Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-13
OFFICIAL LIST OF
!. STATEQUOTASFOR
SELECTIVE DRAFT
Oregon Credited with 6,857,
Must Furnish III to Com
plete Number
GOVERNOR APPORTIONS
THESE AMONG COUNTIES
Quotas Of Western States Low
Due To Errors In Census
Estimates

'"oAAA tViij July lo,-1 Inc LOll OF
manhood that each state must furnish
to Americas citizen army, was an
nounced by the war department today.
The figures are based upon total in
itial draft Of 687,0 900 men. In assign,
ing the quota that each state must
yield, the war department used the fed
eral census population estimates.
New York leads all others with &c.
PAL. Oregon is asked to yield the least,
Ut.
Many of the western states quotas
are unusually low because the registra-
tion was only so to 80 per cent of the
first estimates of the census bureau.
Other states in the middle west-Ohio,
Wisconsin, Illinois-ran over the esti-
mates by 10 to 20 per cent.
The quotas were sent to the govern rs
OF each state and territory and the com
missioners OF the District OF Columbia
who were directed to apportion the
quotas through the local boards.
Secretary's Letter.
Secretary Of War Bakers letter,
dated July ~, was as follows:
"By virtue Of the authority vested
in him by act Of congress, entitled an
act to authorize the preaident TO in
crease temporarily the military estab-
lishment Of the United States, approved
May IS, 1877, the president Of the Uni
ted States has ordered the aggregate
number of 6S7O00 men to be raised by
draft for the military service of the
United States, in order to bring to full
the organization of the regular
army and the organization embodying
the members of the national guard,
drafted into the military service of the
United States and to create the nation
al army, and has caused said aggregate
number to be apportioned to the several
states and territories and the District
Df Columbia, as set forth in the schedule
hereto appended.
"The governor of each state and ter
.itory and the commissioners of the Dis
Irict of Columbia, acting for and by the
direction of the president and in ac-
,ordancc with said act Of congress and
rules and regulations prescribed pursu-
INT thereto, shall apportion the quotas
70 apportioned to such states, terri
ories or districts and shall communi-
.ate to each local board established in
such state, territory or district, notice
If the net quota to be furnished by such
,oard and such quotas shall thereupon
oe furnished by the respective local
,oards as required by said act of con
yress and rules and regulations pre-
cribed pursuant thereto
In the announcement by the war de-
,artment allowance was made for men
n each state in the national guard and
volunteers in the regular army and
militia since April /. The credits were /
from the gross quota. In this
vay states that have answered the
resident s call for volunteers viii car
Y lighter burden than the 'fslacker"
tates
The credits allowed states for nation.
4 guardsmen and for enlistments since !
april ! in either the guard or the reg
liar army are as follows:
Credits of the States.
Alabama, 1861.
Arizona, 99S
Arkansas, 1855.
California, 1,786.
Colorado, 5,027.
Connecticut, 1907.
Delaware, 1868.
District of Columbia, 1850. 1
Florida, 1886.
Georgia, S,825.
idaho, 1888.
Illinois, 27,304.
Indiana, 1900.
Iowa, 1852.
Kansas, 11,325.
Kentucky, 1878.