Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01

WASHINGTON, Sept. SO.-The drawing of odd numbers for the 1S.- OOO.OOO draft registrants enrolled Sept. 12. was started today by President Wilson. Blindfolded, the president groped into the great glass lottery bowl and drew out one of the 17.OOO capsules. It contained slip number ed 322. thus giving to men holding that serial number first place in their re- spective class after registrants classN- lied under previous registrations. The number was low enough to touch the list of every local draft boarl ;2 the country except one or two ef the very cnallest.
 Vice President Marshall drew the seccnd number and was followed by sixteen other notables who had been in ited to take part officers and en- listed men of the army. assisted by corps of tellers. then settled down to the task of emptying the bowl. Two thousand numbers had been drawn and recorded before 4 o'clock. indicat- ing that probably thirty-six hours would be required to complete the work. The drawing continued almost without interruption through the night Ti I
 Only the first hundred numbers were flashed to the country by tele- graph. Because of the impracticabil- fly of telegraphing all of the 1000 the press had been asked to refrain from sending more than 100 numbers. The complete master lists will be mailed as soon as the drawing is over to district draft boards throughout the country to be made public by them.
 There was an interested crowd to witness the opening ceremony. but the interest was rather in the participa- ton than in the drawing itself, for the classification system which deter mnies the status Of the registrants has made the order number relatively unimpOrtant.
 The president. with MT. Wilson, reached the caucus room just before noon. All was in readiness for tho drawing. including a battery of cam eras that reached across the room di- Tectly before the bowl. This bowl the one used in the original draft lot terv. had been brought from its place at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, for the occasion.
 Before making his explanatory statement, Provost Marshal General Crowder whispered to the president that in his case the blindfold. always worn by those drawing numbers. would be dispensed with. Mir. Wilson said he thought it would be better t0 make no exception in his case. so the blindfold. made from a slip of cloth that covered a chair used in the sign ing of the Declaration of Independ ence. was adjusted as the president ap- preached the bowl.
 The crowd applauded as No. S22 was announced and the president returned 20 his seat to watch the remainder of the opening ceremony.
 The first 100 draft numbers follow:
 No. is 322. 7277. 670S. 1927. 1616s, 1866. 536S. 1697. TIPS.
 No. 10 is 27S1. 97SS. 6147, I0OS6. 43S, 9O4, 1236S. 1923, 7512. 636O
 No. 20 is SPAS. 6540. 3S0S, 12I0. 16S46. 1907. 12521. 659S. 5941. SO73.
 No 30 is 1372S. 20. 6S57. 1255. 14122. 111O1. 2132. 10762. 3235. 739.
 No 40 is 16657. 6S09. 494S. S772. 7034. 535. S691. l1O60. SS5S. 219.
 No 90 is l651S. 42S7. 12S39. 625. 72. i133S. S32. 1O491. l4023. 14043
 No. 60 is 964. S637. 2S97. 1884. 472S. 10656. 4327. 35O5. 34S. 7234.
 No 70 is {. l2S42. 44S2 9O22. 1861, 4SS6. 16009. 129SO. l34. 14319.
 Nc. SO is 1221O. S317. 395. 524O. 122S4. 11255 657. l261S. 3531, 14361.
 No 90 is 1S754. 11464. 13S41. S055. 6777. 7952. 1l191. 15760. 1859, 121S4.
 No loo is 11232.