Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-07-18
Subjective DRAFT FIGURES.
Quotas the Different States Have Fur
nisl,ed and VIII Furnish.

Washington, July ia formal
order Of President Wilson drafting
$4,000 men into the military SER
vice under the selective conscription
law was promulgated to-day by the
War Department, together with an
official allotment showing what part
of the total must be furnished by
each State and Territory.
The only steps now remaining are
distribution by the Governors of
State quotas among the local exemp-
tion districts, and the great lottery,
viii ch probably will be held next
week to establish the order in which
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
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.
In computing the number of men
to be required from the various
States, the government put to the
credit Of each State every man it
now has in the national guard and
every man it has contributed since
April as war volunteer to the reg
ular army.
Placing on the debit side of the
ledger the national army Of 100000
the entire national guard at war
strength and the number of war VOL
unteers needed April 1 last to bring
the regulars up to war strength, tue
Ing to population. This gave a gross
quota for each State, from which a
net qouta was computed by checking
Off the number of national guards
men available for Federal service and
the number Of men given by the State
to the regular army since the appor-
tionment was made on the basis of an
estimated grand total for the United
States and its possessions OF 1867
366,050 inhabitants.
Total Troops Each State.
The number Of men (gross) re-
quired for the army on the first call
Is shown In the list below:
Alabama 21.300, Arizona 4,478,
Arkansas 17.451, California 81 ,9O7,
Colorado 9,797, Connecticut 1887,
Delaware 1850. District of Colum-
Dia 3,79G, Florida 10.129. Georgia
27.209, Idaho 4,833, Illinois 79,094,
Indiana 29,971, Iowa 25,465, Kan
sas 1875, Kentucky 22,152, Louisi-
ana 1S,4S1, Maine lots, Maryland
l4,139, Massachusetts 43,109, Mich
1gan 43,946. Minnesota 26,121, Mis-
sissippi 16,429, Missouri 35,461,
Montana 10,423, Nebraska 13,900,
Nevada ,435, New Hampshire 4,419.
New Jersey 35,463, New Mexico g.
$50, New York 122.424, North Caro-
lima 23.4S6, North Dakota 7,737,
Ohio 66,474, Oklahoma 19,943, Ore
gon 1887, Pennsylvania 98,277,
Rhode Island SPIT, South Carolina
15,147, South Dakota 1854, Tennes-
see 2.158, Texas 8,116, Utah 4,945,
Vermont 3,243, Virginia 21,354,
Washington 12,763, West Virginia
14,848, Wisconsin 28,199, Wyoming
2,683, Alaska 710, Hawaii 2.4O3.
Puerto Rico 13,480.
The Net Figures.
Credit is given to the yarious
States for a total Of 465,985 volun-
tary enlistments in the national
and regulars, making the total net
quota for all States $4,000 men.
Following are the net quotas which
each State in the South will be re-
quired to furnish from those regis
tered on June S
Alabama 1852, Arkansas TO-
267, Georgia 1887, Florida 6,325,
Kentucky 1926, Louisiana 1852,
Mississippi 10,801, North Carolina
1924, Oklahoma 1864, South
Carolina 1O,O81, Tennessee 1889, !
Texas 30,545, Virginia 1876.