The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-07-16
HOW MEN FOR ARMY
WILL BE SELECTED

0'eA Mail Registered VIII be Ora WnI
Those Not Called First Will be
Placed on Waiting L1st-Every Man
Will Know Order in Which He is
70 Enter the Army
Drawing Of lots for the selectivel
draft not only will determine what men
are to be called to the colors in the
first war army but will show in what
order the others registered will be
liable for service when later armies
are organized.
First Drawn, Called First
1t was revealed on the night of the
18th, states a Washington dispatch
of that date, that a plan of drawing
will be followed under which a def
mite place in the waiting lists will
be given every one Of the millions
who registered. Those standing att
the head of the list in each county or
city district will be called first be-
fore the examination boards and then
the obligation will pass on down the
line as men are needed.
This does not mean that a separate
name or number will be drawn for
every one of the country's 100000
registrants. In fact, every number
drawn, under the theory of the plan,
will represent more than 1000 men,
one for each Of the registration dis
tricts. Details Of the system have
not been made public, but an outline
/ of it's principal features follows:
The Principal Features
Every registration board has num-
bered the cards in its possession in
red ink, beginning at number one
and continuing to number CORES
ponding with the total in the district.
At the drawings numbers will be
used ranging from one up to num-
Der corresponding to the total in the
country.
The first number drawn will lie
termine what man in each district is
to be taken first. If it be number ten
for example, It will mean that the
man in each district holding care
number ten will be called for exam
nation before any of the other me1
in that district.
The second number drawn will de
termine what man in each district i
to be taken second, and so on as lon,
as men are needed, Those not need
ed for the first war army will retail
j, their positions on the list and thes
positions will determine the order Q
Their liability when they are needed.
II Drawing to be Public
The drawing will be public an
each number will be announced as
is drawn. At the offices of most Il
cal exemption boards the red in
numbers of the registrants already a1
posted, so that registrants may il
form themselves before hand Of the
respective numbers. If they do, !;
soon as word of the drawing CONF
they will know in just what order !
liability they stand.
Obviously there will be high nu1
bers drawn for which there are ]
corresponding registrants in SIN:
districts. The smallest district in t
country is understood to have but
registrants, and the largest about
600. Whenever a number beyond t
total in any given district comes o
it will operate as a blank for tn
district. Thus, if the theory wor
out evenly, the larger district "
be constantly assessed in excess
J. the smaller on a pro rata basis ct
= responding to their size.
Drawing Probably in Two Weeks
: The drawing probably will be h.
some time during the week Of j
= %, according to present indication
\ Only "a States have completed I
organization of their exempt
boards and the posting of red
numbers. The drawing can not
held until all States are complete
that no juggling Of numbers will
possible.
The drawing probably will be h
in the big reception room of the v
Department, adjoining Secretary
ker's offices. The secretary is W
ing to do the drawing himself but Il
point has not been decided. ]
President will not take part person
ly in the drawing.
Drawing Plan Indivated
Information so far available il
Gates that the drawing will work
in this way: There are 1850 exer
ton districts. When the first nj
Der is drawn-saw number ten
will be recorded as mum
ono with the serial number (ten)
= lowing. The record will show t
the men whose cards bear the Sc
number ten in each Of 1850 exe]
. ton districts would be first to
pear before the exemption boa
Presumably the announcement m
at the drawing would be numbe
serial number 10.
It is assumed that when the DIR
ing is complete, the government
compute how many men are re
sented by number 1, in the draw
and by the numbers Immediately
ceeding and then issue an order
enough to report to make the t
desired for the first army. For
stance the first might be for mum
one to one hundred in all distr
When the first exemption came
each district, number one to one
dred would be called and so on.
Badges to Exempted Men
To prevent embarrassment an