The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-13
REGISTRATION
To Be DELAYED.
UNTIL July q
One Thousand Exemption Boards
Have Not Yet Been Organ
lied
NORTH DAKOTA MUST
DRAFT 5,606 FOR SERVICE
Numbered Slips May Be Enclosed
in Capsules and Drawn by
War Secretary

Washington, D. c., July 13.-Forma
announcement was made by the wal
department today that $4,000 men
will be selected from those registered
on June for the first national wal
army and to fill up vacancies in the
national guard and the regular army
The quota of men which the different
states will be required to furnish in
cludes $500 from North Dakota.
Many Not Organized.
With a thousand exemption boards
not yet organized, and only "a states
having completed the work of num-
bering serially the registration cards
indications are that the first drawing
will be deferred until the week of
July 23
To Give Insignia.
i 1t is believed that the numbered
slips will be enclosed in capsules and
drawn on; large; glass vessel in Sec
retary Bakers Offices The secretary
has expressed willingness to do the
drawing himself, but that point is
not yet decided.
To prevent embarrassment to those
exempted the war department, it is
announced, will give with each ex-
emption certificate bronze button
bearing the inscription:
"Exempted-'U s." This is intend
ed to remove from the exempted men
any suspicion of being slackers.
Minnesota is to provide 1854 and
Montana 1872.
Preparations for the final act in the
organization of the national war army
went forward rapidly today, indicat-
ing that despite delays it might De
possible to hold early, next week the
drawing which is to establish the Or
der in which each Of the nearly ten
million registrants are to appear be-
fore his exemption board.
Probably 1000 of the 1859 local ex-
emption boards have now completed
their organization, and it was stated
authoritatively that as soon ELS the
last board had reported the federal
government would begin the drawing.
Won't Give Details. IL,
Officials still decline to give exact
details of the plan Of the drawing,
further than Secretary Bakers an
nouncement that each mar of the ten
million would kh6W saftef III Was over
his plade HHong the Registered men of
his district aanF order for liability for
service. 1t may be necessary to draw
approximately 100000 to accomplish
this purpose. The fact that officials
are withholding information as to the
actual number necessary to draw,
however, indicates that some plan for
simplifying the drawing and reducing
the mechanical task has been evolved.
467.OO0 Men Under Arms.
The table from which the net quo
tas were computed shows that all
enlistments in the national guard and
the regular army up to June 80 have
been allowed as credit. The instruc-
tiOns to governors from the secretary
of war accompanying the table dl-
reGts the governors Of the various
states to allot the state quota as
given amongYt the exemption board dis
tricts So that each board in each dis
trict will know the exact number of
men to- be furnished by the districts
in filing the state quota.
Contrary to expectations, the gov
ernment has allowed credits for the
total strength of the national guard,
including all those men who were in
the service prior to April 1 and who
had been retained. The figures are
given, as follows: 81
Total strength of the national guard
on April l, 1917, 164,292.
Enlisted in the national guard be-
tween April 1 and June 30, 1879.
Enlisted in the regular army be-
tween April and June 80, 170,974.
This means that the United States
now has enrolled under arms approx
imately $4,000 men, c1assed as war
volunteers and therefore constitute
credits to be allowed to the states
from which they enlisted.