The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-23
STATE HAS390,72 8
MILITIA-AGE MEN
Virginia Shows Great Increase
During the Past Ten
Years.
Lspec!al ID rhe rime.-Dlsnatch.l

Washington. August 2e.-The United
States Census Bureau to-day issued
an Interesting and wcl prepared state
ment showing the militia strength Of
the United States at this time. as com
pared with ten years aso.
In the total population Of the United
States exclusive OF noncontiguous
trrltories or possssionsl there were In
1910, go.47s.ss4 males OF militia age.
tina, is. males from eighteen to forty
four years. inclusive. in 1900 the males
Of militia age numbered Is,ls2,7Oe. The
figure for 1910 exceeds that for 1900
by i.2eo.9S2 While the total ponula-
tion OF the country has Increased DIR
ing the decade y per cent.
males OF militia age nave In
the same period Increased 2e5
per cent. and. as q consequence they
constituted d somewhat greater pro-
portion OF the total population in 1910
than they did in 1900. OF tho total
population OF both sexes and all ages
in 1910. 22.3 per cent We're males OF
militia age. the corresponding per-
centage for 1900 being 4l3.
The fact that males of militia axe
Increased more rapidly than the total
population is accounted for in part by
immigration. which has been during
the last decade. to greater degree
than in earlier years. predomfnantly
male. Among Immigrants tho proper
ton eighteen to forty-four years Of
axe greatly exceeds the proportion in
those ages among natives, and conse-
quently the Northern ana Western
States 10 which immigrants chiefly go
have. as compared vita the Southern
States, greater proportion OF their
population males OF militia age Tne
Eastern divisions. however, lose some
portion Of their adult male population
by migration westward. and an effect
OF this westward migration appears IN
the higher percentages shown for the
States OF the Rocky Mountain and Pa
cinc coast regions
AS compared with the general aver
axe noted above for the country as "A
whole, o. a-.3 per cent. males Of militia
age In 1910 formed 3g.s per cent OF tho
total population in the four northern
Isions taken together. IS per cent
in the two Ear western divisions. and
1919 per cent in the three southern d.
visions taken together. The percen-
tagcs in the individual Northern
states are with few exceptions close
10 the average for tho country as a
whole. in the far Western states they
are generally considerably above and
IN the Southern States generally below
this average
Among the States the percentage for
Wyoming is highest. males of militia
age in $40 constituting 81; per cent
o, Inc population Other States with
! high PERCENTAGES are. Nevada, $50
Montana. 39.s. Washington. PCS.
Arizona. ESQ. oregon. 2S.3. and calf
fornia. IS, all 81 these States being
in the Rocky Mountain ana Pacific
Coast regions The percentaSe fol-
North Carolina, us. is the lowest.
OF the 20.i73,ssi males OF militia
age in 1910, 2,156,36l were in the sim
gle state Of New York. OF the in.
crease for the decade amounting tc
+290,9s2. nearly one-fourth. 1914 1924
comprising the States of New York
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The
male population OF militia age in New
York State increased 5l5.966. in Penn.
sylvania. 3s2.70S. in California. ESQ.
645; in Illinois. 23s,OSi; in Texas 205.-
1853
In each of tho States except five
males of militia age constituted q
greater proportion of the total popu-
lation in 1910 than they did in 1900
In four States (Maine. New Hamp-
shire. Montana and Colorado the
proportion declined slightly and in
one kentucky it remained un-
changed Nevada shows the creates,
change in the percentage OF males OF
militia age-from PA to S5.9 per cent
Males OF militia age constitutes
1873 per cent of the total male popu-
lation of the country in 1910. the cor
responding percentage for 1900 being
Ill. In 1--WE States the male popula-
ton in 1910 was more than half OF
militia age-Wyoming. 500 per cent
Nevada, 55.9. Montana. SIS; Washing
ton, SIS, and California, 5o.3 per cent
In ten states. all of them Southern
Hess than two-hfths Gao per cent? OF
the male population was of militia
age--the lowest percentage. 35.7. be-
ing that for North Carolina-and IN
the remaining States the proportion
ranged from 40 to 90 per cent
Virginia has 39s.72s. as against
$4,000 in 1900 p II MEG.