The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-12
EXPECT 1QlKER
TO PRE;SIlss,.: "
ARMY DRAf (
Officials Promise Absolute
Fairness in ConsCription
DATE NOT YET FIXED
Much Solemnity Will Mark Selection
of Men to Compose New
Army.

Washington. July 12-Red ink mum.
bers will be placed in black glass cap
sules and the capsules in large re-
ceptacle.
Blindfolded man, probably Sec
retary OF War Baker, will draw num-
bers until each states quota is com.
pletc.
When such states quota is filled
numbers OF men will be wired to state.
Local boards will then make
public names Of men, in their jU.
risdction, who were drafted.
Men may then make exemption
claim if they have any. Must re.
port for instructions, which are
being prepared by war department
Numbers in receptacle will be or
dered to cover the highest number of
registered men in any state district.
Average of thirty men will be drafted
by this method
Secretary of War Baker himself
probably will draw the numbers which
will tell who is to be drafted. He an
nounced this today, after long confer
ence with President Wilson at the
White House. during which final plans
for the actual drawing were discussed.
The ceremony OF the drawing will
begin with prayer. Either the chap
lain of the senate or the chief army
chaplain will ohlciate Then, blind
folded, Secretary Baker or his repre-
sentative will draw the first number.
The numbers will be in large re-
ceptacle, each enclosed in glass
globule. The numberals themselves
viii be written in red ink on white
paper and carefully rolled up and
placed within the black capsule.
The first drawing will be made for
Alabama and the drafting viii con
tinue through the alphabetical list OF
the states, concluding with Wyoming
In the receptacle will be placed
globules containing numbers TO cor
respond to the number Of registered
men in the district containing the
greatest number That is, if there
are fifty districts in Alabama and the
sixteenth district has the greatest
number of registrants, say 500, there
will be 500 numbers in the bowl
Alabama, say is called upon to fur
nsh $4,000 men. On the first draw
ing, to carry out the example, say
number two is drawn That woult
mean that the man whose card Dor,
the number two in all the fifty districts
would be drawn. Suppose number
500 was drawn IL might be that Onl!
one district would have 500 regis
trants. So only one man would b,
selected on that draw while fifty wer'
on the other As the globule is draYI
by the blind folded man, he hands ]
to another official beside him VIII
opens it, draws out the printed sli
bearing the number and holding il u.
so that all around can see, reads
aloud \ third official, in charge o
the registration list, marks off in
mediately the man drawn,
The process will continue all th
way through the states. The bow
will be rehled for each state. It
estimated that an average Of at leas
thirty men will be drawn at eli
and that the entire draft will be con
ploted within day
Notification will Immediately b
sent to the local boards of the me
drafted and they will make the name
public from their own lists. Tn
names also will be made public /
Washington from the duplicate lists /
possession of the war department.
Each states quota will be based
was indicated today, on the registri
ton of approximately 100000 mel
The first call to the colors will be fC
GS7,O00, but the entire draft will /
completed at one time and the GS1
000 will be selected from those VIII
were FIRST to be drawn. The othel
will be held in reserve for later ca
If needed On the basis of 9500,0l
men 1t is believed approximately
100000 will be required by the quota
This would enable the government
secure a force. after all physical di
qualifications and exemptions,
about 1850 600. according to estimate
leaNlng l,OOO.O0O or more men suhJe
to later call after the $4,000 hi
been sent to training camps.
Posiponcment until next week
the drawing of numbers of men wi
will be called for examination seem
probable today when II became G.
dent that states are not complotil
organization of their district exem
ton boards as rapidly as war depa
ment officials had hoped.
Only twenty.one states have reno
ed their organizations complete,
though In most others only few d
tricts are missing. The drawing W
not be made until the lists for {
country are complete