Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-13
.DRAF I QUOTA NOT I
BASED ON LISTS
GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CENSUS
BUREAU ESTIMATES IN
SELECTING MEN.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO
MAKE STATE ALLOTMENT
Governors in Turn Will Fix Apportion.
ment Of Each County - General
Logan Transmits Order Of General
crowder to shsrifts and Auditors
What Order Commands.
Special to Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican.
Des lMoines, June 13.-Sheriffs and
police officials all over Iowa are ordered
to start a general roundup of men
who refused to register according to
a telegraphlc order received by the
governor from Provost Marshal General
Crowder.
The provost marshal general says
the days of leniency nave passed, that
those who failed to register are to be
arrested by United States and state
authorities at once and then regis
tered, SO that their failure to register
will not result in their escape from
army service if drawn by the boards
to be named by the president
The order, which has been transmit
ted by Adjutant General Logan to the
sheriffs and auditors Of counties and
mayors and clerks Of the seven cities
which conducted separate registration,
is as follows:
Quotas are to be assigned to the
several states in proportion to their
population, as determined by the bureau
Of the census and not in proportion to
every person who has failtd to register
is seriously increasing the burden Of
those who have registered. Ample no.
tice and every opportunity has been
given, and there is no longer any ar
gument upon which the conduct of
non residents can be condoned. The
period Of leniency referred to in my
wire has now passed. Attention is in
vited to paragraph 16 of the regula-
lions. It is requested that every effort
now be made to detect and arrest per-
sons subject to registration who have
not registered and to bring each case
promptly to the attention of the near
est representative of the department
of Justice. Wide publicity should be
given to the effect Of non registration
in increasing the burden Of those who
have registered. Care should be taken
that the lists prescribed in paragraph
80 are promptly posted and all regis
trants should be asked to assist in
bringing n-registrants to the atten-
ton Of the police. Standardization re-
ports OF registration from the various
boards should be compared with esti-
mates Of census bureau and efforts
should be concentrated on those dis
tricts where discrepancy between regis
tration and estimates seems greatest.
In case Of doubt as to age of persons
who have registered the tabulated
record Of political organizations and
other local records should be consulted
and data may be obtained from the
bureau of the census. The purpose Of
this telegram is to inaugurate from to-
morrow a vigorous, aggressive and
effective enforcement .of the, penal
clauses 81 the se1ective service law
against all who have by their failure
or refusal to register brought then-
selves under those provisions. The de-
partment OF justice is sending today
similar advices to U. s. attorneys and
marshals, with instructions to release
on their own recognizance all persons
arrested by marshals or deputy mar
shals or by state, county and municipal
police officers and turned over to them
who promptly register under the terms
Of paragraph 40. The secretary Of war
CONSTITUTES section of the selective
service law as requiring compulsory
registration by the officer making ar
rest of each arrested person immedi-
ately upon his conviction. Please give
notice to all who have any duty en-
Joined upon them In connection with
the enforcement Of the penal clauses
OF the law and particularly, to state,
county and municipal police named in
paragraph 16 Of the regulations"
Joint Allotment.
According to the order, the federal
government will make the allotment
Of men to be taken from each state.
and the governor will make the allot-
ment to each county and city, giving
credit for those who have already en-
listed in the national guard Or the
regular army. This will mean that
counties which have organized COM
panies Of the guard will not be Mt as
hard in the draft as those who have
no organization, for they already have
part Of their quota.
The federal census estimate OF popu-
lation is the same as the state census
taken two years ago in sixty-nine
counties, but in twentysix counties
the estimates are higher and in four
counties they are lower.
The highest boost in the federal esti-
mate is in Monroe county. where the
federal census bureau gives the county
1885 more people than the last state
70.