The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-01
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 0Ocasioned over the fact that regis tration boards in Alaska were assign ed order numbers for draft from the master list prepared at Washington before the questionaires have been sent out and the men registered given their proper classifications according to their returns, says the Juneau Elm piTe. The question was today refer red to Captain J. T. Hunt and he an swered to the effect that although the order number was assigned the men would still be called according to classifications.
 Should a mans order number be among the ones to be called first, and should he come under one of the de- ferred classifications, when issuing their call the local boards would skip his number until all numbers of pre- ceding classifications had been ex- hausted.
 Captain Hunt said today that in his opinion the draft men from Alaska would start moving south within the next sixty days, although there was nothing authentic about that. The draft quota from Alaska will amount to about $50. The original quota was over seven hundred, but credit has been given for practically 150 who fb9Vp enlisted from A1oClyo op5 u,boeo cards are in the possession of the To- cal boards. Men from the Interior and Nome sections, who may be certified for service will not be required to re- port for training until after the open ing of navigation. The statement of Captain Hunt fol- lows:
 The master list consists of draw ing of numbers from 1 to 10,50O in elusive, which was made in Washing ton under the direction of the secre- | tary of war, and in accordance with @be rules and regulations prescribed by the President. schedule of this list, containing all of such numbers, | arranged in the exact order in which l they were drawn, was prepared by the l provost marshal general The first number drawn was placed at the top aJs column one of the master list, the l second number was placed next below in such master list. and this order was followed until all of the numbers (irawn were compiled in the exact or der in which they were drawn. Part Ii, page 1S9, Selective Service Regu- 1ations, provides as follows;
 "The master list controls and
 determines the order in which
 the persons whose registration cards are in the possession of the
 respective local boards or may hereafter be received by said local
 board are liable to be called by the local board for military service.
 Immediately upon receipt Of these regulations place a check mark after every number in the master list which at the present time appears in the serial num- Der column on form 102.'
 Thus, it is seen the new Selective Service Regulations presuppOsed the fact that the order numbers had been determined under the old regulations, as Form 1O2 is the official form for listing the order numbers as deter mined hereunder. But the order numbers having not been assigned in in Alaska, at the time the new regula- tiOns became effective, there was no course left open for the boards in the territory except to determine the or der numbers by comparison of the serial number list with the master list, as provided in part II and sections 6S and of the new regulations.
 This assignment of numbers takes the place of the formal drawing un- der the old regulations, the list com piled from the original drawing held at Washington being deemed to be equivalent to general drawing of all numbers corresponding herewith in the possession of every board through out the United States. The order in which these numbers were drawn, to gether with the class number of the Yegistrant, determines the order II which each man is required to report for military duty.
 By way of illustration, supposinI that the registrant who holds the frs number drawn is classified, when hi' questionaire is returned in Class 1, ht will be the first man called by hi board for military duty, and supposint that the second registrant whose mum Der was drawn by the same board, be ;po Ordar No 3 is classified in Gas