New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
Drawing Not Expected
Now To Be Held Before
Next Week
Reports From Only
Five States Lacking
Crowder Again Warns Reg.
istrants Not TO Let Chiv-
airy Sway Them


tonal lottery, which in measure, will
determine the order Of the calling Of
the 100000 men between eighteen
hnd forty-fvc years Of age, who regis
tered September II, probably will not
be held before next week. Officials
had hoped to fix date late this week,
but this plan is understood to have
been abandoned in order that additional
time may be given local boards to cor
rect any errors made in assigning
serial numbers to the registrants.
Since men between nineteen and
thirty-six are to be the first called to
the colors, the drawing will have less
effect upon determining the order of
100000 men who turned twcnty-onc
before last June .. Order numbers for
all the 100000 men will be drawn,
but youths of eighteen and men be-
tween thirty-siX and forty-five will not
be classified until the boards have given
classification to all the men between
nineteen and thirty-siX. who are the
first to receive their questionnaires.
In the meantime many OF the nineteen
to thirty-siX classes will have been in
Quoted into service.
Progress Is satisfactory
Reports received to-day by Provost
Marshal General Crowder from nearly
all states indicated that satisfactory
progress is being made by local boards
in attaching serial numbers to the reg
stances mistakes by local boards have
made necessary the REMEMBERING of
the cards for all registrants under
their jurisdiction. No date for the
drawing can be fixed until this work Is
completed and the serial numbers post
ed, and while this may be done this
week. it is understood General Grow
der will allow several days for the dis
covery Of any errors before holding
the drawing.
One New England board before at
registrants by age. making separate
group of eighteen year registrants.
a second for regstrants between
thirty-one and thirty-seven and third
for those from thirty-seven to forty
five years old. This was held to intro
duce possibility of affecting unfairly
the order of the call, though the in
tention was merely to facilitate the ad
ditional work of classification TO be
done later. and orders we've issued to
renumber the entire group.
Only five states have now to report
the totals of the registration Unless
under the official estimate. the total
registration viii exceed the original
estimate of 12,77S,000.
Warning by Crowder
Provost Marshal General Crowder
again to-day, by formal statement, asked
men registered under the selective ser
a ho
questionnaires, not TO let motives Of
chivalry prevent them from claiming
deferred classification, if their occupa-
tion or the status Of their dependents
entities them to do so. He again
pointed out that such claims can be
made by a third person. and that
though local boards are endeavoring to
ascertain the true condition, even
where d claim is not made the necessity
for eXpedting the work makes it in
cum bent upon rcgistrants to assist
Ut should be borne in mind by the
individual registrant," said General
Crowder, that the military programme
OF this country. built around The de-
sircs OF all concerned to win victory
Tor our cause as quickly as possible, de-
mands OF the selective system the ut
most speed in classifying the $4,000, 600
approximately who registered on Sep
tember II. If all these $4,000. 900 reg
! istrants were to decline to aid the
boards by indicating their own attitude
regarding deferment. and were to RELY
entirely on the ability of the boards to
perceive propriety of making defer
ments, the whole process of raising the
army would be seriously hampered and
delayed.
This applies equally to those en-
, Titled to deferment on the ground of
dependency and those on the ground of
necessary occupational employment
Either the claim should be made by the
registrant or by, a competent third
! person in his behalf"