The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-27
sUMMoNINe DRAFTED
Work Already Under Way in Some
Districts.

Washington, July 27.-The sum-
moning of drafted men for eXamina-
ton has already begun in some parts |
of the country.
Meanwhile details of the machinery
for actually calling the accepted men
in to service and sending them to the
mobilization camps are being worked
out Provost Marshal General Crow
der has already ruled that the claim
of the army attaches to any register
ed man as soon as the local selection
board has posted him as accepted.
From that time one, unless exempt,
he will be subject to military law and
the articles of war. Failure to ap-
pear when called will bring the mill
tary forces of the provost marshal
general in search of the missing man
and he will be tried for any violation
of regulations before court martial.
No information has reached Gener-
al Crowder indicating that there viii
be any need to summon second
draft in addition to the 6S7 900 men
now called for during the present
year. General Crowder says he un-
derstands that the draft machinery
will not need to be employed again
during the present year, although 1t
will be kept intact.
Estimates to cover expenses of the
second increment have been submit
ted, it was pointed out, because all
the expenditures must be made in adj
vance of a call to have euipment and
quarters ready, or the funds must be
actually on hand when the call Is
made.
With physical examinations actual
| ly in progress the record of the draft
during the Civil War becomes inter
csting. At the time 25 77-100 per cent
of the men called upon were rejected
for physical defects There is no rea-
son to expect, it is said, any material
| increase in that factor
Exemptions for industrial or SINH
lar reasons, as well as exemptions be
cause Of dependent relatives, enter an
| unexplored field Until ratio for
! this is worked out in practice in sew
| eral typical communities and worked
| up into an average figure, no definite
forecast Of the probable number of
men who will be passed through the
draft machinery to obtain the $4,000
| soldiers can be given.
| Each local board On receipt of the
| lists, is required to summon for eX-
| animation twice as many men as the
actual quota for the district Thus the
work Of selecting men to make up the
| first half million contingent of the ma
tional army hereafter is in the hands
Of civilians composing the exemption
boards
Examination of the master lists
showed only few errors in the I'M
! official lists compiled by the press
during the rush hours of the drawing
and telegraphed to newspapers over
tho country.
Variations discovered in the unoiIic-
ial lists previously announced, some
of which effect Vermont are as FOL
lows:
No Csc is 1886 1t was announced
as 1896
No. 2,O99 is 1,1179 1t was an
nounced as 1,17O,
No $3.50 is lab 1t was an
nounced as 1,04S.
| No. S,512 is $40 1t was announced
as 5O7
No. 1921 is 2,Sl2 1t was an
nounced as 2O12.
No. 9,572 is 53S It was announced
as 5,OSS
No. 10,49S is stricken out. II was
drawn as 2,7S0, which was found to
be duplicated.
No. 1O,50O is 5,79l, the only missing
number In the drawing
The war department is prepared for
any draft riot. While not antlcipat.
ing trouble, every step has been taken
TO check any disturbance on the day
men are summoned before boards for
examination.
Thus far the only evidence OF posi-
bic trouble is found in isolated or
CARNATIONS of so-called "consclenti.
GUS obiectorsi who say they will rot
in jail before thye viii 6ghtp These
organizations aud other "paciist
groups are being watched closely by
the department OF Justice.
In every section of the country the
people are accepting the draft al
most as matter of course and re-
spending periodically to every de
mand of the government, war depart
ment officials say.
TO keep in close touch with the sit
uation, the provost marshal generals
Office is maintaining a barometer OF
public opinion" Scores of newspa
pers are read carefully every day. IN
every item telling of sporadic in
stances of resistance to registration
or draft the names of collectors" are
noted
1--WE have not the slightest reason
to believe there will be any trouble
] said General Crowder THE way n
which the people are responding to