Show regulations REGU LATIOS FOR DRAFTING ARMY DRAWING WILL BE ENTIRELY BY NUMBER LEAVING NO CHANCE FOR favoritism figures show that almost one half of the total of men registered claim exemption for various causes washington washingto n regulations for drafting III tilt the new IM national army now awaiting in president wilsons Wll Wil sons approval contain PION Islon for every step in ill the lie great undertaking except the actual Ill ethOd of the draft itself no official ila lias q been made iliade and official confirmation is being withheld but it lias has been stilted that the federal government itself will do the drafting probably pio bably livic in washington so there will lie he no opportunity port unity for local favoritism political or otherwise As the regulations stanl stand now every registered limn inan bears a number the numbers will ile be forwarded to washington and the drawing will be entirely by number the identity of the numbered men will be unknown to allo those e in charge of the machinery and t of a be established only by comparing a 91 number with a printed list of the mans finans home district the question of exemptions will go before the local boards if a man is exempted tile the man bearing the number which lil cli was drawn next in order ft ill take tile the place and so on until the first increment of lias has been aspin bled the others will be called as the alie need develops it is hoped to have all the men in ili training by september septembers 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 the total of 90 men registered claim exemption for various s causes number claim state registered exempts alabama 17 S 10 A alizona Arkan arkansas zas california 32 colorado connecticut Dela delaware waie 11 ISS district of columbia 3 23 2 7 S IRS florida georgia idaho 50 illinois indiana 2 5 5 iowa 1594 kansas GS SZ kentucky IW louisiana 1 5 6 4 1 J 5 maine maryland 11 a ry I 1 a n d massachusetts michigan minnesota 10 9 3 03 5 mississippi missouri montana montan 1 nebraska nevada new 3 7 6 4 2 new jersey 30 07 new mexico new nein york north carolina north dakota 2003 29 ya 45 Ok lanoma 1211 biegon pennsylvania N ivania 4 rhode island r south carolina carolin a south dakota tennessee texas zi utah vermont virginia I 1 washington west virginia wisconsin wyoming the kentucky and wyoming exemption claims have not yet been officially reported |