Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-19
PLANS FOR DRAFT
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serial number as the first to appear
before his board. In the district
with only 1856 registrants, the 1S5
will be liable for appearance in the
order in which their numbers are
drawn, and when a number higher
than that appears the district OF
course will not be affected.
Method Fair
Application of the master key
makes it tpossible to apply fairly each
or the one thousand numbers drawn
to districts with more than one thou
sand registrants. AS number is
drawn it will be added to each of the
thousands in excess of one thousand
IN each district.
al For instance, if 25 is the first num-
Mer drawn it will represent %, 1923,
2025. 3025, 4025. 5025, 6025, 1925,
s025, 9025 and 10025.
BY applying the master key the
order in which these numbers will
be listed in each district will be de-
termined. If the drawing of eleven
numbers for the key should result
this way: 9, 7, 1, 8, 10, 2, 3, 0, 8,
4, 6.
How to Appear
Then the drawing of 25 as the first
number of the thousand would fix
the first men to appear before the
exemption boards in this order: 9025,
1925, 1925, 5025, 10,025, 2025, 1925,
%, $685. 4025 and 6025.
The district with more than nine
thousand registrants thus will have
ten of it's men assigned to their
places at the head of it's list, with
9,025 on top. The district with less
than one thousand men will have
one, number 25, at the head of it's
list This process will be continued
until every man of the ten million
has been assigned his place on the
roster of his district.
In his explanation of the process
and of the reason for fixing the order
only $4,000 are needed, General
Crowder says:
Order of Examination
IF we were dealing with the an
cient draft. we should take every
fourteenth man. But we are not con-
scripting. We are selecting for mill
tary service those whose civil service
can best be spared. Therefore the
question is not Who shall go first?
but Who shall be first called up for
examination and what we must do
is to make list showing the order
of examination.
must be examined to yield 6S7, 900 SOL
diers. Therefore. no one can say just
how many men it is absolutely neces-
sary to put on this list.
"A moments reflection will prove
that the whole 100000 must be
given their places on the list of or
der of examination
State of Uncertainty
Every registered man is in a state
of uncertainty. He does not know
when he will be called. He hesitates
to plant a crop for fear he will not
reap it. Employers hesitate to en-
gage his services. fearing they will
be but temporary. This condition
ought to be cured for the repose or
the public mind. 1t can be cured to
some extent by putting every man
on the list.
For this reason the whole 10000
600 names are to be given places on
the list of order of examination.
Segregation Into Groups
obviously no single agency could
examine 100000 men. Therefore,
the ten million are segregated into
groups of suitable size for convenient
examination. There are 1857 of these
groups. For each group a board has
been appointed to examine for selec-
tion. BY far the greater number of
these groups consist of approximately
three thousand men.
Since this is so, our problem is
Ast to put the whole ten million