Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-31
DRAFT QUESTIONS
G00UFNOVEMbER7
Ten Per Cent Daily for Ten
;.Dayste 37-46-fear ,'
Men.
5000 D. C. REGIsTRANTs

ouestionnaires for District. regis
trants between the ages of thirty
seven and forty-five years will be
sent out by the eleven local boards
of the city beginning November 4
Ten per cent of the blanks will be
sent out by each board each day for
ten days. 49, ,-+ :
The date for beginning. the mailing
Of the documents to the remainder
of the older registrants was selected
at a meeting of local board members
held with Commissioner Brownlow
and Mai. D. J. Donovan yesterday
afternoon.
Approximately $1,000 local regis
trants remain to receive the e. man nan,
about 5000 registrants VIII receive
tho ycuestionnaires each day follow
ing the initial date. The hrst 10 per
cenNtwin be mailed November Z. and
wilfbe received by the reglstrants on
the 4frst mail the next morning.
THESE queStionnaires will have or
der as well as serial numbers upon
them. Registrars are advised not
to worry over the receipt of the sched-
thorn is little chance of the blanks go
ing Sstray in the mails. The city post
nficc.giyes special attention to the
hanA6ing of the all-important series
OF esastions..
Division No. 8 Leads.
FOCAL board for Division No. 3. City
Postmaster Merritt o. Chance chair
nan, today leads the eleven boards OF
regiNrants between nineteen and
thyrty-sfx wears old.
In addition to having completed all
of its classification work, this board
has completed the physical examina-
lions of 60 per cent Of its registrants
: ispthe.. only board to report any.
physical examinations completed.
No, board has officially rv0orted
80 per cent Of its registrants CLASH
Ned. but in reality has finished all
Of the classification work. the extra
necessarily held back by various draft
processes. The official standing Of
ne eleven boards. today follows:
No. I, so per cent; No. 2. 50 per cent;
No s, 80 per cent; No. 4. 60 per cent;
No s. 60 per cent: No. 6. So per cent cent:
No. 8, so per cent: No. 10, 80 per cent;
No. II, 80 per cent
Owing to the short notification al
lowed the seventy-flve white regis
uant1 who were to nave gone SooAy'
to tie Bliss Electrical School, the
time-of entertainment was extended un-
til saturday. when the men will go to
tho school at Takoma Park for spe-
cial Training.
officials Are Pleased.
omcials today expressed satisfaction
1t the progress Of the boards, freely
predicting that the District will have
every man Of the September IL regis
1ation properly classified and all
men placed in class 1 physically ex-
amin&d by January l. The city will
Be able to NIL all calls for men made
upon- 1t this month and next, and
thereafter. 40;
A much as 50 per cent of regis
f1antS Of the nineteen to thirty-six
year old group are being placed in
d1aas I. in some instances. This high
percentage Is accounted for by the
relatively large number OF men nine
teen and twenty-three years old with
cut dependents.
1t Is most probable. 1t is held. that
the men In the group thirty-seven to
Eorty-hve years will yield no way
near 50 many in class I, probably not
more than IS per cent. and, Of these,
no way near so high yield OF fight
{n~ man