Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24
FRS CALM
STATET0CET
TOTAL 1858
Enlistments Cut the Figure
Down From 78, 957-Each
District Is by Itself.

Chicago. July 24-Chfcago's net
quota 0c fighting men for the first
national army is 1852 The first
contingent called for examination.
therefore. viii be 1864. double the
quota og fighting men required.
The fighting quota Of the country
towns Of Cook county IS 2.858, which
means that BIS men viii be called
for the initial examination.
The fighting quota Of the country
towns of Cook county is 2.&5S, which
means that 5,716 men will be called
for the initial examination.
Cook county complete including
Chicago, lis asked TO furnish 27sSt0
fighting men.
The mes quota for the entire state is
5I.653
These figures were announced last
night ny Adjutant General Dickson in
Springfield.
Volunteers "A Big Factor.
The gross total Of the quota in Hi
nois is 1881. but the men who en-
listed as volunteers before the opera
rion Of the draft are deducted from
the gross quota Of each district and
the number Of these men totals 27.304.
which brings the net quota now 90 be
furnished down 30 5l,6
In figuring the net quotas now al
Iorte5 TO each exemption dIstS@t in
the state the adjutant general has de-
Quoted the number of men already en-
listed from the full quota asked, So
that Tho quotas fer the several Chi
cazo districts are not based on the
total registration.
Tor instance. one of the smaller
districts Of Chicago is now asked To
furnish more fighting men in the first
draft than is district with much
larger representation But the larger
district already has furnished sufl-
Client number of volunteers 10 bring
It's net quota down below q much
smaller district where few or viz
tuauE none went into the service
through the volunteer route
Each District By Itself
Each exemption district. then is
figured all by itself and bears no re-
Iatian to the general registration fig
ures. tabUlated in The adjutant gen
erals Office at Springfield. has been
deducted. which figures have not yet
been made public.
So in scanning the Chicago districts
for instance. &c viii he seen that what
purposes to be a large district is now
asked for q comparatively small mum
Der in the first lighting quota.
Out ln the state. also, a first glance
at the tables might indicate that some
counties were getting off with COM
naratfvelE light quota But these coun-
ties already have sent large number
of bows into the service as volunteers
and they are deducted from the tuli
state quota OF 1881
I'm other words. when the 1858
f1e2 quota BOW asked Of Illinois is
raised the state VIII have furnished
its regular quota Of 1887, as $780,
already are in the service
DanYilIe Banner City.
The banner city Of the state Iu Dam
vile. where more men entered the ser
vice as volunteers than We're appOE-
toned 10 that city by the full state
quota I'm fact. SIS more men E0lun-
teered from that city than the entire
quota, SO that in tbe quota now called
bv the adjutant general DanviIle is
not asked TO furnish any men. This
CITY viii not again he called on for
lighting men until after the sHbse-
queur quota called. if one is. wipes
out the SIS excess the city already has.
SaEgamon. the capital city county
also has sent q large number Of men
70 the c0lors as volunteers and the
city now is asked to supply only 5z2
men.
The high county under the net quota
call is Madison. in the southwestern
section of the state. The total now
asked is 1884.
La sale county also gets a high
eall-SL0.
Many Aurora Volunteers.
Aurora. county seat Of Kane county,
is asked for only 204 men, as that city
sent q large number Of volunteers All
of Kane county. one OF the richest and
most popuI0us "a 1he state outside Of
Cook. is asked for only 443 men. The
explanation in all these cases is that
the young men got into the service as
volunteers before the draft machinery
got to going.
Some of the less populous counties
in the far end Of the state don't have
many young men and few are called
Jasper county, for instance, is asked
for only 30 men. and Hardin county,
down on the Ohio river. gets away
with on SO men.
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