The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-06
D. c. LISTS 1897
FOR WAR SERVICE
Auditors Complete Tabula-
ton Of City's Registration.
HUNT FOR SLACKERS BEGINS
Police to Arrest All EEgibles With
out Enrolment Cards.
HUNT FOR SLACKERS BEGINS
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person who has been registered and
who has his registration certificate
TO be most careful in preserving this
certificate, because It is his only proof
OF registration. A registration GER
tihcate should be carried on the per-
son at all times during the period Of
the war and should be carefully pro-
tected, as otherwise II will become
badly worn and crumpled.
Especially is Il important that each
person who has been registered should
write carefully on the back of his
registration certificate his name and
his local residence address. This Is
10 prevent great embarrassment
which would be caused the holder Of
the registration certificate II he
should be so unfortunate as to lose
his card"
Estimates Almost Correct.
Provost Marshal General Crowder's
estimate of 36,e30 conscriptable men
in Washington proved practically cor
rect, IL the 5000 Government en-
ployes who work here, but who regis
tered by mail in their respective
States be included.
The work OF tabulating the Wash
ington results was completed after
seventeen hours continuous work by
Sidney Roche. deputy auditor; w. S.
Hall, deputy superintendent OF insur-
ance, and twenty-nine skilled statis-
ticians.
The task of ascertaining the total
number of men who registered was
simple, but the labor Of classifying
l. HWwr al FGA
and intricate, and necessitated many
operations
The eligibles were FIRST separated
into two classes-white and colored-
citizens and declsrAnts from coun-
tries with which this country is not
at war, and aliens and alien enemies.
The citizens and declarants were
next classified with regard to their
ages, and later the men who claimed
exemption were classified. Those
claiming exemption were further
classified according to the basis OF
their claims for relief from military
service. These classes included
ouakers, Friends, men with depend
emit relatives, persons totally disabled,
men exempt because OF their ccnnec-
tion with legislative, judicial, or eX-
ecutive branches OF the Government
Another class Of probable exemp-
lions" was listed by the compiling
board.
Aliens Classified.
The aliens were divided into two
classes: Those who have not taken
out their first naturalization papers
and those who are subjects of the
countries with which the United
States is at war. Filipinos composed
q separate class.
A total OF I64 totally disabled men
were registered. o these ia were
white, and the remaining fifty
colored.
ed the registras that they had de-
pendent relatives was 1914. of
whom 1851 were white and 5,S65
colored
The registrars report that 2,4T2
white men and 651 colored men prob
ably would be exempt for other
reasons than the dependency OF rela-
tives upon them for support.
This number OF men who indicated
no grounds for exemption was 10.S37.
of whom 7.4I9 were white and 3.41s
were colored-
The number OF Philippines register.
ing was fifty-three.
The statisticians went to work in
o'clock and remained steadily at their
task until ! o'clock this afternoon.
with a ten-minute intermlssiun last
night for coffee and sandwiches.
In preparing the registration cards
for use at the precincts yesterday the
force of thlrty-one men worked about
sixteen hours and went through more
than $4,000 operations in stamping
washington, D. c." June s." AMI
the numbers OF the precincts and SUB
precincts on the pasteboard slips.
In tabulating the final results the
force went through 1920 opera
lions. Each precinct and subpre-
cinct return sheet contained 140
clAssificstions with regard to ages
citizenship, alien standing and
grounds for exemption The COM
plete returns for each precinct and
Eubprecinct were first tabulated. The
sub forty-one precincts were then
worked into eleven police precincts
and the eleven precincts were then
tabulated into one grand total.
Personnel of Force.
The personnel Of the force under
the direction of Deputies Roche and
Hall was as follows:
William Towers, B. L. Kane. J. c.
Yestter. Lee L. Kemp. f. S Green
well. r W. Holt. L. B. B. oliver. G.
F. Hickey, W. A. Hopkins. B. C.
Moore, H. P. Berkeley, S. McKimmie
c. c. Wright. c. H. Schaaff, b. A.
Harrison. J. A Dore, r. n. Meeks
P p. Lipscom. J. A. Crooke. p. B.
Mccarthy, z. p. Page, J. r. Lusby