The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-13
Draft Lottery to be Held With
in Ten Days or Two Weeks
in Hall of the War
Department.
scALL es7, 900 MEN
: teuIstered Mon to Be Drawn and
the List VIII Stand for tho
Entire Period Of the
War.
[By Webb Miller, United Press Staff

Correspondent
i MA WASHINGTON, July 10
"E The lottery which will SEND
va hundreds of thousands OF
young Americans to the French flgnt-
ing front will be conducted in the
son,bre reception hall Of the war de-
partment probably within ten days
or two weeks.
Secretary of War Baker will start
the drawing of the master" numbers
and all through the country men Win
red ink numbers corresponding lnefe-
to, will answer the call to arms.
The spot In which this gigantic
gamble occurs Is inspiring. Ranged
along it's walls are oil paintings OF
men of other days who directed the
destinies of the nation at war or
shaped its policies to keep in readi-
ness for war.
AS matters now stand the war de-
partment will have an original levy
of $4,000 men-500,000 for the can
tonment camps and the remainder to
fill up the regular army and national
guard compliments. All persons reg
istered June 5th will be drawn and
those who do not get into the first
national army will know in what
order they must appear later for ex-
animation.
Under this system the lists will
stand for all time. The exemption
boards will begin at the top of the
list and grind until the quota OF men
for that district is furnished. Later
when a second levy is necessary the
boards will begin where they left Off.
For instance, if number 200 is the
first one drawn, all the red ink zoos
will have to answer first Then II
number 81 is drawn second, all the
SIS will be called to respond second
and so on.
A few details for the drawing re-
main to be settled.
In general however, master
number will be drawn from glass
globes, hitting every man in the ma
ton with that particular number.
There are 1859 districts. The mast
er" numbers will be held in little
cream colored capsules; which before
the lottery, will be stirred up and
thoroughly mixed in the glass globes.
The selections for the important
district exemption boards were prac-
tically ready for announcement to-
day.
Quotas Of States.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-F'ollow-
ing announcement by Secretary of
War Baker, that the first draft Of
American citizen soldiery would be
about 6S7,000 men, the net quotas
by states were compiled today as
follows:
Alabama, 1862; Arizona, 3,472;
Arkansas, 10,267; California, 23,060
Colorado, 4,753; Connecticut 1897;
Delaware, 1902; District of Colum.
bia, 929; Florida, 6,325; Georgia, 49,
S37; Idaho, 2.2S7; Illinois, 51,653; In
diana, 1850; Iowa, 12,74s; Kansas,
1859; Maine, 1881; Maryland, ~
30,291; Minnesota, 1854 Missis-
sippi, 10,SO1; Missouri, 1860; Mon
tana. 1872; Nebraska. s,ls5; Nevada,
1,051; New Hampshire, 1904; New
Jersey, 20.665; New Mexico, 1922;
New York, 69,241; North Carolina,
1924; North Dakota, 5,6O6; Ohio,
3S,73; Oklahoma, 1854; Oregon,
MI; Pennsylvania, 60,S59; Rhode
Island, 1901; South Carolina, 10,0S1;
South Dakota, 2,171; Tennessee, A.
52S; Texas. 3O,545; Utah, 2,370; Yer
mont, 1,049: Virginia, 1885, Wash
ington, 1926; West Virginia, 9,10l;
Wisconsin, 1876; Wyoming, $40;
Alaska, 696; Hawaii, none; Porto
Rico, 1888.
Toll of Manhood.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The toll
of manhood that each state must
furnish to Americas citizen army,
was announced by the war depart
ment today.
The figures are based upon total
Continued on page 2.)