en in Action on the
5 FaB Teil of Their
Under Fire.
büadfoMod. vaeh number draftn u
recorded, tbe flmt deciding which
sériai number in svery district in th*
county ikould b« ths flm t ordsr num­
ber for tbe drawing.
Fer instance
President Wilson drww eut tbe ftrst
GERMAN LINE
IS BROKEN
RV DRAWN
One night after a long march np
front I bad to go to bed awfully tired
(now this is just to show you bow
tired a fellow gets) end a shall drop­
ped unusually dose to us and killed
s couple of boys. And mind you, I
never woke up once.
It happened
sbont as far as from our boose across
to Camilla's bouse. There wee a Red
Cross man awake so 1 was not bother-
Coos county, would be tbe fleet man
called to tbe colors from this county,
if otherwise found quaUflg.
The person' having that number—
322—in all other districts in tbe
county, perhaps 6,000 hi all, would be
first in bis district.
And tb t next
number, wfaish was drawn by Vies
President Marshall, being I0S7, would
also apply in ersry district haring ns
many registrants as that, throughout
all o f tbs MOO or more. So on# draw­
ing at Washington Monday was really
Crowder whispered to tbe President
that in bio ease tbe blindfold, always
won» by those drawing numbers,
W uld be dispensed with.
Hr. Wilson said ho thought it would
be better to make no exception in his
ease, so tbe blindfold, made from h
»Up of cloth that covered a choir used
in tbe signing of tbs Declaration of
Independence, was adjusted ns the
President approached tbe Cowl.
Tbe crowd applauded as number 322
woe announced and the Prosidont re­
turned to bis saet to watch tbs re­
mainder of tbe opening ceremony.
Only the first 100 members were
flashed to tbe country by telegraph.
Because of the tmprecticabffity at tel­
egraphing sU of tbs 17,000, tbe Asso­
ciated Press bod bean asked to. refrain
flreni sending more than 100 numbers.
Tbs complete master lists will be
mailed ns soon ns tbs drawing Is arm
to district draft boards.
O f ths first 100 numbel«, only M
wars below 3323, bat they placed
the following Coos county men at the
head of our Hat, and four CoquiDe
men ere among the number, three hav­
ing bean drawn in succession:
Order No.
Name
Serial No.
1— Qeo. F. Robison, Arago, 822.
2— Paul Krankle. Powers, 1027,
3— Ben Kyberg, North Bend, 1007.
*—Charles W. Hart, Mfld„ 2781.
6— Amass W. Bigelow, Myrtle PL,
438.
•—C. F. Johnson, Parkorsburg, 90«.
7— Simon Erickson. North Bebd, 1628
8— Mobley R. Welteh, N. B. 1240.
• —Victor Alto, Easts Ido, 1907.
15— Wm. F. Neal, BroadbenL *0.
11—Jos. J. Otto, North Bend, 1266.
lfl—Clare A. Roes, Marshfield, 2182
13—Laflsyette F. Crouch, Hauser, 789
1«—Jno. T. Sperry, Myrtle P t, 686.
16— Harold L. Tuttle, CequiUe, 21».
18— Edward W. Lorens, Coquille, MR.'
17— Chas. H. Mansell. Coquille, 72.
1#—Floyd J. Cole, Maerkfleld, 881
19— Howard L. Barkloy, Myrtle PL,
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