The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-27
1918 CLASS
WAITS CALL
TO SERVICE
WITH QUIET
No Excitement Attends Num-
Der Drawing Of New Selects
Gordon S. Revilee First
Richmond Man Drawn.
246 FIRST NUMBER

Richmond's 10 registrants Of 1918,
21-year-olds, registered this month.
were not as much interested in the
drawing Of the draft numbers as was
the class Of 1917.
There were very few pale faces
Thursday, as compared to the same
number on the day Of the drawing last
year.
Those who received their numbers
Thursday were prepared for it and
therefore weren't worried. Very few
telephone calls were made by the men
to learn their numbers. The men,
evidently were content to wait until
their numbers appeared in print.
While 246 was the first number call
Cd at Washington. the first number
affecting Richmond men was 154.
Gordan S. Revilee, 420 North Four
teenth street, held the number He is
married and is the father of one child.
His wife is sure that he will be grant
cd deferred classification Revlee IS
employed at the National Automatic
Tool Works.
REPEAT LAST YEARS LOTTERY
WASHINGTON, June 27-Ameri-
cas- class Of 1918 stood at attention
today as the numbers assigned to
each young man attaining his major
ity In the year ending June were
drawn in the national draft lottery.
Historic events of a little less than
a year ago were repeated as from a
large glass bowl in committee room
OF the senate office building were
drawn the numbers representing 744,-
500 youths, the majority of whom
within a few months will be enrolled
in the forces fighting for democracy
and against Prussianism.
Secretary Baker, members of the
senate and house military committees,
and other high government officials
witnessed the drawing by blindfolded
men of the little capsules from the
bowl. each of the capsules containing
a master number" to be applied in
the 400 registration districts. OF the
country according to the total registra-
ton.
The setting for the lottery was a
replica Of that of July 20 last, when
the drawing of 10000 numbers deter
mined the liability for service of ap-
proximately ten million men. In the
country at large there was little OF
the excitement that attended the first
drawing. A year of war had served
to calm the American people. The
lack of excitement, however, was
largely occasioned by the fact that to-
days drawing was fraught with only
slight significance owing to the ques-
tionnaire method Of classification.
Today's drawing was to determine
only the relative summoning to the
colors Of the new registrants as final
ly classified by the local boards under
the questionable system. All of the
youths whose numbers We're drawn
today will be assigned to the various
five classes on the basis of informa-
tion furnished in the questionnaires
now being mailed out. The new regis
trants will be placed at the foot of the
list in each class in their respective
districts in the order in which their
numbers are drawn today In that
respect only will todays drawing af-
feet the registrants.
Statements were made recently bv
Provost Marshal General Crowder and
Secretary Baker indicating that all of
the new registrants placed in Glass l
will be called before the end of the
year. Accordingly. not more than a
few months will elapse at the most
between the calling of men in Class
! whose numbers are among those
drawn first and those whose numbers
are among the last to be taken from
the bowl.
Baker Draws First Number.
The first numbers to be drawn were
taken from the bowl shortly after 9: 80
o'clock by Secretary Baker Later
attaches Of the office of Provost Mar.
shall General Crowder were blindfold-
ed and withdrew the capsules from
the bowl. AS the numbers we're
drawn, they were announced and were
written on a large blackboard. When
the board was filled. 1t was removed
to be photographed, and another was
substituted.
This operation was repeated during
the more than three hours required
for the drawing.
In comparison with the 10,500 mum.
bers required to be drawn a year ago,
only 1900 were drawn today. The
district having the largest number OF
men to register June 3, reported some.
what less than 1000 registrants. To
provide for late registrants and en-
crgencies it was decided to draw ZOO
numbers. In the larger number of
the districts. however, only the lower
numbers will apply.
Official lists of the numbers as
drawn. based on the photographs TAX
en- CT the blackboards will be sent
within a few days to all local draft
boards to be used in placing the men
when the questionnaires have been re-
turned
The master numbers drawn today
apply to the numbers on the registra-
tion cards of the registrants In The
drawing Of year ago, serial numbers
were assigned. but this was demed
unnecessary in the present drawing
because OF the fewer rogistrants and
OF the less Importance attached to TIL,
order In which the numbers are