The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-07
One of First Two States to
Forward Complete Reg
istratiOn Figures
TOTAL NUMBER is
PLACED AT 1858
The State s Quota Was Estimated at
26,826 = Indicated Possible Exemp
tions, 1924 = Country Shows Rela-
lively Few Slackers.

WASHINGTON, June Z. The
mighty roll of honor of American man
mood had begun to reach Washington
last night from the states that had
completed their count of the men of
military age registered Tuesday.
The official figures were too scant
for an accurate estimate of fine total
Of the men who have registered. The
hrst reports showed that the census
bureau estimates Of eligibes had not
been equalled, but officials said that
the numbers by which one or two cities
alone had exceeded the estimates wonld
wipe out the entire deficiency of the
several smaller states sending in the
first official returns.
In some of these cities registration
Stlll was IN progress yesterday, the at
torney general having approved the ac-
uon OF Provost Marshal General Crow
der Ill authorizing an extension of time
where cards were lacking or where the
registration machiaerv prove otherwise
Inadequate.
Until the records Of the great manu-
featuring centers are completed re-
suits OF the registration cannot be
gagged accurately. Gen. Crowder said
tonight that It was not to be expected
that the registration figures would
check with the census estimates. if for
no other reason than that hundreds Of
thousands Of men in the army and ma
W and National Guard were not re-
quired to register.
Only two states, Delaware and Yer
mont, and the District of Columbia had
reported complete official returns when
the Provost Marshal General s office
closed at II o'clock last night. OF
these Vermont was the only one to re-
port higher registration than the es-
Inmates of the war department, show
ing total of 27,65s, against an es-
timated registration of 26,s26.
The Vermont total was divided as
follows: Whites, 24,O22; negroes. Il;
aliens, 3,4S7; alien enemies, y; indi
Gated possible exemptions, 1924.
Delaware reported a total registra-
tion of 21,S64 The District of Co
lumbia's registration reached total
of 32,327. TIE Districts S estimated
eligibles was 36,92S.
Some of the states in which the tab
ulation had not been completed for
warded estimates TO Washington based
on careful survey Of the returns SO
far received at the respective capitals
Among these was Pennsylvania, with
an estimated registration of $4,000
against a war department estimate of
|S76,37S eligibles. Michigan sent an es-
innate of 325 ,000 Rhode island an es-
innate of - 2.S02; New Jersey an esti-
mate of 304,22S,, and Wisconsin an, es-
timate of 229,S97. +
Messages from governors all over the
country showed that there are rela-
lively few slackers to be dealt with.
Already the machiney of the govern
ment is maving to bring these few to
q reckoning. The chief factor in bring
ing them to book, however, will not be
legal processes. Gen. Crowder and the
forces of the department of justice
place. full reliance in the people them
selves in bringing forward these shirk-
ers No plan that would serve that
end will be overlooked.
No man skulking in temporary safe
tv because he is stranger in his com
munity or because his age is not
known will escape if the process of
law can bring him to an accounting.
But it is upon the Indignation of men
and women whose sons or other kin
have faced the issue with courage and
cheerfully recorded their names that
the government chiefly depends to
bring slackers into the open.