The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-28
Big DRAFTDRAWlNG
TO START MONDAY
Task VIII Require Approx
imately 10000 Capsules
for Numbers.
MAY TAKE 20 HOURS
Ban Lifted on Appointments
to Commissions in Staff
Corps.
sp.eial psspafcA 10 Tns sus.

WARRINGTON. Sept 27.-The great ma
ticnal drawing to determine the order OF
liability to military service of the 49,
100000 registrations Of September IL
will begin on Monday. September 80. at
noon In the Senate Office Building. Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder made this
announcement to-day and issued state
ment explaining in detail how the plan
would be executed.
1t is estimated that It viii be neces-
sary to draw approximately 1900 cap
sules containing the serial numbers, as
the number Of registrants under the ju-
risdiction Of any single local board will
not exceed 1900. About twenty-six
hours Of uninterrupted drawing will COM
plete the task. The drawing Of July 20
last consumed sixteen and half hours.
There is still some speculation as to
whether President Wilson will draw the
FIRST capsule. but nothing to warrant the
belief that he will The first number
drawn will fall to the lot of the ranking
military ofYicial present, probably acting
Secretary Of War CrowelL Gen. Peyton
G.. March, Chief Of Staff, and other offi-
Gers will be present, as well as the mem
bers Of the Senate and House Military
ehmmittees.
Ready for DRAWING.
In almost every respect the drawing
will be Identical with that followed on
the two previous occasions. The num-
bers will be drawn from q glass bowl by
officers blindfolded. These numbers have
been printed on small slips and rolled UP
before being inserted in the containers
In such manner that only the reverse
side OF the slip. which Is Of blue. will be
visible from the outside. The bowl used.
the property Of Capt Charles r. Morris,
was presented by him after. the FIRST lot
terry to Independence Hall. In Philadel-
phia. The custodian Of Independence
Hall has contributed for the occasion a
wooden ladle made from the original
rafters OF Independence Hall. Gen.
Crowder explains.
'.rhe officers and enlisted men who
will handle the drawing" Gen. Crowder
explained. will work in three reMys of
one hour on and two hours OF in order
that there may be no interruption In the
drawing. Cots viii he provided for those
or duty as we'll n food.
Zone officer blindfolded will draw the
numbers from the bowl Four others
receiving from him in rotation will break
open tho containers, open up the slip
containing the serial number and will
call out the numbers to the three officers
manning the tally sheets and to the one
who records the numbers on the black
boards. After q teller has called out a
number he passes It. tc another officer
who verifies II and strings II on thin
wir6 in the order in which it has been
drawn. 1t Is impossible for any miss
take to be made that cannot be checked
for correction"
Information to Public.
Because Of the time and mass OF num-
bers involved the numbers will not be
sent to newspapers throughout the coun-
, try by press associations. But as soon
as master lists"-that Is lists showing
the order Of call-tave been determined
they will he sent to the 1854 district
boards and given to the newspapers from
there. The first 100 numbers drawn will
be recorded from here by the press asso-
Citations and newspapers.
Announcement was made at the Office
of the Provost Marshal General that the
han on appointments to commissions in
the star corps Of the army has been
lifted. Instructions have been sent to
local boards throughout the country pro-
viding for the classification and physical
examination out of their turn Of regis
trants who have made applications for
stan corps commissions.
The Instructions sent the boards re-
quire that Immediately up.,n q registrant
presenting a certificate from the chief OF
corps or department stating that he Is a
candidate for q commission he shall be
classified BY the board and examined
physically.
II was explained that the order ap-
plies to registrants who may be APP
pointed to commissions directly from
civil life or who would receive commits
sions following their Induction into the
army. Classification and physical exam.
tnation of such men Is to determine their
status in order that the army may con.
slider them for commissions and in order
that certain reeistrants may be volun.
tarlly indicted at che ~ennest OF the
army. ravv and Mesine Corps regard
less OF the turn in which they would
otherwise be called.