The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-10-17
REGISTRATION OF
MALES z TO36
IS NOW COMPLETE
First Peacetime Enrolment Of
Men In Nation Was Conducted
Yesterday Turnout Country
DRAFT BOARD WAS NAMED


men in the nation was completed yes
terday for possible military training
and service.
Registration was compulsory for all
men who passed their twenty-frst
birthday anniversary, but are not yet
thirty-siX.
Men between these ages enrolled
at the various polling place set up by
the Board of Election Supervisors,
and officials were either regular cleo
ton judges and clerks or volunteers
who offered their services. Assistance
in a number of communities was
given by school teachers who were
released from their teaching respon-
sibilities yesterday afternoon by f. E,
Rathbun, County Superintendent of
Schools.
Only details of Identification were
taken by the registrars, including full
name and address, telephone number,
age, date and place of birth and ma
tionality. The name, address and rela-
tionship of one person who will al
ways know the registrant's address,
as well as the name and address of his
employer were also required.
Part Of the information obtained
was transcribed on a registration GER
tifcate, a small card, which the regis
trant must sign and carry with him.
Classification of registrants is ex-
pected to get under way this week.
Registrars must surrender their
cards promptly to the appropriate
county authorities. Cards will then
be distributed to the appropriate draft
boards appointed by the President.
These cards will be shuffled, then i'm
partially numbered from 1 up. These
Serial numbers will be written on the
cards and posted publicly for the in
formation Of the registrant. Serial
numbers to total of the greatest
number reported from single draft
board district in the United States
will be drawn in the national lottery,
to determine the order in which reg
strants will be called
Thus, if the first number drawn in
the lottery should be 1901, then the
holders of that serial number in every
district throughout the nation will
be the first called.
Some sixteen million men are ex-
pected to register throughout the
country Of these only about 100000
are expected to be called in the first
draft.
Governor O'Conor last Saturday an
nounced the personnel of Maryland's
siXty-siX draft boards, and for each
board there also was named an appeal
agent to advise on the subject of APP
peals from their rulings.
There is only one draft board for
this county and those named by the
Governor were Delbert Davis and D.
Edward Offutt, Oakland, and Terrence
f. O'Donnell, Kitzmiller. The appeal
agent is Neil C. Fraley, Oakland. A
chairman of the board is to be named
later.
The local board will classify men
for service under the Selective Train
ing Service Act. They will be clas-
sifed into groups, those single with
no dependents, those physically han
dlcapped, those with dependents and
those engaged in industries necessary
Tor the national defense.
Yesterday Governor O'Conor APP
pointed number of draft board ex-
aiming physicians for Maryland. A
board, consisting of three members,
appointed for Garrett county, is COM
posed of Dir. E. |. Baumgartner, DR..
NJ. c. limbaugh, Oakland, and DR..
Robert Dwight Brown, Friendsville.