The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-17
bIRESIDENT DRAFTS
MEN FOR WAR FORCE
South Carolina to Give 18,0S1 to Con-
stitute National Army and Fill Up
Gaps Left in Ranks Of National
Guard and Regulars.

Washington, July ia formal Or
der by President Wilson drafting os',-
900 men into the military service un-
der the selective conscription law was
promulgated today by the war depart
ment. together with an official aliot-
ment showing what part Of the total
must be furnished by each State ana
territory
The only steps now remaining are
distribution by the governors of State
quotas among the local exemption dis
thicts, and the great lottery, which
will probably be held next week TO
establish the order in which regis
trants are to present themselves for
service or exemption.
The men summoned for service Will
be used to fill the regular army ana
National Guard to war strength and
to organize the first 100000 of the new
National army. The total of these
three forces will be 1,262,ss5 men.
Later another 100000 will be called
out supplemented by sufficient men to
make I'D losses and maintain reserve
battalions.
Following is Secretary Bakers an
nouncement of the order:
.sBy virtue OF the authority vested
in him by an act of congress entitled
can act to authorize the president 10
increase temporarily the military es-
tabEshment of the United States, ap--
proved May 1S, 1917, the president OF
the United States has ordered the as-
eresafe number of 200 men to be
graised by draft for the military service
of the United States in order to BRING
to full strength the organizations en-
bodying the members Of the National
Guard drafted into the military service
of the United States and to create the
National army and has cs1seo san
aggregate number to be apportlonea 20
the several states and territories anu
the District of Columbia, as set forth
in the schedule hereto appended.
To Apportion Quotas.
"The governor of each State and
territory and the commissioners CT
the District of Columbia acting for
and by the direction of the president
and in accordance with said act OF
congress and rules and regulations
prescribed pursuant thereto shall ap-
.,,rtion the quota so apportioned to
such State territory or district and
shall communicate to each local boara
established in such State, territory Or
district notice of the net quota to De
furnished by such board, and sucn
net ouotas shall thereupon be furn-
ished by the respective local boards
as required by said act of congress
and rules and regulations prescrlb-
ed pursuant thereto"
In computing the number OF. men 70
be required from the various States,
the government put to the credit OF
each State every man it now has N
the National Guard and every man 1t
has contributed since April as war
volunteer to the regular army.
Placing on the debt side OF the
\ ledger the National army Of 100000,
&mhe- entire National Guard at war
ength and the number Of war vol
unteers needed April / last to bring
the regulars up to war strength, the
grand total was apportioned according
20 population. This gave gross
quota for each State, from which a
net quota was computed by checking
off the number of National Guardsmen
available for federal service and the
number of men given by the State to
tbe regular army since the appor-
tfonment was made on the basis OF an
estimated grand total for the United
States and it's possessions of 1885,
$50 inhabitants.
Number to Be Called.
Credit is given to the various States
for a total of 465,sS5 voluntary en-
listments in the National Guard and
regulars, making the total net quota
for all States $4,000 men. Following
are the net and gross quotas for each
State:
Quotas by States.
The quota of men which each State
in the South will be required to fur
nish from those registered on June .
follows:
Alabama 1852; Arkansas 1o,2S7;