Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-25
DRIFT WEDN SDAY,,
NAMESOF DRAFTEtS
HELD Up 5 DAYS
Drawing May Require 20 Hours
So Result May be Nearly a
Week Reaching Public
SPEEDING CLASSIFICATION

Washington. Sept. 25-A new system
of giving the order III which draft num-
bers are drawn from the big glass bowl
at the Capitol is being worked out. ana
it is likely the full list of numbers Will
not be made public until i've days after
the drawing takes y ace
REPRESENTATIVES. Of the committee ON
public information the provost mar
shal generals &c and the news asso-
ciations are working on a :rogram 10
meet the unSual situation presented by
the large num- y of pills 10 be drawn,
due to the heavy registration
DRIVING TWENTY SIX HOURS.
II will not bc i,osSihIc To flash the order
IN which numbers are drawn over the press
wires as on previous OCCASIONS, rs II Is
estimated the process will involve
twcnty-SlN hours Of constant drawing
and use OF the telegraph wires of the pres
associations for a corresponding period
If the press wires arr tied up on the
draft numbers for such long time. It
would mean serious decentralization OF all
other news ScrVirc
The drawing Is expected 10 take place
mex week probably on Wednesday.
Tins Is the date originally forecast by
General Crowder and the manner IN
which the States are reporting 10 nm
Indicates II may bc possible to hold the
drawing then The plan under consldcrat-
ION provides that univ the trst twelve
or fifteen numbers drawn from the bowl
by prominent officials shall bc sent out
over the wires The remainder viii be
compilrd III printed lists hy 4 special force
at the Government printing o.hce and
mailed 10 the newspapers for publication
on the fifth d4v following the drawing
Tins il i cuntcndcd. will pcrvcnt
decentralization of the new srcylcC out Of
Washington and viii enable every news
paper 10 have au cdUnl opportunity ut
printing The tuIl list lis drawn
cLAe~lrIc>mo> 10 ~ FNrEnlrEp.
Genera! (.rowder declared TODAY reg
Istrants who dc~,rc To obtain deferred
classification on industrial and douos
tie grounds should enter such CLAIMS on
their qIcstionnarcS. or have othcr persons
- act IN thcr behalf. IN ericr (" expedite
Classifying of men under thc new draft ages
Ia order asaIn 10 correct erroneous
Impressions which appear N some
quarters SAID General (,rowdCr, this
office desires 10 rcaSseri there has been
no change in the regulations regarding
authority of local boards q grant deferred
classification to rcgistrantS on the ground
ot dependency
nocH HOARD nurEs n CASE.
Local boards always have had the
right Ia extend deferred classification to
te1is,r rants, Irrespective of whether the
regIstrants DO or do not make claims. \
rcglStrant is. therefore, Al liberty Il he.
secs fit, to trust to the scrutiny Of the
boards to dls over by examination oi his
,IIcstionnaire the necessity for his de
tcrncnt. But, pressed ~ they nave been
II their work, boards have been and wlll
he. prone to defer t. the judgment OF the
individual himself on the point that he
has no dependents who require that he
continue in clvli life. ami 70 refrain in
such cases from giving deferred clasSi-
hcatlon on the ground u dependency