South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-21
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JULY p, 1917.
THE DRAFT AND DRAFT QUOTAS.


The draft so Ear as concerns the calling of
bers is over and everybody conscrpt age fair
way today know his position in the order Of selection
for exemption examination. rejection assignment
service under the system. there has
been little dissatisfaction with the system though the
apportionng Of the the various and
cities. there seems be question. AS a matter
OF mathematics there is excuse too, though
-oyvfuIy enough. IS reason that certain
hide bound politicians assign it. The south, it
happens seems somewhat favored. all know
what that always TO a republican when the dem
ocrats are in power. For republican make
politics out of the south would be an impossbility
Conceding that the allotments may be unfair to
many communities, it is plainly of methods
rather than wrong intentions we have it.
turned the federal census board and
t.e theory twenty-one thirty
years old are trife less than ninth of all the
people in the country the proceeded turn
lot OF imaginary population statistics. 1t assumed
that the population Of any given community equal
the number O its registered multiplied by %.
Then ratio of that imaginary population the
total population the country indicate
what part Of ou- army that community m furnish.
This method Is obviously inaccurate far as the
population figures concerned. That would
ter much. however. if the thing did work
fairly The question Of population has strictly nothing
the matter. The only thing that counts is
community
What fractional part of the whole community they
constitute varies of course with the nature Of the
community. In some cities there are more than
than men. in some more than
more old men than young men. and vice Every
community should stand on merits by the one
basic test-the number of subject registration
they bear the entire number OF regis
tered men in the country.
But something more is needed full justice. Many
of the registered men aliens subject to the
draf, In some cities they much as third OF
the total registration. In others they negligible
in the community OF sort that
tho registration provide
soldiers whole registered ser. according
The present system Thus that city is obliged fur
nish fifty per citizens proportionately
than the city with alien population.
This is particularly hard on the big industrial com
rnunites where many alien workmen are employed The
burden viii become grievous with subsequent evies IL
the system is not changed. II probably will be but
when is done IL will because the mistake been
discovered, and because bunch political jack
had the republicans in power. and the apparent
favoritism had happened TO fall upon some thickly
settled republican districts
Then too there the political idocy. OF G O P in
cepton that walls because a majority Of the canton
the training conscripts located the
south and southeast VIII they please answer why all
the training camps spanish American war were
located I'm those sections under Prest Mckinley? Fact
OF the matter is they were chosen for suitability and
convenience then now. politics
in it either case-outside the curdled Of
curb-stone politicians out here and elsewhere in the
back woods