Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-07-20
Idlers VIII Be Made To Go To Work.

Governor Harrington on Wednesday took |
the first step in actually putting the screws
upon those who neither work nor fight
He issued a proclamation requiring IN |
employed able-bodied men between the
ages of Is and so years. with certain ex-
ceptions. to register on or after August 20 |
name. address. age and other needed in
formation. The registration will be with
the clerks OF the circuit courts In the coun-
ties and with the clerk of the superior court
in Baltimore city.
On and after August 20 the sheriffs will
begin rounding up the dodgers.
Any person who disobeys the Governors
assignment to work after the registration
shall have been completed viii be subject
to fine up to $500 or to Imprisonment
up to six months. with assignment to the
work afterward.
A great deal Of work is to be done be-
fore August 20 in preparing the machinery
for the registration.
The Compulsory Work law. under which
the Governor is acting. provides that idlers
may be put to work in occupations carried
on by the State. Baltimore city or any of
the counties. or any Of their agencies: or
in occupations carried on by private per-
sons, firms or corporations. whether such
occupations be agricultural, industrial or
otherwise. provided that such occupations
are essential TO the welfare and protection
Of the people Of the State and nation dur
ing the war.
The proclamation is. in part. as follows
Persons able to support themselves by
reason Of the ownership Of property or in
come and those supported by others are
included among those required to register.
Persons falling within the following de-
scriptions will not be required TO register
Il. Students and persons fitting them
selves to engage in trade or industrial pur-
suits.
"2. Persons temporarily unemployed by
reason Of differences with their employers.
%. Persons engaged or employed in any
seasonal business, trade or occupation car
ried on in Baltimore city or Alleeany
county.
Rules and regulations will be prepared
and published governing the assignment
Of persons Of the description aforesaid to
work, which will assure that all persons
similarly circumstanced shall. as far as it
is possible to do 50. be treated alike.
In due time. and from time to time. |
will proclaim the occupations which find
to be essential for the protection and well
fare Of the people Of this State and the
United States. and which find cannot be
carried on as the protection and welfare
Of the people Of this State and the United
States require without resort to said Act"
Maryland Draft Quota, 1906 Men.
Secretary Baker announced last Friday
the official assignment Of the quota of the
national draft army to be furnished by
Maryland under the first draft Out Of the
total Of 6S7. 900 men to be drafted for the
first draft. Maryland will be required TO
furnish 7.096 men. The gross quota Of
Maryland for the National Guard, the reeu-
lar Army and for the first contingent OF
the National Draft Army Is 14.139 men.
Maryland has been credited with the num-
Der Of men that she has raised for the
regular Army and the National Guard-a
total OF 7.0i6 men. After giving the State
credit for these men and making the
proper adjustment, the War Department
finds that Maryland must raise total OF
1905 men for the military service Of the
United States under the first draft, This
Is the number Of men to be furnished by
Maryland under the first draft to raise its
draft army forces and to round out its
National Guard and Its share Of the reRu
lar Army.
According to the figures made public.
the number Of men in the National Guard
Of Maryland on April 1. 1917. was $3.50.
The number Of men who are credited by
the War Department with having enlisted
In the National Guard Of Maryland be-
tween April 2 and June 80, 1917, is given
as 3.l5l. The number Of men who en-
listed in the regular Army between April
2 and June so and who are credited as
being from Maryland is given as SGT.
Maryland's regular Army war quota is
1854 men. As II has not been filed, Il il
necessary in the drafting process to obtain
from Maryland not only enough men for
its share Of the draft army and National
Guard. but its share Of men yet needed to
round out the regular Army
In computing the quota for Maryland the
War Department officials have worked out
a very elaborate table which shows for
each State its population. its proportionate
bearing TO the population of the entire
country. the gross quota Of men that each
State must furnish to supply the country
with an army Of i,i52,965 men composed
Of regulars. euardsmen and drafted men,
the credits to be allowed each State for the
number Of soldiers 1t has already furnished
to the guard and to the regular Army. and
this computation shows that 6S7 900 are
needed from the entire country to round
out the guard. the regulars and the draft
army. Of which Maryland must raise 1905
men.
When these have been raised Maryland
willhave furnished, according to the figures
made public. total Of i4,139 men as its
share Of the army Of i,i52.98 men now
being raised for the first year of the war.
Later when other drafts are ordered by
the President Maryland will be called upon
for more men.
The War Department has announced
that 9S5 men enlisted in the National
Guard Of Maryland during the month Of
June.
The quota of men which other States
will he reotiired m fuYniah o, tha -, H.. o.