The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
.. states Share Of Manhood
for Uncle Sans Army and
National Guard Fig
ured Out.
brill NEED VOLUNTEERS
VIM Want to Get Into the Ma
-, cu,rd Have Chance Now
Need 1,s49 for This
Service.

WASHINGTON, -. VI, ouuo
within the next month Iowa Will pc
..led upon to raise approximately
70 o0O troops for the three war armies,
hrne,ng the total quota Of her hight
~ men In the service OF Uncle sam
"a to about $4,000 men.
The new forces to be raised are
divided as follows:
tifteen thousand for the national
,rnv TO be drawn by selective draft
s s the men registered Tuesday,
June S.
ON One thousand three hundred forty
nine to bring the Iowa national guard
m to war strength.
W ono thousand three hundred ninety
eisht TO complete Iowa's quota of the
"a nm needed to bring the regular
army to war strength.
Iowa has already furnished troops
As follows:
siy thousand eight hundred eighty
three in the Iowa national guard.
Three thousand fifty in the regular
army who have enlisted since the re-
cruiting drive began April l.
Four thousand (estimated) in the
navy. THE navy estimate is cons1d-
cred conservative for the reason that
enlistments in Des Moines in the
navy have greatly exceeded the army
enlistments).
Estimate conscript Force.
Additional enlistments in all
branches since the war department
received Iowa recruiting station re-
| ports about June / will easily bring
| lowa's total quota. when all are in
service, to $4,000. This is 1000 more
| than General Pershing will lead on
the battle front of France.
The figure of $4,000 for Iowa's share
| Of the new conscript army is an esti-
mate for which army staff officials
| stand sponsor 1t is based on the reg
|ular army war quota now being raised.
Iowa was given quota OF 4,44S as
Its portion OF the total quota Of 1885,
ssS needed on April to bring the
regular army to war strength of
$4,000. The war army Of $4,000 to
$4,000 to be called out by draft Is ap-
|proximately three and one half times
1.-The $4,000 on which the first quota
was formed. BY multiplying Iowa's
present quota Of 4,44S by three and
|one-half. army staff officials : explain,
1.-THE total of $4,000 odd should approx
mate lowa's total quota for the draft.
Still Need Volunteers.
The filling of the ranks of the ma
tlonal guard and the regular army
will continue by recruiting volunteers.
Drafting will be resorted to if recruit
ing fails. 1t is believed the Iowa
guard ranks will be complete by July
u when the call to service comes and
that the regular army also will be
practically filed.
The quota Of 1,349 needed to bring
present organizations Of the Iowa ma
tonal guard to war strength, are act
ual figures given by the militia bureau
OF the war department.
Last reports received by the war
department. show that 1,419 Iowa
guardsmen are now in federal service
on guard duty. There are 5,465 not in
FEDERAL service but who will be called
out July Is. This total Of $3.50 is
siioi VI tuC o,loG WHICH mas Deen
nxed by the war department. as the
war strength Of the Iowa guard.
- Guard Strength Raised.
me third figure, 1898, the re-
m - OF 1owa's quota Of 4.44S in
lne campaign to bring the regular
army to war strength, is taken from
report June 5, showing that Iowa
.aa raised 1880, or nearly three
1oarths Its total quota.
Inc present strength OF the Iowa
]. guard is more than double
Us SIZE as given in the last annual re-
port OF the militia bureau July 1 last
sea1. The total strength then re-
p.r.ed was 3,400 This has been rails
- - 70 $3.50 and will be further increas-
= % S'zS2, as shown, when present
" are recruited to full war
suens1n, and then expanded still
,aoie when additional guard units, al.
.eauy authorized, are raised after
present ORGANIZATIONS oro A11aJ