The sun., 1917-06-07
VERMONT BEATS QUOTA
Delaware and District of
Columbia Results Below
Federal Mark.
CROwDER Is OPTIMISTIC
It's Believed Deficits Will Be
Wiped Out by Indus
trial Centres.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-The mighty
roll of honor OF American manhood
had begun to reach Washington to-
night from the States that had come
pleted their count OF the men OF mills
tary age registered yesterday.
The official figures were too scant
for an accurate estimate of the total
OF the men who have registered The
first reports showed that the Census
Bureau estimates of eligibles had not
been equalled, but officials said that
the numbers by which one or two
cities alone had exceeded the estimates
would wipe out the entire deficiency
OF the several smaller States sending
IN the first official returns
In some OF these cities registration
still was IN progress to-day. the Attor-
ney-General having approved the action
of Provost Marshal General Crowder In
authorizing an extension OF time where
cards were lacking or where the regis
tration machinery proved otherwise In
adequate.
/ Until the records OF the great MANU.
I
OF tine registration cannot be gauced ae-
! curately. Gen. Crowder said tonight
that Il was not 10 be expected that the
registration figures would check with
| the census estimates. II for no other rea-
son than that hundreds OF thousands OF
men IN the army and navy and National
Guard were not required TO register
States Heard From.
Only two States Delaware and Ver-
| mont and the District OF Columbia had
| reported complete official returns when
the Provost Marshal Generals Office
/ closed al II o. clock tonight or these
! Vermont was the only one TO report a
! higher registration than the estimates
OF the War Department, showing total
! OF 27,65S, against an estimated regigtra-
tion OF 26.S26
The Vermont total was divided as fol-
lows Whites 2i.022 necroes. II:
aliens. s.4s7 alien enemies. az indi-
Gated possible exemptions, 1921
Delaware reported total registration
| OF 2l.S64. OF which there were 1888
whites 3.25l negroes, 2.sS3 aliens, 80
alien enemies. and 1851 possible exernp-
tions The War Department estimate
for Delaware was 29.S55
The District OF Columbia registration
reached a tota OF 32.327. divided as fol-
lows Whites 20.s43 negroes 9.9Se;
Fiiipinos. So; aliens. l.570: alien enc
mics. 10 possible exemptions. 1879.
The Districts estimated elEibles were
36.e2S
Some OF the States in which the tab
uIation had not been completed for
warded estimates 10 Washington based
on a careful survey Of the returns 80
far received A. the respective capitals.
Among these was Pennsylvania. with an
estimated registration OF 950. 900 against
a War Department estimate OF s76.37s
eligib!es Michigan sent an estimate OF
$4,000 Rhode Island an estimate o,
52.s03 New Jersey an estimate OF 3O4,-
22s, and Wisconsin a strongly German
State, 21s.70O. compared with an esti-
mate OF e29.s97
Figures Below Estimate.
These latter hgures run from 1000 to
200 below the estimates OF the Wa
Department and thc Census Bureau In
other States however Pennsylvania 5
example appears 10 have been followed
and incomplete returns indicate that
they will pile up registration totals
largely In excess OF Government esti-
mates
Charles 7 Gcttemy Director of Mill
tary Enrolment for Massachusetts re-
ported from Boston that his state would
exceed all expectations. Although his
ngures We're not complete. with 500 of
the 354 cities and towns IN the state
accounted for the tota was 344.2s9.
lIlIs i o'! -'oVV rs rs ''iAi ,,, ~ -.
parliileis es1ii'iAte al'u !. y '.'',, -
letufns iIo.'' w, '''is.l''s P'''- wa
materiaIy 70 TINS to's'- ....
heports IRON 'hl" lAte '"-'.ttn' tl . ,nu
ma - 49, % - -e-
~ouio De eos 70 "oV,vUv. - va l,o .',o 80
precincts III t'ie STAT 'epu'r . iIO.a -"
showed a total registration of 49ll56,
al
anu onlcials peheFe INA 'Ii' ioi'i''.,il'E ~
places nave REGISTERED no ieF ,f'n tuan
bp'oou hulcANo"F ar wa ~ c,.'
from 90 20 40 ref csn'. o. t"ose 'e$'S-
terms clsiineu eNeihp"ol-
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