New Britain herald., 1918-06-27
Capsules Drawn BOWlDetermine
 New Registrants Report for Serv+
FIRST NUMBER OIj
 OF RECEPTAC]

oA A M !. Country Fails to Show otI,
 Passing Interest As Quest
 Will Reveal to Large Degrs
 ing of Glass of 1g1s-AII il
 May Be Called Into servic
 End of Year.
 Washington, June 27.-A class of 1918 stood at attent1 as the numbers assigned young man attaining his md the year ending last June il drawn in the national draft
 Historic events of g little a year ago were repeated as, large glass bowl in q commit of the senate office buildtn| drawn the numbers represent 50O youths, the majority oi within a few months will bel in the forces fighting for d and against Prussianism.
 Secretary Baker, member| senate and house military cd and other high government witnessed the drawing by bIl men of the little capsules d bowl, each of the capsules d a master number" to be al the 4.5o0 registration distric| country according to the tot tration.
 The setting for the lotter} replica of that of July 20 ia the drawing of 10,500 nunI termined the liability for s| approximately 10,0e0,000 the country at large there of the excitement that atteI first drawing. A year of served to calm the America The lack of excitement how largely occasioned by the fac days drawing was fraught slight significance, owing to tionnaire method of classific
 Today's drawing was to only the relative summonirI colors of the new registranta ly classified by the local boa] the questionnaire system. youths whose numbers wei today will be assigned to tn five classes on the basis of ton furnished in the ques now being mailed out. The istrants will be placed at tE the list in each class in the tive districts in the order their numbers are drawn u that respect only will today affect the registrants.
 Statements made recently vost Marshal General Crow Secretary Baker indicate tn the new registrants placed I will be called before the Q year. Accordingly not mor few months will elapse at between the calling of men whose numbers are arnoI drawn first and those whose are among the last to be ta the bowl.
 The first few numbers to were taken from the bowl sE CT 9:30 o'clock by SecretaI later attaches of the office q Marshal General Crowder W folded and withdrew the from the bowl. As the nun drawn they were announced ten on a large blackboard. blackboard was filled, it was to be photographed and and stituted. This operation wa ed during the more than tn required for the drawing.
 Tn comparison with tn numbers required to be dra1 ago, only 1,200 numbers " today.
 The district having the "a Der of men to register June ed somewhat less than l, trants. To provide for la trants and emergencies, it VI ed to draw 1.200 numbers. larger number of the distr ever, only the lower numbel ply.
 Official lists of the nur drawn based on the ph taken of the blackboards sent within a few days to draft boards to be used in p men when the questionnai been returned.
 The master numbers" day apply to the numbers registration cards of the r In the drawing of a year numbers were assigned, bu deemed unnecessary in tn drawing because Of the fe1 trants and of the less impo tached to the order in VI numbers are drawn.