The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-29
CONSUMPTION

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departure from the old tradition
against peacetime CONSUMPTION OF
army manpower.
Within 20 days, on Nov. is, the
first 10000 Of the 100000 are
scheduled to be in camp for a
year OF training. which will be
the beginning of Is years in the
United States reserve forces for
most of them.
Before next March. the Army in
tends to haze called a total of 4O0,-
00Q, and by June Is. 100000. Under
the law. 100000 additional can be
called each year until the Con-
scription Act expires May 10. 1915.
Each of the 1900, men between
p and SO who registered for mil
itary service a month ago today
has been assigned a serial mum
Der by one of the 6l75 local draft
boards throughout the country.
Enclosed in bright blue, non
transparent capsules. numbers
from l through $500 were placed
in the historic draft bowl. These
numbers correspond to the serial
numbers already assigned to reg
istrants by their local boards.
The order in which the capsuled
numbers are drawn from the jar
determines the order in which the
men holding that number in every
local draft district will be called
up for possible service.
Not everyone called up, OF
course. will be ordered to actual
service. National headquarters
expects that 12.0O0,000 will be de-
ferred because of their jobs. fam
lies or lack of fitness. leaving ap-
proximately 100000 available for
Army duty.
One man in each board area
holds serial number /. number ,,
number 3. and so on, although some
areas do not run into the high SER
ial figures needed by boards with
longer lists of registrants. In
making up their order number"
lists, boards will disregard any
serial numbers drawn today which
are higher than the highest num-
Der which they have registered.
Thus, in each capsule has been
sealed one year Of the life Of
thousands Of young Americans
rich and poor. jobless and en-
ployed. learned and illiterate.
black and white, alien and native
born.
First List Of Numbers
Following are the first of mum
bers drawn today, names are those
OF boys in the Ypsilanti district:
3.5OS, Huston. Robert Carl. Ypsi-
lanu, 4,767. Dresselhause, Vernon
Lewis. Manchester; 2,441, Blatten-
Dor. Edgar Alfred. Ypsilanti; 1853,
Danner Walter Frederick, Ann Ar
Dor; 4,4i0, Platte, William Neal, Ann
Arbor; 5.4S6, Ball. Duffield George,
Saline; 1SS, Graf Alfred Ernest,
Ann Arbor; 100, Wilson, Emory,
Carl. Whitmore Lake; 1888, Acker-
man, Dallas Gould, Ann Arbor; 2,9l4
Mild, Leonard Edwain, Ypsilanti
5,747, Wenk. Ernest William, Chel-
sea; 4,746, Wagner, George John,
Ypsilanti.
1854, Perkins, Ralph, Ann Arbor
5,35S, Carver, Clarence Arrow, Ypsi-
lanti; 4,SS9. Philbin, Lester Mark,
Ypsilanti: $50, Curtiss, Bliss An
drew. Saline; 5.9f3. Clements, Vim
cent Cretors. Whitmore Lake.
Other numbers drawn include:
4779, Seifker. Felix Arthur, Milan;
Taylor. Lewis Earl, Ann Ar
Dor: 5,S37. Schlimmer, Kenneth
Earl. Ann Arbor; 5.4S5. Girbach,
George Summer Clinton; 1915, Cor
BELLE. Lewis George. Ypsilanti;
1850, Steger, William Arnold, Chel-
sea; 1925 Schnuystein, Leo Albert,
Ypsilanti; los. Raymor. Harold Jer-
ONE, Ypsilanti; 1895. Stewart,
Gerald f., Ypsilanti; 1861, Vanleu-
ven. Robert Martin. Saline; 5.527.
Alfred Lewis, Ypsilanti,
5,055. Laverty. John f., Ann Arbor.
Following are draft numbers
in order drawn up to press
time today: 15S. 10 1929,