New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 13, 1917, Page 8

LININATION PLAN [ FOR ARMY DRAFT ach Registrant to Have Place on | Waiting List Washington, July 13.—Every man ho registered for the selective draft une 5, or whose name has since been fdded to the roll will receive a num- per next week that will indicate the 'der in which he will be liable for nilitary service, whether in the first l'l:y or when later armies are organ- ed. It is revealed that a plan of draw- Bg will be followed under which a finite place in the waiting list will © given to every one of the men who gistered. Those standing at the head if the list in each county or city dis- rict will be called first before the Ex- mination Board, and then the obli- jon to pass on down the line as [Bng as men are needed. | There are 9,659,382 registrants, ac- ding to preliminary telegraphic re- ns, and the number is being daily creased. But it will not be neces- to draw anything like 9,000,000 jlumbers in the great national lottery hat is to determine the first men to drafted. Not more than about 000 key numbers will be drawn. The jrder in which each number is picked | be officially recorded. The order [P which men will be drafted will be termined by the order in which the jumbers are drawn. But when any he number is drawn it will serve as a itional key number and fitting of hese numbers to the serially number- names on the lists in the local i atlon districts will be done ly. | Segretary Baker expressed the lon that the drawing probably ould not take place before the mid- fle of next week, because of delay in ng the notifications that local »ds had finished their work. Half e states are vet to be heard from, bd no number will be drawn 1In hington until the provost marshal meral has been notified that every t list has been serially number- # 'and posted.. Within 24 hours the district has been heard from the wing will begin. | . Will Draw 500 Numbers. The suggestion that no more than 00 numbers be drawn daily, which ad been made to officials at the war epartment has been disregarded. At ais rate it would require about ten @ys to draw the first thousand key armbers, and about 50 days would Pnpue before all the key numbers lave been picked, for it is understood be the intention to draw about 5,- P 00 rnumbers, this being about the { maxtmum of registrants in any one district. For reasons of its own the war de- partment wants to determine the nu- merical order in which each regis- trant will be liable to be called upon by the Government for military ser- vice, and to have this fact known as soon as possible. It is for this reason that when the drawing once begins it will proceed, according to what Secre- tary Baker said today, until all the numbers have been drawn that are necessary to provide a key number for every man in each registration distriet. The approximate number of men to be first drafted will be 687,000. In order to obtain this number it prob- ably will be necessary to examiné not fewer than 1,300,000 men on the basis of 50 per cent of rejections. As the lottery drawing of key numbers will determine the order in which each man will be liable for military duty | it will be easy for the exemption boards in each district to proceed with the examihation of registrants in the order of their liability that dis- trict’s quota has been filled. Exempt to Receive Badges, Information so far available indi- cates that the drawing will work out in this wav: There are 4,500 exemption districts. When the first number is drawn—say No. 10—it will be recorded as No. 1, with the serial number (10) follow- ing. The record would show that the men whose cards bore the serial Nc. 10 in each of the 4,600 exemption d tricts would be the first to appear be- fore the Exemption Boards. Presum- ably the announcement made at the drawing would be No. 1, Serial 10. It is assumed that when the draw- ing is complete, the Government wiil combute how many men are repre- sented by No. 1 in the drawing and by the numbers immediately succeed- ing, and then issue an order for enough to report to make the total desired for the first army. For 'ir- stance, the first call might be Nos. 1 to 100 in all districts. When the first exemption came in each district. No. 101 would be called, and so on. To prevent embarrassment among those who are exempt, the war de- partment has decided to give with each exemption certificate a bronze badge bearing the inscription ‘“ex- empted—U. S. A.” The design for this badge has been approved by Sec- Tetary Baker, and a number already are in process of manufacture. It is intended to prevent those exempted from any suspicion of being slackers. The law specifies that exemptions are not permanent unless the cause for which they are granted is perma- nent. For instance, if a man should be exempted on the first call because of a dependent relative and that rela- tive should die or become self-sup- porting before the second call, the registrant would be liable for service under the second call It will be the duty of the exemption boards to keep watch of such cases and recall men who have been passed over once, but whose status may have changed be- fore the second call is made. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1017. BIG SALE ON AUTO TIRES—10 DAYS ONLY 30x3° . ...$ 825 30x3ls ... ... 850 32x3V5 ... ... 10.75 34x4 aa0 ... 1675 All other sizes, prices in proportion. United Cycle Co. 1108 Main St., Hartford T ———————————— CLAY COURT TENNIS. Youthful Cincinnati Player Reaches Seml-Final Rounds. | Cincinnati, July 13.—A. F. Zim- merman, a young Cincinnati tennis star, won his way into the semi-final round in the national clay court pa- triotic tennis tournament here yester- day by defeating Elliott Palmer, §—4. 6—3. N Zimmerman's playing has been one | of the features of the tournament. | Today he will meet Charles = Gar- land, of Pittsburgh, in the sem -finals. fifth round yesterday, 6—2, 6—1. Other fifth round results were: S8am Hardy, of San Francisco, defeated Mark Mitchell, 6—1, 6—1, and How- ard Cordes defeated W. H. Hopple, 6—3, 6—3. Hardy and Cordes re- paired in the semi-finals today. BROWNS RELEASE THREE. St. Louis, July 13.—The St. Louis Americans yesterday released Short- stop Murray, obtained from Trinity college, to Portland, Me.; Peter Moore, pitcher, obtained from Ohio State league, to Omaha, of the Western league, and Wilson Withe, now catcher, playing with Wichita, Western league, under an optional agreement, has been released outright to that club. POLICEMAN SHOOTS CHIEF. Greenville, Miss. ,July 13.—Wllliam | A. Chipman, Greenville’s chief of po- lice, was killed with three loads of buckshot yesterday by Wallace Mul- lens, a patrolman, who charged the chief with attempting to mistreat his young daughter. Mullens surrend- ered. FOR “BONE DRY” BAY STATH. Boston, July 13.—The constitutional convention committee on liquor traf- fic yesterday voted, 9 to 6, to recom- mend the adoption of a ‘bone dry" amendment providing for state-wide prohibition on and after May 1. 191§. Garland eliminated S. P. Oliver in the ; Open your lot hand Ty, iy 7 ////,,,, package this . Guaranteed by ° n ‘ ts a ir. Instead of breaking the seal and tearing . open the entire top of the package tear off part of the top only. Cigarettes in paper packages of twenty are carried more handily this way, and keep better; lesslike- ly to spill into your pocket. It's easy to do and worth doing, PLOT TO DESTROY OIL FIELDS. Washington, July 13.—Senator Sherman turned over to the war de- partment yesterday a letter received from Brownsville, Tex., giving details of an alleged plot among German sympathizers there to ship explasives into Mexito to destroy the great al- lied-owned oil fields there. TRISH PARTY WHIP DEAD. Dublin, July 13.—Patrick O’Brien, who has represented Kilkenny in the House of Commons since 1895, died in a private hospital here vesterday. He was a nationalist and whip to the Irish party. IT'S SERGEANT GOWDY NOW. Former Braves Backstop Receives Promotion in Oho Regiment. Columbus, Ohio, July 13.—Hank Gowdy, catcher for the Boston Na- tionals, has been promoted from a private to a sergeant in the Ohio Na- tional Guard. General John C. Speaks has named him orderly, with the rank of sergeant. Gowdy, who resigned from the Bos- ton ball club several days ago, was mol T first major league player to answel the call to the colors. 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