The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-07-19
Issues
Formal Order

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Washington, July ia formal or
der by President Wilson drafting $751;
600 men into the military service un'
der the selective CONSUMPTION law was
promulgated today by the war de-
partment together with an official al
lotment showing what part of the to-
tai must be furnished by each state
and territory.
The only steps now remaining are
distribution by the governors of state
quotas among the local exemption dis
tricts and the great lottery, which
probably will be held next week and
which will establish the order in which
registrants are to present themselves
for service or exemption, will be under
way.
The men summoned for service will
be- used to fill the regular army and
national guard to war strength and to
organize the first 100000 of the new
national army. The total of these
three forces will be 1,262,9S5 men
Later another 100000 will be called
out to make up losses and maintain re-
serve battalions.
Following is Secretary Bakers an
nouncement of the order:
by virtue Of the authority vested in
him by an act of congress entitled an
act to authorize the president to in.
crease temporarily the military estab.
lishment of the United States approx.
ed May Is, 1917, the president of the
United States has ordered the aggre.
gate number Of 6S7,0 900 men to be rails
ed by draft for the military service of
the United States in order to bring
to full strength the organiza tons of
the regular army and the organizations
embodying the members of the nation.
al guard drafted into the military ser
vice of the United States and to Gre
ate the national army, and has caused
said aggregate number to be apportion.
ed to the several states and terri
tories of the District of Columbia as
set forth in the schedule hereto ap-
pended.
The governor of each state and ter
ritory and the commissioners of the
District of Columbia, acting for and
by the direction of the president and
night will be helpful to those who get
in accordance with said act of con-
gress and rules and regulations pre-
scribed pursuant thereto, shall appor-
ton the quota 50 apportioned to such
state territory or district, and shall
communicate to each local board es-
tablished in such state, territory or
district, notice of the net quota to be
furnished by such board: and such
net quotas shall thereupon be furnish
ed by the respective boards as reQuir-
ed by said act of congress and rules
and regulations prescribed pursuant
thereto"
In computing the number of men to
be required from the various states the
government put to the credit of each
tional guard and every man it has con-
tributed since April as a war volun-
teer to the regular army.
Placing on the debit side of the led
ger the national army of 100000, the
entire national guard at war strength
and the number of war volunteers
needed April l, last to bring the regu-
lars up to the war strength, the grand
total was apportioned according to
population. This gave a gross quota
for each state from which net quota
was computed by checking off the
number of national guardsmen avail
able for federal service and the num-
Der of men given by the state to the
regular army since April /. The ap-
portionment was made on the basis
of an estimated grand total for the
United States and its possessions, of
los, 366,056 inhabitants. Each of the
1859 exemption districts will furnish
under this apportionment the men its
total registration would indicate as a
fair proportion, rather than the mum.
Der OF actual population of the district
would indicate. The total of these
gross quotas is 1,152,9S5 men.
Credit is given to the various states
for total of 465,9S5 voluntary enlist.
ments in the national guard and regu.
lars, making the total net quota for all
states $4,000 men.
Following are the gross quotas for
northwestern states:
Minnesota, 26,021; Montana, 1O,243:
North Dakota, 1871; South Dakota,
1854.