The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
SERIAL NUMBER LISTS POSTED
IN SOUTH SIDE FIRE HOUSES
REGISTRATION WITH SERIAL
NUMBERS NOW READY AT
NINE PLACES IN
THE COUNTY.
Major Wallace Urges Every Regis
tered Man to Ascertain HIS Sc
rial Numoer at Once.

Four additional copies Of the regis
tration lists. with the serial NUMBERS
assigned to men who registered lot
CONSUMPTION and Selectlve draft, were
posted in the City last evening. Inc
latest copies prepared we're posted IN
The Fort Kalbitzer. Niagara. Eighth
ward and Hook and Ladder tlre sta
lions for the convenience of the men
of the South Side.
Lists were on file for inspection all
day Yesterday at the Fort Henry
Smoke House. Alex. Bottoms cigar
store. House & Herrmann's and B. j..
Neuhardt'S store in thi scity, and at
George Seibert'S pool room at Lin
Grove. Still other copies of the regis
tration and serial numbers Will De
made 20 to-day and copies posted IN
the country sections as we'll as at otn-
e rplaces in the city. Mis- sBertha
Gabler. with about TWO dozen Young
ladies. ara working at the high school
getting out the copies as rapidly as
possible
At House l. Herrmann's store the
registration lists are posted in the
most convenient manner possible Tor
inspection from the streets. The va,
rious sheets are separated and posted
in rows against the inner side OF the
big display windows, where throngS
Of men gathered all day and hunted
out their numbers. The lists posted
m. other PAGES were no less used. ana
;he official lists at the court house
were handled by hundreds or interest
ed men yesterday.
How to Find Your Name.
No little confusion is caused by the
fact that il is often necessary for a
man 70 search almost entirely through
the dozens OF closely typewrlttetl
pages before he finds his name. The
registration cards were marked with
the serial tired ink numbers. without
respect 10 alphabetical arrangement.
II men looking for their numbers.
however. will glance hUrriedly through
the list. looking only at the addresses
until they find addresses in their own
precinct. they will find their own
name and serial number in that sec
ton OF the list. The lists seem TO be
numbered precinct az d time. and the
names and serial numbers copied in
he order in which the draft boards
..lmbered the cards with the red ink
serial numbers.
Major ,t.1r.s. :. Wallace. OF Charles
ton. ju.iy. aIvncate general. =. II. o..
L. S. army. yesterday issued the follow
ing statement calling upon mea who
registered on June - ascertain at
or - INC f"l INK serial NuHtp'T Ptf'th
on their registration cards b.: III" local
6raf, hnarls BY rcd ink serial number
Major Wallace means thu number at the
left Of the name of sa"il registered man
on tho typAwrittcn lists now posted
about the CITY Major WalIac"S com
munication follows:
Every man vino registered for mill
tary sorv:c. on juno should ascnr-
tain ut once .hs rod ink serial number
that has been placed on ,ar registration
card by tho new local draft boards.
All indications point :" III" fact
rnat the drawing for selection will IL.
n ado a: Washington. AMI by means at
these numnnrt The results. by mum
hcrs in all probability will b" telc-
graphed over the r"untr: tar in adj
vance OF ;hs actual nam"s OF tho men
drawn.
Lists "f All !n"n registered under
each lncpl hoard. together with III"
proper rod Ink serial numbers. ;tr" post
ed for public inspection at the office OF
each board.
TT is important that 'hrS" red Ink
serial numbers. which indicate IN" of
tcial designation of tach ,"cistrant. b5
rot confused with TN" numbers origin
allv placed IN tn" registration c~rtin-
Gates by the registrars. These latter
numbers are r.irrriy precinct nu,uh "rS
and have 10 Significance in the national
GrawiS"