The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-07-25
WHITMAN GIVES
OUT N. Y.QU0TAS
Governor Notifies Local Ex.
emption Boards State Needs
69,241 Men.

ALBANY, July 24.-Gov. Whitman to-
night in discussing the draft quotas for
each Of the exemption districts in New
York State said:
The act of Congress authorizing the
President 10 increase temporarily the
military establishment of the United
States provides that the quotas to be
furnished by the several States or sub
divisions thereof shall be determined in
proportion to the population. in accord
ance with regulations prescribed by the
President.
Estimates OF the population OF the
United States and county and city sub
divisions of each State were made by
the Bureau OF Census for use as a basis
Tor the apportionment and the quotas
OF the State have been apportioned by
the President based upon such estimates
The method employed in making the
estimates, as explained by the War De-
partment, was to divide the total regis
tration, under the act by the total
population OF continental United States,
The resulting figure. 9.32 per cent, was
assumed to represent the proportion
which the registrants in each geographic
cal unit represented OF the total popula-
ton thereof, The estimated population
or cities, counties and States was based
upon the assumption that the proportion
which the registrants represented of the
total population was the same through
out the country.
Faircat Possible Basis.
THE War Department in announcing
the results states: One reason for the
nf
the Census Bureau had only q very
short time in which to prepare the esti-
mates. but another still more coRent
reason was that in this manner there
was obtained the fairest possible basis
for the apportionment OF the draft, since
the localities whose population estimates
may be exaggerated are those in which
there Is an excess of men 21 to 80 years
OF age inclusive, while the ones whose
population Is understated are those in
which the proportion OF these ages is
smaller than the average
The total population OF the United
states as estimated on that basis is
l05,S66.0b6 and the population of the
State OF New York ll.is7.7Ss. or lO.6lS
per cent. OF the population OF the United
States
"The gross quota to be furnished nv
the whole United States under the act
Is l'lo2,9Sb. and the gross quota of the
State OF New York by the same propor-
tion. is .i06ls0 per cent. OF the gross
quota of the United States, or 122,424,
On the adjustment OF the Federal appor-
tionment the State is credited with 2i2
and the gross quota OF the State is ixed
at l22,212.
state Entitled to Credits.
Upon the gross quota the State IL en-
titled 10 credit for the number OF en-
listed men (a) who were in the military
service OF the United States as members
Of the National Guard on April l, 1917 (:
(b) who have entered the military ser.
vice Of the United States as members
OF the National Guard during the period
from April to June 80, 1917, both
dates inclusive, and (c) who have en-
tered the service OF the United States as
members OF the regular army during the
period from April to June 30, 1917.
both dates Inclusive.
THE total credits allowed to the State
from the three classes enumerated
amount to b2,97i, leaving the net quota
allotted to the State 69,2ii.
THE regulations issued by the Presi-
dent prescribe the rule by which the
gross quota shall be apport ioned TO the
several counties and to the several
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