The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-07-25

Never before IN the history or Den-
ison and Crawford county has any
thing created as much interest as did
the drawing of the numbers at the ma
tional capital last Friday, fixing the
order of military liability Of the men
between the ages. of 81 and 81 in
elusive. The interest was not con-
fined alone to the men subject to mil
itary duty. but relatives and friends
alike scanned the lists which were
posted in the Review windows as fast
as the numbers came in over the wire.
The Review made every effort to give
this news and received the numbers
over the wire until midnight Friday.
1t was an eventful occasion all over
the country and affected every city
and hamlet in the United States. Ten
million young mentregistered for SER
vice and in order to fix their order
of duty the government conducted a
lottery.
How It Was Accomplished
In order to fix the order the men
were to appear for military duty, 1O,-
500 had to be drawn one at time, a
task which began In the morning and
lasted until the break Of day Satur-
day morning. .-
The lottery was held in the public
hearing room OF the senate office
builA lAla9sW W~f atiepa rtment. officers
/ lA charge of the actual drawing and
with members Of the senate and house
military committees as witnesses.
As q result Of this drawing every
registered man Is given definite
nlocn jn tho l}nht1itv for Sarvira liSt
Democratic Ceremony
Already $4,000 have been ordered
to the colors to fill to war strength
the regular army and national guard
and to constitute the first increment
of the national army.
TO secure that total, 1,374,OOO men
will be called for examination within
few weeks, officials estimating
that two registrants must be called
for every soldier accepted. These
1.374,0 will be taken from the head
OF the liability list, every local dis
trict furnishing q fixed quota.
The drawing was conducted with
ceremonies as democratic as the ideal
of citizenship embodied.
1t was shortly before 10 o'clock
when Secretary Baker, intrusted by
the president with the carrying out Of
the draft law, raped for order. The
congressional committees were in
their seats, and on small table
stood the great lottery jar, sealed with
brOwn paper and showing through
its transparent walls the. heap Of
number filled capsules that must be
taken out one by one. ..sr- gnJ
Baker Draws First Number I'D
In front of the table row Of army
officers waited with the official tally.
sheets before them. Down one side.
Of the, room ran another table where
two score press representatives wait
ed to send out the numbers as they
were read. s-. '-s .."
Secretary Baker briefly explained
the purpose of the drawing. then
stepped forward to be blindfolded and
draw the first number. Major Cen
eral Duval broke the seal and with
long wooden spoon bearing rib.
bon OF the national colors, vigorously
stirred the capsules. -. 6s
The secretary reached into the jar.
picked up q capsul and handed 1t
to the announcer. 1t was number
258. Then in quick succession other
numbers were, drawn while cameras
and motion picture machines record
ed the scene.
Announcsrs Grow Tired
The only interruption was the fire.
quent changes of tired announcers
and tabulators and the, removal for
cleaning OF the blackboards where the
result was publicly displayed as each
number came out. When group OF
500 numbers had been written the
first section Of the board was taken
out to be, photographed to establish
an absolute record. while second Sec
tion was substituted.
BY the laws Of chance the serial
number zone" was drawn from the
Jar as No. 4,259 in the liability list,
while No. 10000, the top number
among the capsuls, came out No. 23S.
The serial 13, tabled bearer Of i'll luck,
was drawn in the 7,S90th place.
Below we print the list of the first
45O men drawn In the order In which
they will appear for service:
Numbers Of First 500 Drawn
25S-Charles l.. Hoffman, Denison.
45S-Emil A. Gerock, Denison.
1896 Henry p. Iwen, Schleswig.
Y 864-Paul C. christensen, Denison.
1O95-Harry Milton Lindstrom, Kiron.
2O22-Fritz Block, Denison.
1455-Julius Evers, Schleswig.
4 7S3-August n. Ebert, Schleswig.