The Penn's Grove record., 1917-07-20
AKX|OUSlY WAITING CALL.
Salem County Unjustly Hit by
Unfair Draft Estimate

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lions of men between the ages of 81 and
81 recently registered is ~anxiously looked.
for by those subject to call as we'll as by
friends. Each man registered will be
given a new number different from the
number on the card of registration. The
names will be posted at the several poll
ing places in Salem county where the
men must go to learn their new number.
The places where the registration list
with the new numbers in Salem county
is as follows:
REGISTRATIONS POSTED
Alloway Township-Jones' store, Al
dine; Dunham's store, Alloway.
Elmer-Elwood Hires store, Elmer /;
Post Office, Elmer.
Elsinboro Township-Lower School
House.
L. A. Creek Township-Post Office.
Hancock's Bridge; Post Office, Canton.
H.. L. Neck Township-Russefl's store,
Pennsville; store H~arrisonviHe.
Warrington Township-School House.
Welchville; Frisby's store Fenwick;
Wright's store, Claysvilfe.
O1dmans Township-Chew's store. Au-
burn; Cauley & Green's store, Pedrick-
town.
Penns Grove-North-Layton's Cigar
store; Post Office. South-Robbins'
Drug store; Johnson's Drug store, South
Broad street.
Pilesgrove MISUNDERSTANDING store.
Sharptown; Dufield's store, YORKTOWN /;
James Toulson's store, Woodstown.
P~ittsgrove Township-Harry Woods
store, Centreton; Post Office, Norma /;
Frank Woods store, Palatine.
QuintOn Township-Hires' store, Quin-
ton; Half Way House.
Salem-East Ward-First = Miller's
blacksmith shop, Wright's store. Second
Charles Fighters store. Third-Stan-
dard Office; George Loper's meat store.
West Neutrality-suspicious. cigar store !;
WentzelPs grocery store. Second-Fire
House, Front street; Crayen's store,
Fourth street. Third-Gassner's store.
Carpenter street Riley's store. Carpen-
ter street.
U. p. Neck Township-Post Office,
Carney's Point; Y. NJ. G. A. Carney's
Point; Entrance Plant No. 2.
u. Pittsgrove-First-Shultz's store
Shirley; Barrett's store, Daretown Ed.
Fosters store, Pole Tavern. Second
MacFarland's store, Monroeville; STRAIT
tons store, Elmer.
Weodstown-Post Office front of Mon
criefs pool room.
In Salem county the total number re-
7gistered was 5642. OF this number
Penns Grove furnished 1455, Upper Penns
Neck 1853, total 3,30S; leaving 1884 for
the remainder of the county. OF that
number Lower Penns Neck had 3O7, Sal
EN- city had 721, leaving only 1906 for
all other parts of the county.
The Government is calling the draft
on an estimated population made pre-
sumably on the enrolment which is a
false idea because the heavy enrolment
in Penns Grove and Upper Penns Neck
was caused by the thousands of powder
workers many of whom are single men
and foreigners with no families from all
parts of the world. Consequently, the
government estimate is unfair to Salem
county.
The population of Salem county by
the Federal census of 1910 was 5000 /;
Penns Grove, 2,11S; Upper Penns Neck
Township, 744.
The state census in 1915 showed Salem
county had 3O,292 inhabitants; Penns
Grove 4,412; Upper Penns Neck Town
ship, 1859. That was the first year after
the inflow of powderworkers.
OF the 5.642 men registered in Salem
County. 1895 are aliens and SIS are color
ed. On this inflated estimate of popula-
ton Salem County has been allotted to
raise 656 men. There have been Isl from
the county to enlist in the National Guard
and regular army. leaving sos men to be
drafted. After munition workers. farmers
and Friends are exempted there will be
heavy draft ON others.
Now the Government estimates the
population of Salem County at 50, IT'S,
which is not only unfair but untrue. To
require a number of troops from Salem
county IN such an estimate and then ev-
clude the munition workers would be
grossly unjust but a crime against the
others enrolled who would nave to be
called.
The Government officials have not re-
vealed the way they estimated the DO.
pulation which should not be taken into
the draft. 1t is believed that the esti-
mated population was made by multi
plying the number of persons registered
in each district by some usual number
which would give the relation between
registration and population under ordin-
airy enrolment under extraordinary cir.
and Upper Penns Neck has an extraordin.
airy enrolment under extraordinary cir.
cumstances living under abnormal con.
ditions.
Governor Edge and Adjutant Barber
have appealed to Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder asking that action be taken
to correct these unfair and unjust in
CAPABILITIES.
Instead of drawing several thousand
numbers in different localities by the
local or state registration boards, the
numbers will be drawn at Washington
and the mel who have those numbers in
their polling precinct will be the mer
called. They are to appear before the
county registration boards for physical
examination. If they fail to pass that
they will be dismissed.
If they are physically fit they will BIZ
assigned to the duties they are best quail
flied to perform.
Salem county raOisfrafiou hoard oon