Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-04
Status of 744, 500 Draft Regis
trants of 1918 Glass Is De-
termined BY War De-
partment Heads.
BAKER DRAWS FIRST ONE
No 246 Heads List of 1900 In
Various Precincts Through
out Country-Last Out
of Box Is No. 225.

of numbers to determine the order in
which youths OF the classes of 1918
will be called into military service vas
conducted here today with much the
same ceremony that marked the great
drawing of u year ago.
This time, however, ii was "A much
smaller affair and in view OF the fact
that the classification system more
nearly determines the order of service
than does he actual numerical order,
1t was not surrounded with such dra-
matte interest.
The drawing was held in the great
conference room of the Senate office
building with Secretary Baker blind
folded taking the first gelatine capsule,
with a number enclosed, from the glass
bowl. 1t was number GAG. Numbers
116S and S1S were the second and third,
respectively and thus the drawing con-
tinued to the end.
Big b~lackboards for checking the
record were placed against the wall at
the rear of the room. The numbers
were written on the board as drawn
then the board was photographed
to make IA permanent, incontrovertible
record.
Secretary Baker. General March.
chief of staff, Provost Marshal General
Crowder. Chairman Chamberlain and
members of the Senate military com
mittees of the members of the House
military committe too about The
table as the first numbers were drawn.
After Secretary Baker had taken out
the first capsule, Senators Chamberlain
Kahn, Generals March, Crowder, COL
onels Charles B. Warren and j. S.
Easily Smith and Maj. j. c. Cramer in
order stepped up to dray.
Maj. BILLY" Welborn. a woman clerk
in the provost marshal generals office.
l 1hpn drauy tho nonN,nrt1N .,,,l~1 ~~a
proceeded to draw all the others as the
tellers recorded them.
Draft No. / came out in 644th
capsule.
The twelve hundredth capsule with
225 was taken from the bowl at III: rs.
n the drawing was over
for purposes OF accuracy in trans
mission II ~rechecktng the draft mum.
bers are printed in blocks of 10 each.
Ihus the number appearing at the be-
ginning OF each paragraph has no
reference to the order of call.
The numbers in the order drawn were:
No: !. 24s. 1,lss. SIS. 1901. 40, 400, 1872,
,os Ne 3, 10 is 1855. $50. 74o. 10. 500. %. 30. AS.
- Nc; q is 1907. 1853, 4lo. 2ss. ssl. IL. 1928,
>! Nc F. 80 Is ssc. SIS, 1876. 900. 1.oc,, a22. 1885.
=; ~ $, % is Is 40. 49,. III. l.ls, 1854. sss. so7.
Ne ~ 50 Is LIZ. 1.o7s. ss2. 1885. 81. 1901.
~ No.. 4, 6 Il SIS. 1.1N. 1.lll, 22e. 81. 1855. &c,
y NO. - 20 is 1.ls4, 2ss. IS. 1z2, 1855. 1.lso. sss.
No s. 50 is SIC. 1900. 81. 742. 2s2. 2os. LOIS.
i So 3, 80 is 1879. sss. 4. 7s. Us. SOC. 800. s:y.
No. 100 is 1870. SOC, 20. l,ols. ISL, 1893,
NJ; sfti j. = i.i 49, SOC. s,s, 20. 1893. SIS. 1903.
No: l2o ~ 414. 57s. $50, 1,125. as. 1872. 1,1o7.
No. 100 IL 3o2. 4ol. 1.12O. q. 1853, .ss1, 50,
LIZ. 4A. ISL.
No. 14O IL 6s1, ss7. 7s7. 1867. 500, ss7. 7as,
No. lo is 81. 6. 752. 1.1s9. All. 5ls, 125.
No. lSo is a21. SO. ZIG. 1880. 45, ~. $40,
No; 10 is aN. 212. sss. sos. 81, $50. "a. 81,
No: $50 IL 1,ls2. 81. 34s, PA. 6. 1.1ss. 2sl, 7os,
No. lSo is 3s6. II. s74. SIS. 3l7, 1,61 446.
No; 200 is sas. Ss7, $50, 80, ss. Is. 2ss. aos.
No; 40 is us. sss. s15. 1884. 574. $50. 1880.
No; 3a0 is $50. $685. 1.ls7, 4s7. .ss, 147. s22.
No. 20 is 1.o4s. 4ls. IS. 80. IS. ss2. ass. sa5.
No. $40 Is lo2. IA. ~. SIG. esq. IS. $40. u.s..
No $50 II IA. as. !, l.lN. 342, s2l, a. se4,
No. go is ~, 1876. re. ls. s45. 1s. sss. 81.
No: 21O.ts se4. 1873: lss. So. 81. "a. 1.ls2.
No. e g l.lAs. loss. 1853. sss. 81. SIS. SIS.
No. - IS II. l.ls0. 80. $50. se7, o. al, ~.
) e asssta 7sssAssst4luI,,, ~. so. sss. sc.
No:a ie:.s l.sa, ,.ln. IS. e. l.ea4. l.lss. sos.
No. son g ~. i,in. 100. s4s. ~. liz. is.
81. &c. -. =. l.sse.sss 81. 70.
No ~ N. 81. 1.oe. N. -. "a, %.
Nc; xSiis l.oso. q. IL. ~. ~. u. so..
NJ: - =. 80. 81. ms. q. ~. a. ~.
Ne: so i IS. LIN. ~. a. rs. q. l.osa,
Nc = z l.ess. sG7. s,s. ~. ise. go. M.
NJ. y q 80. ~ u. ~. LIE. los, az,
IS: :. g. -. ~. l.ixs ~. y.
SO. l.ssis N. -. i.as: - ask#xa. ~
81. 4 4. ~. g, =, ! =. n.sM.
&c: $50. lysa.sN. q. 81. l:ss7.
81: 3Ic,S y. -, q. "a. :. -. Leo. "a
-: = ]. n; -, =. -. =. :. ~. a.
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=: d : -. =. .. -. IA. i. les.
$500 =. =. =. ~. -. IN. len
=. - =. = =. i =;