Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-12
Quotas for Cities, Counties
and States Fixed at Two
thirds of | pei Cent of The;f
Population,
DRAWING PROBABLY WILL
NOT BE HELD THIS WEEK
Delay in Organization of Local
Exemption Boards Indicates
PoStponement; Only TWen-
ty-one States Ready,

fsY noeN'No JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED VIVA
Washington, July 11.-Postpone-
ment until next week of the drawing
of numbers of men who will be called
for examination for the national army
seemed probable today when it be-
came evident that states are not COM
pleting organization of their district
exemption boards as rapidly as war
department officials had hoped. Only
twenty-one states have reported their
organization complete, although in
most others only a few districts are
missing. The drawing will not be
made until the lists for the country
are complete.
i so-called revised census estimate
from the entire country compiled on
the basis of the draft registration will
be used for determining apportion-
ments. Each city, county or state
must furnish two-thirds of one per
cent of its paper population, accord
ing to the new estimates which w'ra
made for the purpose of equalizing
the draft rather than to represent ac-
curate population totals.
New York's Quota.
Thus New York city, with an esti-
mated population of 6,504,1S5, must
give 1882 of the $4,000 young men
to be called on the first draft A city
with $4,000 population would be re-
quired to give 16G men. These ap-
portionments would be subject to
slight allowances for alien enemies,
for men who have volunteered and
for other causes.
The population estimates, far from
attempting to show actual popula-
tions, simply are improvised figures
reached by considering the number
of registrants in each subdivision as
9.32 per cent of the population, since
the total number registered. 1859, 1882,
was 9.32 per cent of the total esti-
mated population, 103,635,3 800. The
process resulted in rarge dummy
population showings for cities with
war industries. where there has been
a recent inflow of workmen without
their families. Since the figures are
based on the number of men available
for military service, however, officials
consider the estimates fair as bases for
apportionrnent.
Wife Can Ask Exemption.
Pleas for exemption of any man
need not be made by him, but may
be entered by a wife, other depen-
dent, employer or any other third
man absent from his home district
office explained in a statement. 1t
also explained that any registered
131.232; New Mexico, 952,392; Okla
need not return for personal examina-
ton, but may be ordered by his home
board to be examined elsewhere.
The dummy population estimates
include
Arizona, 409,203; California, $780,
99s; Colorado. S95, 1886; Kansas, 1896
226; Nebraska, 1,270,301; Nevada,
52,779; Wichita, 1860: Topeka, A.
homa, 1.s22,47O; Texas. 1897, ,097;
Utah. 451.932; wyoming, 245.226.
Estimates of the leading cities in
clude:
Chicago, 3.639,957; st. Louis, S27.-
264; San Francisco (and county,,
550,33S; Milwaukee, 531,011; Los Ans
geles, 453,627 Kansas City, 451,974
(106,3S4 in Kansas) Denver Getty
and county,, 196,620; Pueblo. Colo,
1854; Tulsa, Okla, 6S,93S; San An
1885, omaha. 203,05S; Oklahoma City,
1884; Ausa, Okla, 6S,938; San An
tonic, 133,34S; Dallas, 160,S05; Ell
Paso, 100,773; Galveston, 53,552;
Houston, 132.157; Fort Worth, ST.
54S Austin. $4,000; Salt Lake City,
Utah, 114,775.