Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-25
SELECTIVE ARMY
DRAWN At Capital
Every Number Taken From
Wheel Will Call 5000
Men TO COlors
FAVORITISM TO
BE ELIMINATED

WASHINGTON, June 25.-There
will be no possibility OF fayorltism or
political Influences IN the drawing OF
the names OF the first CO.
900 young men who viii COM
pose tho Belectlve draft army.
The local boards will have nothing to
do with the actual drawing. They
Will number soriallg all registration
cards. Duplicate cards bearing The
serial numbers will be sent 10 the
Ad3utant Generals office IN each State
to prevent any possibility Of a number
being changed on a card after the
drawing has been made.
The Government will begin the
greatest lottery In history here in
Washington. The oerial numbers for
each district will be placed in a
wheel and drawn until the requisite
number has been taken. The numbers
will be telegraphed and later mailed
to each local exemption board
The same numbers drawn will sp-
/ ply. OF course, to each registration
/ district in the United States. SO the
actual drawing here will take com
parativcly short time. For example
| II No. IA Is among the numbers drawn
the person whose card bears the ser
iai number IA in each district OF the
several thousand VIII have been Sc
lected for service and will have to
present himself for physical exami-
nation and II ne has claims for ex-
~ hr.n 81 NfaH "a
ing.
Office will not have the least possible
way of knowing who Of the thousands
of Young men happen to hold the var
ious serial numbers In the nearly
5000 districts, there Is no chance
whatever for the drawing to be jug
gled. BY centraliEing the drawing
here, the great fear that has beer
expressed Of local fayoritism beini
shown IN drawing is done away with
II political influence comes In TO save
some young men from service, It vii
! have to be before the local boards Of
the appeal boards in an open hearing
on a claim for exemption,
Instructions have been mailed on
By the thousands to the governors o
the various states telling In detail
how the local exemption boards shal
be organized and giving them full d
lreotions IN the numbering OF the reg
lstratlon cards serlally preparatory &
the DRAWING. That will be the ilrs
work 10 be done. AS soon as z
out OF the way. the drawing will b
held here with July 10 as the prol
able day,
) Secretary OF War Baker has ais
notified each State that June 30 woul
be the last day for volunteer snlis
p ments 70 count toward the State
quota OF men TO be selected from thoi
registered. The National Guard @
carnations IN each state have be-
4 Instructed 10 push the total enli'
meuts on 70 Washington at once
that the quotas could be figured on
Similar orders went 10 all regull
4 army stations
"This indloates." said the of1cial q
, nouncement. that the process OF =
/, lection and exemption OF registers
, men will begin soon after July y
The National Guard authorities
each State are asked TO report
Eoon after the close OF recruiting (
June 80 as possible the total numbl
I, of men recruited during June. WI
!" thls the figures will be complete &
recruiting from April I TO June
7. both inclusive, and those will be ad
ed 10 the man In the National Qua
in each State on April 1. Men e
D.. listed IN the regular army betWe.
: April 1 and June 80 viii also be ad
!. al and the sum q these items +
each State-number In National Qua
y April 1. number enlisted In both \
y tional Guard and regular army a.
/. ing April, May and June-wil MAJ
= the total to be counted on as part
each States quota as apporuoned U
. der the seleotive service act and Z
= reaat,atioas 20 be promulgated.
N Members OF the National Guard w
- may have been discharged from ii
/, organization since April will ecu
IN the total OF enlistments the SAL
!, as men remaining In service.