The Washington herald., 1918-06-02
new LOTTERY
FOR DRAFTEES
IN z WEEKS
Second National Draw for
Liability to Serve Is
Planned June IS.

The second national lottery to de-
termine the liability for military
service of the men who will be
registered on June 5 is scheduled
for June Is. according to tentative
plans of Provost Marshal General
Crowder The W registrants will
be those who have reached 81 years
Of age since June s, 1917. This
date for the drawing Is. however.
contingent upon the completion of
the work of the local draft boards
which will have charge of the reg
istration.
The plan of assigning order num-
bers through the drawing has been
worked out. but the details will not
be made known even to the local
boards until final reports Of the
registration are in the hands of
the State Adjutant Generals.
. scheme Modified.
The same glass bowl and capsule
scheme as used in the original
drawing will be followed. but the
method and manner of determining
the order numbers will be entirely
different. The relation of the draw
ing to the registrants is the part
of the plan which is being kept
secret. 1t is understood that the
new scheme is much simpler than
was last years lottery.
1t Is known that the number Of the
registration card will have a direct
bearing on the reGistrants liability
for service. to be definitely determin-
ed by the drawing. The idea is not
divulging the plan to the local boards
is to safeguard them from unjust crit
icism.
Registration cards this time will
bear no numbers whatever until the
task Of registering Is completed. No
serial number will be required, as in
the first registration.
On the day following the registra-
ton. June 6. each registration card
will be numbered. beginning with No.
and continuing consecutively until
all cards are numbered. These num-
bers will be known as Registration
numbers and must be entered in
black ink. The cards must be num-
bered without regard to alpha
or other arrangement. The numbering
must be done in a haphazard manner.
A duplicate set of cards. after reg
istration numbers have been entered,
will be sent to state adjutants gen.
eral for transmission to the proper
district boards. When this is done by
all local boards, the Provost Marshal
General will make known his plan of
determining order numbers and will
announce the date Of the drawing In
Washington.
The QUESTIONABLE used In determin-
ing classifications of registrants has
been revised for the new registration.
This was made necessary by the new
law providing for exemption from
combatant service Of ministerial and
medical students. The manner Of de-
Gliding in deferred classifeations for
agricultural and Industrial workers
also has been made clearer and more
dehniteE
Gen. Crowder's recent work or
Light order has been somewhat modi-
fed. The term "usefully employed" :"
as contained in the order, has been
changed to productivity employed" I"
Registrants on June will be classi-
fed without regard to this require
ment. however. and when the regula-
ton becomes effective July !. deferred
classifcations of all who have not
obtained productive employment"
will be cancelled.
The authority granted to local
boards to take into consideration in
this connection the domestic condition
of the registrant and the labor situa-
ton in the immediate community, 1t
is believed. will prevent any whole
! sale transfer of workers to ''Produc-
tive" industries. The chief use to be
made of the work or fight rule will
be to purge the draft lists of idlers,
gamblers. race track habitues and
other persons whose activities could
be dispensed with without disturbing
economic conditions.
Gen. Crowder yesterday announced
that all Federal marshals, deputy mar
shals and Investigating agents, and
all police officers OF the state, county,
township or municipality must be pre-
pared to render whatever assistance
might be necessary in assisting a COM
plete and orderly regitration.
II Is the duty of these officers. saws
, Gen. Crowder. to examine the registra-
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