Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-14
DRAFTED MEN TO
GO THREE WAYS
Will Fill Regular Ranks and
National Guard and Organ
ize New National Army.
0KLAH0MA'S QUOTA 19,943
Every State Gets Credit for
Those Already Enlisted in
Military Service.

WASHINGTON. July ia formal
$500 men into the military service
under the selective conscription law
was promulgated today by the war de-
partment. together with an official al
lotment showing what part OF the total
must be furnished by each state and
territory.
The only steps now remaining are
distribution by the governors of state
quotas among the local exemption dis
tricts and the great lottery, which
probably will be held next week and
which will establish the order in which
registrants are to present themselves
for service or exemption.
Split Three Ways.
The men summoned for service will
national guard to war strength and to
organize the first five hundred thou
sand of the new national army. Tho
total OF these three forces will be
1,262,9S9 men. Later, another five
hundred thousand will be called out,
supplemented by sufficient men to
make up losses and maintain reserve
battalions.
Each State Given Credits.
In computing the number of men
to be required from the various states,
the government put TO the credit of
each state every man II now has in
the national guard and every man it
has ontIibuted since April as war
volunteer to the regular army Okla
homa's gross quota is 19,943.
His Announcement Follows:
by virtue of the authority vested in
him by an act of congress entitled an
act TO authorize the president to in
crease, temporarily. the military estab.
lshment Of the United States, approved
May 10, 1917, the president of the
United States has ordered the aggregate
number OF $751; 600 men to be raised by
draft for the military service Of the
United States in order to bring to full
strength the organizations of fhe regular
army and the organizations embodying
the members of the national guard
/ drafted into the military service OF the
United States and 10 create the ma
tional army and has caused said aggre-
gate number of be apportioned to the
several states and territories and the
District OF Columbia as set forth in the
schedule hereto appended.
The governor of each state and
territory and the commissioners OF the
District Of Columbia acting for and by
| the direction of the president and In
accordance with said act OF congress
and rules and regulations prescribed
pursuant thereto, shall apporton the
quota so apportioned to such state,
territory or district notice of the net
quota to be furnished by such board and
such net quotas shall thereupon be
furnished by the respective local boards
| as requested by said act Of congress and
rules and regulations prescribed pur-
| suant thereto
Placing on the debit side of the
ledger the national army of 500, 900,
the entire national guard of war
strength and the number of war vol
unteers needed April last to bring
the regulars up to the war strength,
the grand total was apportioned ac-
cording to population. This gave a
gross quota for each state, from which
n net quota was computed by check
ing off the number of national
guardsmen available for federal ser
vice ana the number of men given by
the state TO the regular army since
April /.
The apportlonment was made on
the basis of an estimated grand total
| for the United States and Its possess
sions Of 105,3G6,056 inhabitants. This
is paper estimate computed from
registration returns which comes
within the law requiring distribution
of quotas by population, but which
edualiZes in a great measure the bur-
den that is to fall upon the 1859 ex-
emption districts. Each will furnish
under this apportionment the men its
fetal registration would indicate as n
| 70 r,rnnnrtinr rathnr thnn fhn M =
Der the actual population would in
hicate. The total of these gross quotas
is 1,152,9S men.
| Credit is given to the various states
| for n total of 465,9S5 voluntary en-
hstmcnt in the national guard and the
regulars, making the total net quota
! for all states $4,000 men.
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