Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
States Get Draft
Quotas for First
100000 Men
10000 Will Be Called
November Is; More
As Comps Are Built
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.
First official apportionment OF
some 100000 selectees to be called to
the colors between now and July |
was announced to the States and
by the Office of the National Director
of Selective Service.
State quotas ranged from New
York's 114796 to Nevada's 624. The
Districts quota was listed as 1892.
while Virginia and Maryland will
be called on to furnish 9,747 and
1854 men, respectively.
The quotas were announced as
tentative as they are subject to
change with subsequent volunteers
and determination of actual num-
bers of men available for military
training.
First Call Is for 10000.
Secretary of War Stimson has an
nounced that the Army will call
the first 80 900 men for training on
November ID. Thereafter, as soon
as housing, hospital and other ia
cilities are ready, commanders OF
the Army's nine corps areas may
requisition troops, within the limits
prescribed by the War Department.
from the Governors of the States in
each area At least 81 days notice
must be given for such acquisitions.
This procedure may be followed
from time to time until the mobil-
ization of 300 900 selectees has been
accomplished in the first year. Of
ficials emphasized it Is on the years
mobilization that the quotas an
nounced yesterday are based.
State Quotas Announced.
In these first figures credit has
been given each State for those
serving in any of the armed forces,
including the National Guard and
Reserves. In addition to the Dis
trict, Maryland, Virginia, New York
and Nevada, the State quotas we're
announced as follows:
Pennsylvania. 81 522; New jersey,
32.170; Delaware. l 1923; Connecticut,
1921: Maine. 308l; Massachusetts,,
2O556; New Hampshire, $40; Rhode
Island. 3,118: Vermont. 1906.
Alabama, 1871: Florida, 10370:
Georgia, 1912; Louisiana. 15.067;
Mississippi. 12.759: North Carolina.
1868: South Carolina. 1857: Ten
nessee. 1929; Indiana, 21o89: Ken
lucky. 9,l54
Ohio, 52.497; West Virginia. o454.
Illinois. 81 223; Michigan, 47282:
Wisconsin. 21632; Arkansas. 8.846:
Iowa. l1.738: Kansas, 1888. Minne-
sofa. 1862: Missouri. 23.619.
Nebraska. Sass; North Dakota,
34O1; South Dakota. 3.525; Arizona.
3O98: Colorado. 1887: New Mexico.
1852: Oklahoma. 1856; Texas. 49,
2l3; California. SO, 107; Idaho, 1854;
Montana. 2563
Oregon. 28O6; Utah. 2153; WASH
ington. 1921; Wyoming. Loaf.
Millions Await Lottery.
Meanwhile, a colossal game of
chance, with the Government deal
ing and more than 100000 play
ers sitting in. was in preparation
as the next step toward recruiting
the Nations Selective service army.
While the date for the national
lottery that will determine the or
der in which men are called up for
classification and possible service
had not been set and cannot be de-
cided until local boards have num-
bered all their registration cards and
posted their lists, every detail of the
official gambling device was being
perfected so that it would be ready
to spin as soon as the word comes.
The lottery will take place at
some location in Washington to
be announced in the next few days.
While it had been hoped to hold
it between October Is and Novem-
Der l, no one could even guess
yesterday what the date will be.
In congeSted areas of cities the
work of numbering registration
cards and listing them beside the
names of the registrants goes for
ward more slowly than had been
anticipated. 1t may be some time
after November before the lottery
can be arranged.
Game Starts in Communities.
ment Of hazard and suspense to the
otherwise well-patterned process of
building a big reserve of trained
men starts, as does everything con-
nected with this selective service
law, in the communities.
Immediately after registration
day Wednesday all the registration
cards were sent to local draft boards.
Each board had several things
to do with the cards. The first step
was to shuttle them. so that they
would not be in the order received
from the registration places or in
any particular order. The next task
was to number them consecutively
from l up to as high a number
as necessary. Listing was the next
lob-listipg the assigned numbers
(See CONSUMPTION, Page AID