The Washington herald., 1918-06-28
BULLETIN NO. 2
FOR POTSDAM
FROM U. S.
744,865 Manpower Mes
sage Formulated by
Glass Bowl Ceremony.
BAKER DRAWS FIRST;
CAPSULE HOLDS 246
After Secretary's Opening
Drawing Proceeds for 2
Hours, 2 Minutes.
PLANS FOR MOBILIZATION
OF DRAFT START At ONCE
Questionnaires Mailed Out Already.
Final June Contingent from
District Of to Camp.
BAKER DRAWS FIRST;
CAPSULE HOLDS 246
PLANS FOR MOBILIZATION
OF DRAFT START AT ONCE

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power strength started on its way to
Potsdam at exactly 1l:ss O'Clock yes
teyday morning.
For when the hands of the clock in
. room Of the Senate Office Building
swung around to that time the ma
tion's second great lottery was over.
1t took just two hours and two min
utes to determine the service liability
Of each Of the 7A.Se5 men who regis
tered June 5.
Baker Draws First.
The drawing to fix the standing or
the country's "fledgling" soldiers be-
gan at 9:36 o'clock. Secretary Baker
stepped forward blindfolded. dipped
his hand In the huge Sowl Containing
100 capsules. and withdrew one. This
was handed to an officer OF the pro-
vost marshal generals office, who
opened It. took out the slip Of paper
and announced: * s'-.-- .
246. ,
And slip 246 thereby stepped into his
tory as did slip 80 on the first lottery,
which took place In the same room m
July %, 1917.
From then on things went eff in Jig
time. The last gelatin globule-con-
tanning No. 225-was drawn from the
bowl at 11:3s o'clock.
There was little time wasted in
preliminaries. Photographers and the
movie men snapped and clicked the
spectacle into film history, but there
were no speeches save for the simple
announcement by Provost Marshal
General Crowder that the drawing
was to determine the liability Of the
latest registrants-men who had at
tained the age Of p since the first
registration.
Other t. Jers Follow.
After s. dry Baker came Sen
Gtor Chamberlain, chairman of the
Military Affairs Committee. He drew
1,l6S. Senator Warren, father-in-law
Of Gen. Pershing, was next. His
capsule yielded 61s.
Representative Dent. chairman of
the House Military Affairs Commit,
tee. drew the fourth number, which
was 1.O91. while Representative Kahn
drew the fifth. 1t was 47s.
Gen. March. Chief of Staff, was
next. The number he drew was 4ss;
then came Gen. Crowder, who has
been in charge of the draft machinery
since its inception. His capsule con-
tanned 492. The eighth, ninth and
tenth numbes-r154, 529 nd 355 respec-
hvely-were drawn by officers Of the
Provost Marshal Generals office, and
after them came the young women
who did the heavy work" for the
remainder of the drawing.
Major Billy" Wellborn, who Is Gen.
Crowder's assistant, and the informa-
ton bureau Of the provost marshars
ONCE. She Is a girl who has learned
by heart every ruling Of the draft
laws and amendments.
She drew the eleventh number,
which was $50, and a cheer went up
the first Of the occasion. Miss Well
born was blindfolded and she picked
out each OF the remaining ! 1,1S9 cap
sules without any time or"
Scramble for Capsules.
When the drawing was over specta-
tors scrambled for the emptied can
sules for souvenirs. Each number. as
1t was announced. was marked on a
huge blackboard. and tabulated on
machines. As questionnaires have
been mailed to all new registrants,
they are automatically placed in the
order Of liability in whatever classes
local boards see fit to denote for them.
Plans for the mobilization of the Sc
lective service men in the District
whose order numbers were called yes
terday will bem ade at once, accord
ing to advices from the War Depart-
ment- Questionnaires have been mall
ed out to more than half of the 1s1Y
resistrants nj Washington, ard the
remainder will be sent ont this week,
Inductions Put on.
No voluntary inductions into anv
branch Of the military establishment
viii take place until July Is, or pos
sply later. officials of the War De-
partment declare. This means that
district registrants who had hoped To
oe inducted into a particular branch
OF the service will have to defer this
privilege until that date.
BY that time, 1t was explained. off,
cials hope to have classified ali re9is-
trants. Voluntary inductions for those
OF iast years registration will not be
affected by this ruling.
Among the six Washington men who
drew the number 2i6 Is La Rue Elton
Tanner, clerk in the Quartermaster
Generals ONCE In the War Depart
ment. He is unmarried and a native
OF Garden City. Kan, and came to
Washington to enter the Government
service last winter.
While army officials were drawing
FOR the order number of new regis
trants yesterday morning 20 white
selectfve-service men from the District
entrained for Camp Meade. y
The contingent went away sing