The Washington herald., 1919-02-27
City Youths
Fought Hun
in 3 Groups
Washingtoneans Were Scat
tered Throughout Various
Units of American Armies.

When the call to arms sounded on
June S, 1911, 81. 80 wsshinston boys
presented themselves for military
service through the selectiye draft
machinery.
A month later. Secretary OF war
Baker, in the rotunda Of the Capitol.
with a bandage across his eyes, put
his hand into the huge jar with lVooo
pills, and drew the number 2os, the
first selective service number OF the
great draft OF 1871.
As a result of this lottery, S7.osl
American boys had been indicted into
service or accounted for before De-
eennber I, 1919, according to a report
of Provost Marshal General e. c.
Crowder. chief of the draft machine.
Eleven washingtonians are dis
tinguished by being in the unique
,i'25S" class or holders. OF that fate
SuI number which was first taken
from the draft bowl by Secretary OF
War Newton D. Baker.
Names Of representatives OF the
eleven districts into which the Dis
trict was divided for convenience OF
the registration are as follows;
RepreSented Eleven Districts.
Leslie Bernard Chisholm, 959 Vir-
rinia avenue southeast; Thomas Will
J N Keese. So VI street southeast;
y, llinm Colvert Drury, S25 Fourth
street northwest; Alexander Bernard
HeIbig, S03 Mount Vernon place;
Clement Eddy Trout, 2os4 F street
northwest: Charles Mclean Brown,
SIS K street northeast; James Henry
Connolly, 1854 Thirty-first street north
west; William Byas, 1922 Tenth street
northwest; Frank Bernard Kleh,
Highlands apartment; Joseph Almond
Ferrero, 1880 Columbia road northwest.
and william Joseph Whaling, 1521
Nontello avenue northeast
= OF the total number AID were men
from the National Capital, although
the gross quota for the District was
5E6.
. District men today are scattered
throughout the fighting units OF
American armies. Only three groups
are recognized as distinctively Dis
trict fighters organizations-the
Bi2th Machine Gun Company. the
'sixieth Field Artillery and the 10th
Field Artillery.
The Districts infantrymen were
assigned to organizations from
Washington and coastal States, and
sent across in the 36sth and 35lst
Infantry.
The QUESTIONABLE scheme, which
gave officials a hold on the quail
fications for special service each
man had, brought S.6ss,i47 Amert-
can boys characteristics on paper
TO the reach of draft officials.
Then the classification OF these ques-
tionnaires. on which the selective part
Of the draft was based, showed the
following results:
class one held 2,G73.sso; class two,
ts7,es1: class three, 4ls, 45s; class four.
so, ,24O, and class five, the last re-
sort. 1856. SO. The calls for action
would be from the first class and run
sdown the line according TO relative
need Of the men.
Revised statistics on the registration
and calls made under the latest regis
tration and lottery Of September, 1913,
follow:
The total registered throughout the
United states was 129ss,594. The fig
ures for the District were SASH, max
ing the total District registered men
S3S5.
Seventeen thousand numbers were
drawn in lottery, and work on the
classification OF the questionnaires
for this draft were still being handled
when the armistice was signed.