The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-17
NOW COMPUTING
NORTH DAK0TA'S
COUNTY QUOTAS 5
Eight Men in Each Thousand
Population Will Be States
- Proportion Of Draft
ONLY TEN STATES YET
TO FILE THEIR REPORTS
All But 64S Of 1859 Exemption
Districts Heard From
Changes in Local Boards

changes IN Local Boards
Official advices from Washington
today show that North ,Dak6ta's gross
draft quota, based upon the new pop
ulation estimates of 7O6, 992,, is 1874.
From the gross there ara deducted
279 North Dakota men in federal SER
vice April 2, 1,4S6 as the total ma.
tional guard enlistments up to June
80 and 1853 federal enlistments up to
June 80, or a total of 2,11S credits to
which the state Is entitled in Glasses
A, B and G. This leaves North Da'
kota's net quota 5,606 men, who are
to be drawn from the states net
registration total of 64,459, or that
out of every 1l.5 men registered one
eligible must be found for the select.
i've service army.
Quotas Will Vary.
The proportion Of the draft to the
whole population is approximately y
in 1000, and county quotas will be
largely based on such percentage, va
rying only as to credits for enlist
ments and exemptions in each county
BY order of the provost marshal
general, each county exemption board
must mail to the adjutant generals
Office another typewritten copy CIV
ing the draft numbers assigned In
their serial order This will enable
the adjutant generals office to
promptly check off each name as the
number is drawn at Washington.
+ <I@s Changes in Board.
DR.. Brimmi of Griggs county, who
has been commissioned in the medi.
cal reserve. has asked that he be ex.
cused, from duty on the county ex..,
emption board, and authorities have
recommended that DR.. Wesley be
named in his place. John Hildebrand,
county auditor of Mcintosh fears that
because he has one or more rela-
t3ves in every township in that, counf, uuf !
TIL his judgment suAW Is biased and
asks that 6. D. .Grosz of Ashley be
named in hi sMd III M
4 Wire kequisihons. + Fs g
Company commanders today are
wiring to the central department
equipment needs and are filing copies
of their acquisitions with the adju.
tant generals Office. Capt Tom Lon
nevik of Devils Lake advises General
Fraser that he had 125 men quartered
in a hotel on the chautauqua grounds
last night. with a caterer under con.
tract to feed them at rs cents tho day
and that by night he will be recruited
to full war strength.
ONLY TEN VET OUT. w.
Washington, d. c., July 17.-With
only 10 states remaining to be heard
from the organization of the local ex'
emption boards and with the serial
number lists of iregistrants from" all
bdt 649 of the 1859 exemption dis.
tricts on file at Washington, Provost
Marshal General 'Crowder was hopeful
today that the preliminary stages of
the drafting would be completed with
in 48 hours. He prepared to take up
with Secretary Baker later in the day
details of the lottery process for final
Drawing Friday.
If there is no unexpected delay, 1t
seems likely that the drawing can be
held Friday or Saturday. A single
district, which failed to finish it's pre-
iiminary work on time, however, can
hold up action indefinitely
Once past drawing day, General
Crowder pointed out today the neces-
sity for concerted action by the state
forces and the examination OF the reg
istrants and their assignments to the
army or exemption, can proceed in
any state without regard to progress
made in any other community.
No Comment or Criticism.
: General Crowder declined to make
any comment on the statement made
yesterday in the senate attacking the
fairness of the census bureau popula-
ton estimates on which the allot-
ments of quotas under the draft law
is based.
To Draft Only.
Other officials pointed out, however,
that the revised estimates of the CEN
sus bureau were not intended to fix
the actual population Of any cominun.
ity. The estimates are presaged with
the statement that they are ftr use in
with the draft only They
are based upon registration and rep
rescnts the distribution over the conn-
try of men between the ages fixed in
the draft law az liable for military !
service La:gc figures for mary of
the cities are accounted for by the
of the men of daft
age in working in munitions plants.