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 law imposes the duty of selecting and appointing all these boards. probably Will delegate this authority to the state officials. Their loyal and en- thusiastic response, eXemplified in the registration, is certain. Then comes the appointment of the boards of re- Tiew to which each man who may be chosen by his local board for army duty may carry his case if he feels himself wronged. These. broadly speaking, will be created for each fed eral judicial district and the president may appoint them himself.
 There is no statement vet available as to the process by which men will he drawn to appear before the exemp- tion boards. Secretary Baker has stat ed that something in the nature of a jury wheel might be employed but be- yond that no information has been given out.
 Reports from all parts of the coun- try bore out the indications of last night that the great enterprise had been carried through without objection or opposition from a sufficient number of citizens to be worthy of mention Registration was completed virtually without disorder; certainly with only a small part of the disturbances that usually characterize national elections.
 General Crowder tonight outlined 'What IS to follow the great enactment:
 Registration marks the completion or the first well defined step in the execution of the selective service law" he said, The actual recording has been' practically finished in a single hp l.Tl of the cards. their segregation into ap- propriate groups, the publication of lists and the garnering in of delayed registrations will consume a week or ten days. In the meantime the ma chinery of the registration is being re- adjusted to serve as machinery for the further execution of the law. This work is proceeding rapidly and should he completed coincidentally with the tying up of the loose ends of regis tration.
 When this is all done regulations governing the jurisdiction of the local boards will be issued and the machin- cry will then be ready to proceed to the drawing which will result in a determination of the order in which registered men will be examined for the purpose of their selection for hen this list of order is determined it is expected that the war department will he able to make a definite call Tor men and as soon as this data is available the quota necessary to fill the first call will be assigned to the several states.
 The policy of decentralization. the application of which so successfully consummated the registration, will be adhered to throughout The various StaIes knowing the pumher of men which they must call and the order in which each particular man is to be examined, can then assign to the various local boards the task of se- iecting tho number of men necessar arN to complete the quota for the locality ; under the jurisdiction of each board. Precise time limits cannot be set at present Tor the reason that it is desired to have uniformity of operation of tho machines throughout the United States and to have each step taken simultaneously throughout | the nation. Mountainous. heavily wooded and sparseiy settled states cannot move with the expedition of | compact and densely populated states While dates are not to be named pre- cisely, these stens will follow each other promptly with a fixed purpose of giving as much as possible to men who are selected to adjust their af- : fairs. to make their farewell and avoid the inconvenience and suffer ing that would result from d hasty change from civil to military status Attorney General Grego- reiterated tonight his qualification over the ab- sence of any serious disorders yes ! ter1ay A statement from the depart ment of justice:
 From the fact that a man has reg istered does not in any way curtai
 his freedom of action. Until he is actually selected he is at liberty tC { go as he pfeases. Should he see fiji . to leave the country he may do SC ] but he must return immediately if he .-nlce.-..l s-.,. he l.-.. q v