The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-06-22
TO GO TO Fl. Riley NO SLACKERS HERE.
100 PER CENT REGISTRATION IN
STATE ACCORDING TO
RETURNS.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What % Going On Here and There
That 10 Of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

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Redield.-The first draft will un-
doubtedly come from the ranks Of the
men who make no claim to exemption.
There are 2 5,541 of these men in South
Dakota, and counting all who are cut
out by physical examination or on &C.
count Of occupation it should leave q
total of at least 10000 from which to
pick the men to fll South Dakota's
quota. On the basis of q total draft
Of $4,000 men and estimating South
Dakota's total population as 900, 900.
this state will have to furnish $3.50
men in the first draft. Coupled with
at least $500 who will be in the ma
tional guard and an estimate of at
least $500 others who have gone to
the regular army, the navy and the
marine corps, South Dakota will have
10000 men in service by the begin
ming of the new year.
The total registration returns which
aggregate 5S,O14, or a total of about
l 10000 less than the war departments
estimate, in view Of the fact that there
has been but a very slight increase in
the population since the last state GEN.
sus, taken in 1915, the figures would
point to practically a 100 per cen reg.
istration, as the war department
roughly estimated that the registra.
ton would reach 10 per cent OF the
total poulation, and South Dakota
showed $50, 765 in 1915. In 1915 there
were 129.724 persons of military age
in South Dakota. I. e., from Is to As
years. On this basis the registration
in South Dakota would have only been
approximately $4,000, but as the num-
Der in each age class is less with each
advance in years allowance of 10000
is made in covering the Fl to 81 age
class.
OF the entire total of IS, OLA register
ing, there was a total of 1921 who in
Dictated exemptions of one sort or an
other and 1854 who did not seek in
any way to avoid the military service.
This makes the percentage not claim
ing exemption for South Dakota be-
tween A and As, which is an extreme
ly good showing, according to newspa-
per reports of the registration in some
eastern states. The highest percent
age not claiming exemption occurs in
Jones county. where 66 per cent were
willing to be drafted and to go into
the trenches. In this respect the west
ern counties as a whole showed a big
ger percentage than their eastern
neighbors. This is due largely to the
comparatively unsettled condition OF
the counties and also to the fact that a
larger percentage Of the population is
Of the ages included in the act OF May
18. Thus Corson county, with a total
population of only 1,104 in 1915, reg
istered a total of 808 between the ages
of 81 and 81 in 1917. This would indi-
cate an enormous increase in popula-
ton within the past two years, but a
fair proportion of this seeming in.
e is explained by the fact that a
large part Of the population are young
homesteaders. Hutchinson county
shows the smallest percentage Of per-
sons not claiming exemptions. and this
is easily explained. as large Mennon.
tie settlements exist in this section
and, as their religion does not allow
them to make war. the people should.
be classed as conscientious object
ors."
The figures available show that
there r 2.6O6 aliens within the state
- tho nnuonrip< o~o orH AoA o14ou 900
mics. On the basis OF 10 per cent, this
means 1870 alien enemies Of all eges
within the state.
Custer county, with nine legislative,
judicial or executive officers between
the prescribed ages, leads the list in
this respect. In the matter of total
disability Minnehaha leads, with Sc
men claiming 1t as q ground for X
emption; however, comparatively, Lin.
coin Is far ahead. with less than half
the total registration 1t boasts, or
c~onfesses to. q total OF ~
claiming total disability. Lake county.
with nearly as big a registration,
shows up with an entire personnel Of
perfect specimens. as NO one claims
this as . ground for escape from serv.
Ice.
The claims for exemptions on &C.
count Of dependents Is probably far
in zee Of the number who will be
allowed such exemptions in all cou
ties. However. in this respect Lin
coin IL again far In the lead. With
566 seeking exemption in that county,
l7S give dependents" AS the cause.
Alien enemies seem to be pretty well
scattered throughout the state. Every
county has 'one or more, but Brown
with 81 leads. with Minnehaha follow.
ing.