Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-06-07
MORE Than 1000 IDAHO COUNTY
BOYS ANSWER q AM READY"
Post List of Those Registered.


Post List Of Those Registered.
The law provides that at least within
five days after registration the county
board shall post at some place near it's
place of business a complete list of all
registered and we are informed by the
board, Messers Yates, Eimers and
Stockton, the list will be posted at the
court house late Saturday. Every citi-
is some person of the registration age
who has failed to register you should
report the Aact to the board
The figures from Idaho county are
now in the hands of the governor who
in turn will forword the same to Wash
ington.
Until those reports arrive federal of
ficials will have nothing to do except
to punish under federal laws those who
may seek to interfere. When the
governor s reports are at hand the ad-
dition of few columns, each contain
ing 4S sums, will give, the net result
of the great undertaking so far as con-
tinental United States is concerned.
The additions will give grand totals
of the number of white and of negro
citizens who have registered, of the in
dicated number of exemptions for Obvi-
Gus reasons; of the number OIL aliens,
and also of all alien enemies in the coun-
try between the ages OF 81 and 81.
Draft Will Occur Soon.
| just how many Idaho county will
have to furnish cannot be absolutely
stated at this time but it is our guess it
will be in the neighborhood of 100 for
the first draft and possibly total of
$50 to make up the entire two million
it is proposed to call to the colors.
These will be drawn in waves of not less
than 100000 at time and late dis
patches from Washington indicate the
first call will be for 625,000 men.
Plans of the war department to draft
from 100000 to 100000 men of the
10,000,000 who, it is expected, registered
Tuesday for the new army were dis
closed by Provost Marshal General
Crowder to the senate military affairs
committee. Exemptions, he said, pro
badly would result in reducing the mum,
Der to 635,000 men for Immediate ser
vice.
While the war departments had or
iginally planned to first select 100000
men, General Crowder told the com
mittee the plans have been revised anG
is now is proposed to require 625,O0O
To secure this number he said it prob
ably win ben ecessary to draft at least
100000 and possibly 100000 because
of expected exemptions.
General Crowder told the committed
the additional l25,000 would be needed
to fill up vacancies in the army o.
100000 an to keep training camps il
/ continuous operation. When the orig
J inal plans for service from half mil
! lion men were made, he said, the de
partment had not planned to sen,
American forces abroad so soon. Gas
J ualties from foreign service, he believ
J ed, sickness, etc, make necessary a re
serve of l25,000 men, in addition to tn
, duty at training camps.
General Crowder told the committe
; he favored immediate drafting of me-
registering rather than postponement o
, the draft for several weeks after regis
) tration. He regards it desirable tina
men drafted may know and can have
few weeks to make their personal al
2 rangements before called to the colors.