in So OF the states and an
rouncement OF the names OF the nv
men who will compose each of then
S.Ine states have six or eight boards {
ease the task. federal judicial districts
the areas used for geographical distr'
button OF the boards. being divided int
two o. three sections for that purpoG
and a separate board named for each.
These district boards will have n
function until the local boards in thei
territory have begun TO certify to ther
the men found fitted for military dut
physically and not bUrdened with de
pendents The higher boards are court
Of appeal. either for the individual o
for the government. against the find
ings OF the local board
WORK OF DISTRICT BOARDS.
The whole question OF Industrial e1
emption. however. has been turned owe
directly TO these district boards whic
have original jurisdiction in al! case
Of this kind. They will he sole judge
OF any registered mans field of great
est service to the nation. whether /
the army. or in the munition factor!
besiness house or other civilian occJ
ration in which he Is engaged Fac
case will be weighed on its merits an
the value of the individual, for Their
will be no blanket exemption TO cove
other than divinity students, govern
ment officials or the other classes sp'
clfcaIIy named in the law. Even the
must file aff1davits showing their statu
TO be supported i'm such manner as q
board may determine
no STACKING ALLOWED
Men allotted ny thed rawing to
among the first TO appear In their di
tricts TO I'LL district quotas in the for
Of So. 900 men the president has sun
uoned. will not he advised officially
appear for examination before loo
boards until the master list Of thSdraN
ing has reached the local boards IT
names Of those TO come forwatd W
then he posted and any man who fails
appesr when notified WI. be promp-
hunted down and the penalties impos'
for attempted evasion eNacted- Ofticia
anticipate that there VIII he very Re
SIsckers however
Word OF the registration I'm Por-
Rico came today from the governc
who reported that it would far exec,
estimates. 1O4.55O had registered wis
the count was made and additional car,
expected BY mail will bring the fin
figure perhaps 20 10. 200. Gener
II providing that a separate drawn
10 held in Porto Rico 10 cover this a
ditiOn 10 the army