The Washington herald., 1918-09-15
MAY DRAW SEPT. "a
'Questionnaires Going First
to Men of 1920 and
1896 Ages.
ALL NUMBERS TO BE DRAWN
Class | in Preferred Ages to Be
Exhausted Before Calling
18 and 37-45.

take in the filing out Of question
naires by the registrants who signed
up last week. the Legal Advisory
Board is calling upon all members
of the legal profession in Washing
ton to aid in tho task.
The questionnaires are TO be dis
tributed to registrants of the 10 10
20 and 32 10 % classes all on the same
day, and it is estimated that p SS1 of
the pamphlets will be mailed by To-
cal boards on the date set
Seven days will be allowed regis
trants to fill out the questionnaires
and mail them to the local boards
During these seven days It is pro-
posed that the lawyers lend their
ability to the men in filling them out
properly and thus render a great pa
triotic service.
The lawyers will probably be dis
tributed throughout the different
police precincts and will there aid
the registrants. 1t is also probable
that stations will be established in
the Public Library. Central High
School, the City Post Office. Emery
building and other places as they are
required.
Owing to the fact that the date OF
mailing the questionnaires is uncer-
tain, the meeting Of the Legal Ad-
visory Board called for Monday
night has been called Oft The meet
ing will be held. however. as soon as
the date of distribution is announced
Crowder Speeds Up.
Lightning speed to put the man
nf the nation rauiStpvti on
Thursday. into training and increase
the flow of men overseas to support
General PcrShinE and his armies in
their big drive Is the effort of the
Provost Marshal Generals office.
AS a result Col Charles B. Warren.
executive officer in the absence OF
General Crowder, announced yesterday
that it might be possible to hold the
drawing for the order numbers of the
new registration as early as Septem-
| ber "A. General Crowder has pre-
viously announced the tentative date
as October 2.
Figures on the registration are COM
| ing in slowly and are not showing the
big increase which the earlier esti-
mates did. State totals have not beer
received so far. but it was the bis
increase in the figure for the District
OF Columbia which led the Provost
Marshal General Friday TO estimate
a registration So per cent in excess
of the preliminary estimates.
Early Estimates Best.
"The registration is more likely 10
be about what our preliminary esti-
mates showed" said Col. Warren
yesterday. state estimates arr
| changing constantly and Wen an.
noypce no figures until the State re
ports are in. expect now to be able
| to give definite figures on Monday
The preliminary estimates were fol
| about Il, $4,000 men. These were raised
Friday to 100000, on the basis of esti-
| mated figures from eleven States, in
Guiding the District.
Washington is now Just like a min
| ing camp" said Col. Warren. There
| are thousands OF temporary residents
here, and these were invited to regis.
| ter here"
| Local boards are rushing the worl
of assigning serial numbers to Thurs
days registrant. Notice of the seria
number will be enclosed to registrant.
of the 1920 and 32-36-year classes
with the questionnaires. Eighteen.
| years-old boys and men 81 to 45 will
not receive questionnaires at once
but are charged with discovering theil
serial numbers, which will be posted
at registration places by the loca
! boards.
Separate Age Groups.
| Serial numbers will be assigned al
registrants and all will be included
| in the big drawing for the ordel
/ ha 1naa1 hna rdG will thor
withdraw the order numbers of tht
! men from 81 to 45 and boys IS into
! a separate group, and the boards
will classify the men 1920 and 80 to s.
! by classes on dependency or occupa'
ton.
Then when calls are made on tht
| local boards for men, the men il
| Class l, in the order of their ordel
| numbers, within the age group o.
| 1920 and 30 to Sc will first be taken
| After they, have been exhausted, il
they shall be, Glass 1 men of 81 t
| As, and IS years will be called in tht
order of their order numbers. TIL,
| Is year registrants, by such time
would in most instances be past i
| years.
| "If at some indefinite time 1t shoulC
be necessary to go into the deferret
| classiications, Glass 2, of the earlie
registrations will be exhausted befor'
| Class 2, of the last registration !
| invaded" said Col. Warren yester
day. "The same will be true of th'
more deferred classifications."
Draft Status Changeable.
The district boards will be con
tinuously reclassifying men of tn
| deferred classifications as thei
status changes in respect to de
pendencies or occupations. En-