The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
In Washington

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WASHINGTON-If you are an
American citizen between 81 and
IS Cor an alien in that age-bracket,
with first papers, you'll get your
first contact with the new draft
law on Oct. 1e when you register
at the polling place in your regular
voting precinct, before the regular
election officials.
Then you go on about your bust
ness. A tremendous lot of paper
work has to be done before your
name can get called.
Under each state %selective SER
vice board will be the local boards
one in each county whose pop
ulation is under 80, 1000 and one
for each 80, 900 of population in
These local boards will be your
contact with the draft machinery.
After the Oct. 16 registration is
finished, the election precinct Of
ficials will turn all of their cards
in to the county clerk, who will
distribute them to the local boards.
When a board gets its cards, it's
first stunt will be to shuttle them
thoroughly and then deal them
off the top of the deck, numbering
each card as it falls.
ARMY AND NAVY
FIGURE QUOTAS
Then the scene shifts to Wash
ington.
If the first batch of draftees is
to be 400, 600, it will be up to the
army and navy to figure out the
quota for each state and territory.
This will be done on the basis of
the number of registration cards.
not of population.
The drawing will take place at
Washington. In the lottery there
will be numbers ranging from one
up to some number equal to the
highest number registered in any
county in tn e nation. All of the
numbers will be mixed in a huge
bowl, and then some high official
possibly the President, or the
secretary of war-will submit to
a blindfold and draw out a set OF
numbers, n at a time.
Suppose he draws, first, num-
Der %, and then numbers 140, 3,
281 and 70. In each of the $500
draft areas, all men whose cards
bear the number % will be called
up; next will be called the men
bearing the number 40, then those
who have number 3.
IF YOU NUMBER
is CALLED
When your number is called
which, if you happen to be among
the first 400, 900, will probably be
around the 10th of November
you appear before the local board
and get placed in one of the fol-
lowing classifications:
available at once.
2-Deferred because of work es.
sential to defense.
3-Deferred because of depend
ents.
Adhered by law-holders of
city, state or county jobs, ETC.
or deferred for physical, mental
or moral unfitness.
You will fill out an elaborate
QUESTIONABLE and get a physical
examination. If you are placed
in class one, you will be in the
army or the navy before the end
of the year. You cannot pick your
branch of the service. For the
first four months of your service
you will be paid 81 a month;
thereafter you will get $50.
You stay in the army one year;
thereafter you are on the reserve
list for 10 years, subject to short
periods of training annually.
How about those who seek de-
ferment?
Army and navy men are work
ing on exemption rules now, sub
ect to presidential approval. AS
a general thing, these points Will
be observed:
A wife or other dependents won't
necessarily put you into class 8.
You must show that you contribute
the major part of your depend.
ents' support and that they don't
have other resources by which
they could be supported.
Should you get exemption or de-
ferment by reason of the impor'
lance of your job to the nations
general well-being, the deferment
won't last longer than six months;
then you'd have to go in again
and show that the reasons for your
deferment were still good. 81