Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-30
MACHINERY READY
FOR DRAFT FTL0TTERY
Seventeen Thousand Capsules
Have the Numbers
InsidS.
REGULATIONS ARE SENT OUT
AdJutant-Generals to Assign Sc
rial Numbers in Order
of Drawing.

WASHINGTON. September 29-All Is
ready for the big draft lottery in the
Senate Office building Tomorrow The
1900 capsules, with their numbers in
SIDE. the huge glass bowl from Inde.
pendence Hall. which is to contain
them. the assignment Of officers and
soldiers who are to keep the tally oil
the drawing in relays through It's
twenty-six hours-all are ready.
But late tonight Washington does
not know officially who is to draw the
first number. There are those VINO
believe that President Wilson viii
But this is doubtful. At the White
House 1t was said this afternoon tina,
no arrangements had been made for
the President TO be present. Genera,
cr'.wder is silent on the matter.
Acting Secretary of War crowdcr
viii probably be the one to pick the
first capsule
Regulations covering the drawing
written by Colonel Warren. senior OF.
ficer in the office OF the provos,-mar-
local draft boards. Tney include the
Ter iist of order numpers made by
the drawing and also the regulations
inF assigning serial and order numbers
the registrants whose cards have been
received by the local boards subse-
quent TO September 21. and for those
whose serial numbers are duplicated on
othcr cards or are illeEiprc.
EACH LOCAL. BOARD To
MAKE LIST OF CARDS
Serial numbers have not been as-
signed any resistrants since Septen,-
Der. and 1t will be necessary to make
such assignments after the draft Eacn
~, nrft IL,
whose cards have been received since
September 81. and send them to IN.
Adjutant-Generars office of the State,
Then the order of their assignmenr
shall be determined by lot among such
unassigned names from each iocai
board separately.
The Adjutant-Gencral VIII then as-
sign IN inc Sc serial numbers in the order
1900 the highest number in the big
ordsr arawinE. e., ana ana, ,assiEnng hrs, in ,ne
signed 10 the cards o, registrants
when the serial numbers were first
assigned. then continuing in rotation.
viously assigned until all such late
reGistrants have received serial num-
oers: II any such registrants are IN
class class; !. and their order number al
the draft, they shall at once be or
dered to camp.
REGULATIONS MADE PLAIN
IN CASE OF DUPLICATION
In case a local board shall have
given two or more regIstrants the
same number. the Adjutant- -CieneraI
shall by lot draw the card TO keep
that number and renuinbe- the othet
caFd In the same manner AS provided
Tor the late reGIstrants who had re-
ceiyed no serial before the drawing
II one card has TWO numbers, il viii
retain the lower and disregard the
higher. unless there is another caro-
with the same number. II there be
such second number he Will proceea
witH the two cards as in the case OF
twS cards originally having the same
number.
II the number of any card is SO L.
iegiole it cannot be deciphered. it VIII
be treated as having no number, ana
Will be ass gned one
In all such cases the Adjutant-Gen-
era certines the serial numbers TO the
local boards, who write them in red
ink on the original registration caros,
ana. by comparison with the master
list assign the order numper TO the
reg!strant