The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-19
City Has Already Furnished
Quota for First Call.
Kansas AlIOtments Given Out
This Afternoon.
.119 FROM SHAWNEE COUNTY
Nine Counties Are in the Honor
Roll of State.
National Guard and Regular
Army Enlistments Did 1t.


Topeka will not furnish a man
for army service under the gov
eminent draft Friday morning.
Announcement late this after
noon by Charles l. Martin, adju-
tant general, shows that the cap
ital city has furnished 118 men
more than her quota under the
first call. Nine counties and To-
peka city furnished ITO more
men than required under the
quota. Shawnee county, outside
the city of Topeka, will furnish
119 men under the draft.
Completion today of the distribution
for the army draft, shovel that the
men for service under the first call
will come from ninety-six counties
and two cities with populations of
more than 10000 each. Kansas City,
Kan, will furnish SO men, while
Wichita will furnish 29 men. Wyan-
dotte county. outside of Kansas CITY,
is exempted Credits for enlistment in
national guard and regular army units
supplied the quota allotted to the nine
counties and Topeka.
4 In the honor roll are Topeka City.
! the counties of Allen, Chase, Douglas.
7 Ford. Kearney, Montgomery, Ottawa.
Woodson and Wyandotte. ,
Topeka in on Second Drawing.
Topeka, which furnished 118 more
than required under the allotment by
towns and cities. will not receive the
/ credit on the second draft. The extra
/
towns and cities of the state, Shawnee
county outside of Topeka receiving
I her proportionate percentage of the
over-enlistment.
! Two counties-Chase and Woodson
won places in the exempt class by
! virtue of the distribution of over
enlistments. This distribution gave
! each of the counties two more men
than were required under the appor-
/ tionment.
Wyandotte and Montgomery coun-
| ties each furnished 220 more men
| than are required under the draft.
Douglas county exceeded her quota
by IT'S, while Ottawa county went s
ahead; Allen, ID to the good: Kearny
county, 4, and Ford county. 2. with
! two extra in both Chase and Wood
son.
/ Cherokee county. in the heart of the
southeastern Kansas mining district,
will furnish the largest number of
conscripts. Her apportionment is 26S-
Leavenworth county is second with a
requirement for 243 men. Butler coun-
, ty, the new oil field center, will fur
nish 1877 men in addition to regular
enlistmen Brown and Jackson
counties will furnish one man each.
Gray county will be called upon for
2. two men.
6,439 From Kansas.
Completion of the apportionment
T., for conscripts will apply on draft
/ drawings in Washington tomorrow
morning. The number of men called
Cor examination will be double the re-
quirement in the original call. I'm
der the call the state is required to
/ furnish 6.439 men in addition to en-
listment for national guard, regular
| army and marine service. Provisions
| of the call in Washington today will
require the drawing of 12,439 men for
! examination, from which the examine
ing boards will select the 6,439 con-
/ scripts
The apportionment by counties ana
cities with populations of more than
10000 for the original draft service is
as follows:
County AIlotments.
Allen, none; Anderson, 40: Atchison.
145; Barber, SIS; Barton, II; Bourbon.
81; Brown. 1; Butler, 1877; Chase.
none; Chautauqua, So; Cherokee, 2es:
Cheyenne. "A; Clark. 35; Clay, 90:
Cloud, 121; Coffey, rs; Comanche, 38;
Cowley. 96; Crawford, 203; Decatur,
SIS. Dickinson, Al; Donipnan 1922;
Douglas, none; Edwards, 43; Elk, 81;
Ellis. SO; Ellsworth, Ca Finney, SO;
Ford, none; Franklin. 90: Geary, Is;
Cove, AZ; Graham. SO: Grant, 8; Gray,
2; Greeley. 8; Greenwood. Is; HamfIs
ton. 81; Harper, 81; Harvey. 20; Has
kell, IA; Hodgeman, Z; ackson, 1;
Jefferson. 4: Jewell. ia: Johnson.
104; Kearney, none; Kingman, 50;
Kiowa, 81; Labette, 1875; Lane, q;
Leavenwortn, 243: Lincoln. IS: Linn,
1903; Logan. IS; Lyon, 1876; Marion, is;
Marshall, 1875; Mcpherson. II; Meade.
Al; Miami. 81; Mitchell. ST: Mont
gomery. none; Morris, 81; Morton, Z:
Nemaha, 113: Neosho, 8; Ness AZ:
Norton 10; Usage. 147; Osborne. Is;
Ottawa. none; Pawnee, s.; Phillips,
116: Pottawatemie, SO: Pratt, 80:
Rawlins, S.; Reno. IS: Republic. f2s,
Rice. So; Riley. %; Rocks 80; Rush.
60; Russell. 10; Saline. Al Scott. 10:
Sedgwick. 1856; Seward, SO: Shawnee,
119; Sheridan, AZ; Sherman Al:
Smith, 1903; Stafford, so; Stanton. Q:
NStevens. 10; Sumner, 11S; Thomas.
45sS Trego. 40; Wabaunsee ST: WAL
lace,>I7; Washington. I25: Wichita.
IA; Wilson. 8; Woodson. none; Wyan-