Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1917 — First Drawing For Men On July 1. [ARTICLE]

First Drawing For Men On July 1.

President Wilson, who now has under consideration the regulations for exemption from military 'service, expects to initiate tne first drawing or names for selective draft about July 1, according to information obtained at the White House Tuesday night. B The regulations governing the entire process of selecting the young men who are to go to the European battlefields will be*issued in a few days and then will follow the appointment of the local and district' exemption boards. With complete returns received from thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia, indications are that the registration will run over 9.,000,000 and may approximate 9,500,000 inasmuch as heavy registrations are looked for in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Indications are that the total number of men registered who have offered themselves without indicating any cause for exemption except for physical causes will approximate 3,000,000. The total registration reported to date is over 7 million. States not yet heard from are Arizona, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wyoming. The showing that has been made is particularly gratifying to thorities, who declare that it amounts to almost a hundred per cent registration.