Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-05
STATE REGISTRATIONS 27,658
Total Is Slightly Below Esti.
mated Number.
Only Two States Have Fewer Than the
~ Unnnturalised Germans In Yer.
mont-Exemption Board
at Work.

Twenty-seven thousand six hundred and
nfty-eight men registered in Vermont in
compliance with the requirements Of the
selective draft law. according to official
figures issued by the United States census
bureau. This number was al per cent.
Of the estimated number Of men In the
State between the ages Of q and 81, made
by the census bureau. The number Of un-
naturalized Germans was 70. Mississippi,
with only 45 unnaturalized Germans, and
South Carolina with So were the only
States having fewer unnaturalized Ger
mans than Vermont, although North
Carolina had only 49,
The total registration throughout the
United states was 9,659.3s2, or $50 per cent.
Of the estimate made by the census
bureau. The apparent shortage, about
$4,000. Is considerably less than the num-
Der Of men q to 30 years of age who are
estimated by the war department to have
been in the various branches of the milf
tary and naval service of the country
on June s. and for that reason exempt
from the requirements Of registration.
This number is COZ. 900. On the face Of these
figures 1t therefore appears that the num-
Der Of men between the ages Of q and
81 in the United States is slightly in ex-
sus bureau. 10079,000.
OF the 9.e59.3s2 registrants reported, T.
S47,7 @ are white citizens; 953. 500 are color
ed citizens; 1.239. 1865 are unnaturalixed for
eigners from countries other than Ger
many; 111,S8 are unnaturalized Germans,
including "declarants," that is, persons
having declared their intention to become
citizens but not having received their
final naturalization papers; and 5000 are
Indians. The registrars we're instructed
by the war department to include with
white citizens all declarants from coun-
tries with which the United States was
not at war. but comparison Of the
registration figures with the reports Of the
census bureau and the bureaus Of immi-
grafton and naturalization indicates that
most Of the declarants registered as
| aliens.
The most pronounced discrepancies APP
pear for Washington, in which the regis
| tration amounted to 1913 per cent. of the
| estimate; for Oregon, in which It was $40
per cent: for North Dakota, with Is per
| cent: for Wyoming, for which the report.
| with three precincts missing. indicates a
| registration Of about c. per cent. of the
estimate; for Nevada, with rs per cent.
and for South Dakota, with I'll per cent.
| In no other State was the registration
less than rs per cent Of the estimate. On
! the other hand, IA States-Arizona, Con-
necticut Delaware, Illinois. Indiana,
Iowa. Massachusetts,, Michigan. Montana,
New Hampshire, New Jersey. North Caro-
lima, Ohio. and Wisconsin-exceeded their
estimates, the greatest percentage Of ex-
cess being those for Michigan. 29.4: Con-
necticut. 2s.3; Montana, 2o.4; and Ohio.
IA.
NO HOLIDAY FOR EXEMPTION
BOARD.
The local exemption board worked hard
yesterday at their task Of comparing the
original and duplicate registration cards
and preparing the lists of names. This
work must be completed and the lists for
warded to the adjutant-generals office by
Saturday. so that the board had to give
the regulations. The number Of registra-
ton cards to be handled by the local board
Is about $500.
The information given in yesterdays
Free Press that the drawings under the
selective draft law would be made at
Washington will probably save the Chit
tenden county board much annoyance.
Although much emphasis has been laid
on the fact that persons who are drawn
and think that they have legal grounds
for exemption will appear before the full
board, individual members have been APP
preached on this subject. Each man who
appears before the board will be treated
as fairly as are all others and without
favor. The drawings may be made about
July 10. although 1t will probably be some
time later before any announcements are
received