Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-13
AL.L-NUMBERS
T0BE DRAWN
IN DRAF TING
Men Not Selected for First
Army VIII Be Used to
Fill Vacancies.

Washington July ia definite
place in the waiting list for selection
of the new national army will be Civ
en- every one of tho millions who reg
istared il became known today. Those
called first for service viii have their
places in line filed by other regis
lrants in order
3 separate number viii not, Of
course, be drawn for every one VINO
registered, but each number taken
from the box viii cali for the 3eIec-
ton of more than 4000 men from one
of each Of the registration districts
VITA a thousand exemption boards
not yet organized and only a states
having completed the work Of NUM-
beriug seriallv the registration cards.
Indications are that the first drawing
will be deferred until the week OF
July %.
Exempted 10 Get Medals.
To prevent embarrassment to those
exempted. the war department. ii IS
announced WIFI give with each ex-
emptiou certificate a bronze button
bearing the Inscription: Exempted
u. S. This is intended to remove
from the exempted any suspicion Of
their being slackers.
May Draw Next Week.
/ Preparations for the final act in the
+ organization of the national war army
went forward rapidly today indicating
thar despite delays, II might be pos
=IbIe to hold early next week the
drawing which is to establish the or
der In which each of the nearly TO-
100000 registrants ls 10 appear be-
fore his exemption board
+ Probably 1000 OF the 1853 local ex-
amptoB boards have now completed
their organization, given serinl num-
beFs to tine cards within their dis
tricts and filed certified copies OF
these numerical lists. The office of
4 Provost Marshal General Crowder had
+ received $500 lists up to early today
and undoubtedly hundreds more are
ia the mail
Last Report Starfs Lottery.
IT was stated auth0ritativelv that
/ as soon as the last board had reported
to the aajutant general of fhe state
/ the federal government could begin
che drawing The fact that AL numer-
p zeal lists are either in Washington or
in the mail viii be sufficient It will
F.. not he necessary for all TO reach
Washington
Each TO Know His Place.
Officials Still declined to give exact
details of the plans for the drawing
further than Secretary Bakers an
noaucement that each man of the TO-
600 600 would know after 10 was over,
bis place among the registered men
Of his district and order Of liability for
service 1T may DE necessary 10 draw
Approximately 1000 numbers to aC-
c0mplish this result The fact that
officials are Withholding Information
as to the actual number necessary 70
draw. however indicates that some
plan for simplifying the drawing and
reducing the mechanical task has been
evolved
$4,000 Men Needed.
II has been estimated chat AZ least
6sI Geo men VIII be needed to fiji up
the regular army. national guard and
first Increment of the national army.
The federal government stops with
distribution of the quotas bv states,
however leaving TO the state authori-
ties fhe task of dividing the total
properly among the counties and max
ing the actual credit 90 each district
for the war volunteers IL has already
furnished.
Between NOW and the date Of the
drafting ne" papers of the country
win be furnished with the complete
list of registrants in each exemption
district in their locality with the red
ink serial number name and address
OF each man registered AS soon as
the drawing is made the kew numbers
VIII be flashed 90 newspapers In the
order they are drawn. and each news
paper will he able 10 list the men in
all their local districts which have
this number and print them in the or
der ot their standing
Notification By Mail.
The first news thai he is called for
service. or that his name stands so
low on the list that he probably viii
not he called for the first levy. will
be- given regisrants by the newspa-
ucrs Later the men called viii be mo-
titled by mail 70 present themselves
for physical examination
After the quotas for cities Is fixed
and the first levy is drawn the first
name on the remaining list viii head
the second levy. Exemption boards
may however, continue 10 call men IN
proper order from time 20 time to FIJI
gaps liz the ranks.
It mas been definitely decided that
he 203. 600 enlisted men. which repre-
sents the present enlisted strength Of
the national guard, viii be supple
mente5 by enough others drawn by
draft to build the guard 10 fun war
strength Of 453.34# The three armies
as constituted after the draft viii he
made up as follows
National army 500 600. national
) guard 453.344 regular army. 100000
Total. lZ53384