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Show REGULATIONS F0R DRAFTING ARI DRAWING WILL BE ENTIRELY BY) NUMBER, LEAVING NO CHANCE FOR FAVORITISM. Figures Show That Almost One-half of the Total of 9,649,938 Men Registered Claim Exemption for Various Causes. Washington. Regulations for drafting draft-ing the new national army, now awaiting await-ing President Wilson's approval, contain con-tain provision for every step in tho great undertaking except the actual method of the draft itself. No official announcement has been made and official- confirmation is being be-ing withheld, but it has been slated that the federal government itself will do the drafting, probably here in Washington, so there will be no opportunity op-portunity for local favoritism, political politi-cal or otherwise. As the regulations stand now, every registered man bears a number. The numbers will be forwarded to Washington Washing-ton and the drawing will be entirely by number. The identity of the numbered num-bered men will be unknown to those in charge of the draft machinery and can be established only by comparing a number with a printed list of the man's home district. The question of exemptions will go before the local boards. If a man is exempted the man bearing the number which was drawn next in order will take the place and so on until the first increment of 625,000 has been assembled. assem-bled. The others will be called as the need develops. It is hoped to have all the men in training by September 1. Following is the complete official registration by states as given out by the war department June 23. . The figures show that almost one-half one-half the total of 9,640,93S men registered regis-tered claim exemption for various causes. Number Claim State Registered Exemps. Alabama 173.S2S 120,478 Arizona : 36,932 12,408 Arkansas 147,522 09,196 California 297,532 125,205 Colorado ; 83,038 44,462 Connecticut 159,701 61.490 Delaware 21,864 11.7SS District of Columbia.. 32,327 19,788 Florida 84,683 47,413 Georgia 231,418 157,497 Idaho .-. 41,150 21.942 Illinois 072,498 333.673 Indiana 255,145 151,689 Iowa 216,594 118,549 Kansas 146.6S0 S5.851 ' Kentucky 1S7.573 Louisiana 157.S25 93,553 Maine 60,176 29,392 Maryland 120,458 60,748 Massachusetts 359,323 147,607 Michigan 372,827 183,270 Minnesota 221,747 309.385 Mississippi 139.525 96,53 I Missouri 299.S25 181,211 Montana 88,272 32,333 Nebraska 118,123 64.596 Nevada 11,894 4,607 New Hampshire 37,642 15,993 New Jersey 300,742 137,119 New Mexico 32,202 17,008 New York 1,047,896 470,498 North Carolina .200,032 133,614 North Dakota 65,007 29,963 Ohio 456.3S4 301,733 Oklahoma 109,211 110,417 Oregon 02,018 32,944 Pennsylvania S.30,845 396,654 Rhode Island 53,458 22,149 South Carolina 135,039 85,386 South Dakota 59.043 29,292 Tennessee 187,611 2(i322 Texas 40S.702 229,775 Utah 41,952 22,766 Vermont 29.658 13,234 Virginia 181.820 104,854 Washington 108,330 58,141 West Virginia 127,409, 72,830 Wisconsin 240,170 115,149 Wyoming 22,848 The Kentucky and Wyoming exemption exemp-tion claims have not yet been officially official-ly reported. |