Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-21
$4,000 MEN UNDER
NEW DRAFT. LAW
Secretary Of War Baker Promul.
gates Formal Order.
HOW THE QUOTA Is FIXED
Quotas Wanted To Fill Regular Army
and National Guard and To
Form First 100000 Of
National Army.

Washington.-A formal order by
President Wilson drafting 687, 900 men
into the military service under the
Selective Consumption law was pro-
mulgated by the War Department, to-
gether with an official allotment show.
ing what part of the total must be fur
nished by each state and territory.
The only steps now remaining are
distribution by the Governors of state
quotas among the local exemption dis
tricts, and the great lottery which
probably will be held this week and
which will establish the order wherein
registrants are to present themselves
for service or exemption.
The men summoned for service will
be used to fill the regular army and
National Guard to war strength and to
organize the first 100000 of the new
national army. The total of these
three forces will be 1,262,9S5 men.
Later another 100000 will be called
out, supplemented by sufficient men to
make up losses and maintain reserve
battalions.
Baker Makes Announcement.
Following is Secretary Bakers an
nouncement of the order:
"By virtue of the authority vested in
him by an act of Congress entitled
An act to authorize the President to
increase temporarily the military
establishment of the United States,
approved May 13, 1917, the President
of the United States has ordered the
aggregate number of $1,000 men to be
raised by draft for the military service
of the United States in order to bring
to full strength the organizations of
the regular army and the organizations
embodying the members of the Nation
al Guard drafted into the military
service of the United States, and to
create the national army, and has
caused said aggregate number to be
apportioned to the several states and
territories and the District of Columbia
as set forth in the schedule hereto
appended.
Numbers To Be Apportioned.
''The Governor of each state and ter
ritory and the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia, acting for and
by the direction of the President and
in accordance with said act of Con-
gress and rules and regulations pre-
scribed pursuant thereto, shall appor-
ton the quota so apportioned in such
state, territory or district, and shall
communicate to each local board
established in such state, territory or
district notice of the net quota to be
furnished by such board; and such net
quotas shall thereupon be furnished
by the respective local boards as re-
uuired by said act of Congress and
rules and regulations prescribed pur-
suant thereto
"In computing the number of men
20 be required from the various states,
the Government put to the credit of
each state every man it has now in the
National Guard and every man it has
contributed since April / as a war vol
anteer to the regular army.
Net Quotas Given.
Following are the net quotas for
each state: Alabama, 1852; Arizona,
!, 472; Arkansas, 10,267; California, 49,
D60; Colorado, 4,753; Connecticut, TO-
977; Delaware, 1902; District of Co
lumbia, 929; Florida, 6,325; Georgia,
1887; Idahu, 2,2s7; Illinois, 51,653;
Indiana, 1880; Iowa, 12,749;. Kansas,
5,439; Kentucky, 1926; Louisiana,
1852; Maine 1921; Maryland, 1906; !
Massachusetts,. 20,586; Michigan, 3d.
81; Minnesota, 1884; Mississippi,
LO,S01; Missouri, 1860; Montana,
1872; Nebraska, 8,185; Nevada, 1851;
New Hampshire, 1904; New Jersey,
'0,e65; New Mexico, 1922; New York,
1924; North Carolina, 1884; North
Dakota, $500; Ohio, 3s,773; Oklahoma,
1854; Oregon. tit; Pennsylvania, co.
'59; Rhode Island, 1901; South Caro-
ina, 10,081; South Dakota, 2,717;
Tennessee, 1883; Texas, 30,545;
Utah. 1870; Vermont, 1.049; Virginia,
.3,795; Washington, 1926; West vir-
,inia, s,101; Wisconsin, 1876;
Wyoming, SO; Alaska, sos; Hawaii,
lone; Porto Rico, 1888.