Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-12
ORGANIZATION OF
MACHINERY SLOW
Only 81 States Report Exemp-
ton Boards Ready for
Service.
0KlAH0MA'S QUOTA 12,148
Two-Thirds of l Per Cent Of
Estimated Population Basis
Decided Upon.

WASHINGTON. July II. - Post
pohement until next week of tho
drafting OF numbers OF men who will
ne called for examination for the ma
ucnal army seemed probable TODAY
when II became evident that states
arc not completing organization OF
thelr district exemption boards as
rapidly as war department officials
had hoped. only II states have re-
ported their organization complete,
hltho IN most others only n few dis
tricts are missing. The drawing will
not be made until the lists for tho
country are complete.
Revised Census Estimate Basis.
so-called revised census estimate
FOR the entire country compiled on
the basis OF the draft registration will
be used for determining apportion-
ments. Each city. county or state
must furnish two-thirds Of 1 per cent
OF Its paper population, according to
the new estimates which were made
for the purpose OF equalizing the
draft rather than to represent accu-
rate population totals.
Thus New York city with an esti-
mated population OF 6.504.iS5 must
give AZ. 1892 OF the 6s7, 900 young men
to be called on the first draft. A city
with $4,000 population would be re-
quired to give l66 men. These ap-
portionments would be subject to
slight allowances for alien enemies,
for men who have volunteered and
for other causes.
The population estimates, far from
attempting to show actual populations
simply are improvised figures reached
by considering the number of regis
trants in each subdivision as 9,S2
of the population. since the total
number registered. 9,859.3s2 was
g.32 per cent of the total estimated
population Of 103,635.300. The pro-
cess resulted In large dummy pcpula-
ton showing for cities with war in
dustrles where there has been a recent
inflow OF workmen without their
families. Since the figures are based
on the number of men available for
military service, however. officials
consider the estimates fair as bases
for apportionment
Pleas for exemption of any man
need not be made by him. but may be
entered by wife. other dependent,
employer or any other third person.
the provost marshal generals office
explained In a statement. II also ex-
planned that any registered man alb
sent from his home district need not
return for personal examination hut
may be ordered by his home board to
be examined elsewhere.
Dummy Estimates.
The dummy population estimates
by states follow:
Alabama. 1.946.536: Arizona. 409,-
203; Arkansas. i.594.S35; California,
3,is9.99s; Colorado. S95.335; Connec-
tcut. 1.7ls,623: Delaware. 234,710;
District OF Columbia. S46.S56: Florida,
s25,64i: Georgia. 2.4S6.544; Idaho,
441,6S4; Illinois. 7227.952; Indiana,
2,73s.S93; Iowa. 2.327,079: Kansas.
1.626.226; Kentucky. 2.o24.353; LOUIS
lana, 1,6ss,s62; Maine. 64G.25S:
3.939.561: Michigan. 4,015,O53: Minne-
sofa. 2.317.93s; Mississippi. l,501,345;
Missouri. 3.240,679; Montana. 952.-
47S: Nebraska. 1,270.3Ol: Nevada,
1899: New Hampshire, 403.SS4;
New Jersey. S,255.407; New Mexico.
352. .392; New York, 11,lS7.79s; North
Carolina. 2.146.266: North Dakota.
706.992; Ohio, 6,07i.77l: Oklahoma,
!, 1,S22,470; oregon. 675.092: Pennsyl-
vania. S.9S1.0S2; Rhode Island. 573.-
$50: South Carolina, l,3s4.203. South
S93: Texas. 4.397.097: Utah. 45i.s32;
Vermont. 296. .426; Virginia, 1851 52l;
Washington. 1.166.S55; West Virginia,
/ 1856, 907; Wisconsin. 2,576.93i; Wyo-
ming, 245.226.
Estimates of the leading cities fol-
low:
New York (includlng Bronx. Kings.
New York. Queens and Richmond
6,504.ts5; Chicago. $685.
957: Philadelphia. 2.060,021; Detroit.
| ,521,942: Cleveland. l.125.44O: Bos-
ton. S2S.573; st. Louis. s27.264: Pitts
burgh. 722.425; Baltimore. 6,964;
606,3S4; San Francisco (and
550.333 Milwaukee. $751;
oil: Newark. 469.2s1: Los Angeles.
i53.627: Kansas City. 45l.974 G06,-
3St in Kansas) Cincinnati, 43s.352;
434,453: New Orleans
(nnd parish). 365.955: Toledo, $685.
ss4: Washington. 346.S46; Indianap-
olls, 339.7s5; Akron. 33s.34s.
Other cities estimates. include the
following:
Little Rock. Ark. 57,135: Shreve-
port La. 41.030; Oklahoma City. ST.
524; Tulsa. 6s.93s: Memphis. 5000;
San Antonio. Texas. 133.34S: Dallas,
100. sos; FL Paso, IO0.773: Galveston.
"a bb2. Houston l32.lb7. Fort Worth