The Washington herald., 1917-07-22
ALL District
MEN DRAFTED
First 1858 Must Answer
Initial Call to Service
of Country.

While the War Department officials
were drawing their second breath yes
terday, after completing the work OF
drafting the conscript army, the reg
istrants were emerging from a mass
Of figures and gradually learning the
details of the machinery that gov
erned the selection.
These facts were impressed upon
the hundreds of visitors to the War
Department and the District Build
ing:
Livery one Of the s7,ocO-odd reg
istrants in the District was drawn
in the lottery.
2.-The first ISIS, whose names and
numbers have been published, will be
the first to present themselves to the
medical examiners and the exemption
boards
3.-Hf the quota for each exemption
district cannot be supplied from the
| first group Of numbers, then the sec
ond group of numbers will be requi-
sitioned to fill out the list. (To ex-
plain this further: the first exemption
precinct of the District needs 80 men.
$50 have been pulled in the first group.
II 30 men cannot be secured from
this $50, then the second group for
the first exemption precinct will be
called to be examined. The process
will be continued until the full quota
Is obtained.l "a
I-Au registrants Tcaff find out their
official numbers and in what group
they have been chosen in the draft
at the exemption headquarters, prob
ably tomorrow, or not later than
Tuesday or Wednesday, when the Of
fetal certification lists will have been
furnished by the War Department.
5.-Any registrant is eligible to en-
list in any branch of the army and
navy until such time as he has been
officially notified to appear before the
medical and exemption boards.
6.-Registrants, who have gone to
other cities since registering without
changing their official address will
be notified at their registration ad-
dress. These notices will be delivered
five days before the registrant is ex-
pected to appear for examination.
Throughout the country the details
of the draft lottery were generally
misunderstood by registrants. This
was due to the change in the plans
at the eleventh hour and a mass of
kilograms and letters descended upon
the War Department and members
of Congress yesterday.
The draft selection worked smooth
ly and the exemption boards through
out the country are getting ready to
put IL into operation. By tomorrow
the District forces, under the leader
ship of Dan Donovan. hope to be
able to send out notices to the first
recruits to appear for examination
Announcement of the appellate
board for the District Is expected
tomorrow. This board will hear ap-
peals from the decision of the ex-
emption boards.
The District Commissioners yes
terday announced the names of the
following surgeons to supplement the
work of the regular medical officers:
Division /. DR.. Joseph A. MUIR
ply; Division 2, Drs. j. Lawn
Thompson and Lawrence Hynson;
Division 3, Drs. Coursen B. Conklin
and Robert Y. Sullivan; Division 4,
DR.. r. F. Dunmore: Division 5, Drs
]. L. Arnold and G. c. Clark; Divi-
sion 6, DR.. Herbert E. Martyr; Divi-
sion Z, DR.. William ]. Stanton; Divi-
sion s, DR.. Charles L. Waters: Divi-
sion 9, DR.. Karl C. Corley; Division
10, DR.. Joseph s. Wall; Division II.
Drs. D. W. Higgins and A. j.
Molzahn.