New-York tribune., 1918-09-28
Draft: Lottery
Will Be Held.
Next Monday.
Order of Service of 13,OOO,.
900 Americans VIII Be
Determined

! WASH lNN lON, Sept. Ii.-H onuay,
September 80, was set by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder as the date for
the national draft lottery to determine
the order, in the classes TO which they
be assigned. of the 1900, 600 men from
eighteen to forty-ivc who registered
! for selective service on September 12.
The drawing will take place publicly
at the Senate Office Building, and the
numbers will be given to the press and
the country by district draft boards as
quickly as the list can be printed and
put into the hands OF, the boards by
mail.
Il will be necessary this time to
draw oDc at a time, approximately
II 900 capsules, containing the serial
mum bcrs, snd If will require approXi-
mately yAventy-siX hours to complete
the tas2
The first drawing Of numbers was
flashed to the country by wire as the
capsules we're taken from the bowl, be-
cause under the system then prevail
ing the order of numbers actually in
dicated the order in which men were
called for service. The later creation
Of the classification systems, however
has entirely altered the situation, and
Gates q mans order in his class, and
several considerations decide his class
Example Of Drawing
AS an example, the first number out
of the bowl might be 24S. Number 24S
might be held by man forty three
years old, married and having children
drawn stands for nothing at all. He
would automatically go in the fourth
class for dependency, and unless the
government reverses It's policy Of not
invading the deferred classitications be
never would be called for service Il
the policy ever should be reversed ali
the men lc two classes ahead of him
would first have to be exhausted. This,
= Will be seen, materially reduces the
Importance Of his number being first
out of the bowl.
Similarly, Number 5.276, sor example,
might be the very last CAPSULE drawn
and the holder might be q man nine
teen years old, unmarried and footfree
He would be practically certain TO be
called to duty soon, despite the fact
that his order number was at tho bot
tom # the list.
Three Glasses Made
! Furthermore, al the rcgistrants
1avc been sub divided into three casse 8
for present purposes. Those between
n'nctccn and thirty seven come first:
those from thirty seven to forty FIVE.
come next. and those between eightee n
and nineteen come last. The numbers
drawn are certain to be :ndiscrin,-
inate'y scattered through these classes.
but 1t is very doubtful when the men
above thirty seven will be called. Even
thcn4h men between eighteen and
nineteen hold early order numbers
there is no likelihood of their beinr
among the first for duty.
Then, ADDED TO the effect unon the
ordcr OF service which has been worked
by the classifcations, Is the business
of dcferment because Of mans occu-
ration, which may be considered more
essential to the winning Of the war
than actual service with troops
The government has made it very
clear that in this draft it does not want
Is singlc man in the army who actually
is needed at home. All these consider
at'ons, 1t will be seen, reduce the xela-
tive Importance of q mans position in
the drawing to his likelihood for ser
vice.
Every Man Must Ee Ready
The effect Of the drawing simply
means that every man who knows he IL
~ for military service and has no valid
reasons for dcYerment. can expect to
be ready to be called for duty. quite
irrespective OF where bis number
comes out