The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-05
ABSOLUTE FAIRNESS WILL MARK
WORKING or CONSUMPTION.
THE BOARDS ARE ORGANIZING
Counties and Cities Will Be Given
Credit With All Men Enlisted in
the Guard or Regular Army,
But Not Navy or Marines.


otto counties which have furnished
men for the Guard and the Regular
Army, will mark the working of the
selective CONSUMPTION in Iowa.
Those Counties whose citizens have
volunteered literally will not have to
furnish as many drafted men as those
counties whose citizens have not
promptly rallied to the colors. When
the draft is completed each county in
the state will have an equal number
of men in the army, based upon the
population, and not the number who
registered on June S.
Following the work of the registra-
ton boards who gathered the names
of 216,299 men between the ages of
81 and 80 inclusive, the president
upon recommendation of Gov. w. l..
Harding has appointed local board
in each county, except Clinton, which
has two. A similar board has been
named in Waterloo, Council Bluffs,
Dubuque, Cedar RAPIDS, four in Des
Moines, two in Davenport, and two
in Sioux City. There is total of 212
local boards.
These boards are organizing.
Wherever the sheriff is on the board
he is the executive officer, but where.
the sheriff is not member, the board
elects it's own executive.
Credits for Men in Service.
Adjutant General Guy E. Logan, by
direction of Governor Harding, has
compiled list of the counties and
seven cities named above, showing
the number of National Guardsmen
in the service on June 30, the last
day that credits can be given The
number is 1889 of which number
1,645 enlisted in June, bringing the
National Guard, with the exception
of the First Infantry, to war strength.
The adjutant general of the army
will soon furnish the Governor with
the number of men in the regular
army from every county in the state
and from seven cities. No one yet
knows what this number will be, but
for the purpose of explaining the
system of credits it may be assumed
that it will be 1851, making a total
of men in the army and guard of
$4,000.
No credit is given for men enlisted
in the navy and marine corps for the
excellent reasoa that it was not pro-
vided for in the bill which passed the
congress. i
.. Gross Quota Assigned.
The Provost Marshal General, with
the number of credits for each state
before him, and knowledge of the
total number of soldiers to be raised,
will then announce the gross quota
for the nation, and assign to each
state a gross quota.
To explain the method it may be
assumed that the gross quota for
Iowa will be 10000. Taking the pop
ulation as 100000 we soon find that
the working fraction to be used is
.015, for II ! fraction of 100000 will
raise the required 10000.
A table is then made showing the
population of each county, and each
of the seven cities. This population
multiplied by ,015 will show the gross
quota from each county and city. The
total number of guardsmen and reg
ular army men is then subtracted and
the net quota, the number to be
drafted, is secured. No credit is CIV
on for officers in either the army or
guard, only enlisted men being con-
sidered.
How II Will Work.
Take the city of Des Moines, for
instance, and apply the system. The
population is about 100000 men. Null
tiplied by .015 we have 1900 as the
number of men to be raised. Des
Moines has furnished 562 men for the
guard up to June 30, the day credits
stop. If 1t has furnished 438 men
for the army the total is 1000, and
the draft will call for 500 men.
But in some cities and counties
where greater proportion of the
population has volunteered the pro-
lportionate number of drafted men
win be much less.
Take Page county for instance and
assuming the above basic imaginary
figures as correct we have the fol-
lowing result The population of
Page county is 24.772, Multiplied by
.015 we have gross quota Of 372.
Page county has furnished 231 men
for the guard and perhaps so men
for the army, total of PSI. Sub
tracing this from 372 we have 81
men the net quota, the number of
men to be drafted from Page county.
The same method of procedure will
be followed in each county and the
seven cities named above to secure
the final result.