Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-03
ARE SORTING THE
MILITARY CENSUS RETURNS
War Data Being Classified in All Man
ner of Way.

MILITARY CENSUS RETURNS
War Data Being Classified in All Man
ner Of Way.
! The state library is partly a mill
tary institution now, for one floor OF
| the building is the states storehouse
| of facts concerning the man power
and industrial resources of Connect1-
| cut The results of the military CEN
sus taken under the direction of Gov
ernor Marcus H. Holcomb, have been
| turned over to State Librarian George
S. GODDARD. by the governors assistants
in the census, and are now being tab
u1ated in their permanent home.
The man power census and the In
ventory of the resources of the state
in men and materials are in the Gus
tody of Mr. GODDARD. who made it plain
yesterday in a statement to a reporter
that no information from them will be
issued except upon order from the
governor State or federal authorities
desiring Information will have to APP
ply to Governor Holcomb first. This
will avoid conflicting results from too
many cooks"
The war data is being classified in
all manner of ways and Connecticut
will soon have the most complies in
forma ton bureau Of the Kind in the
nation.
The state library has received over
10 COO individual returns on the man
power division of military census.
These are being arranged according to
those who are fit for military service
and those who are unfit. They are
also being arranged in age groups
ranging from 16 to As and under is
and over 45, with dependents and with
out dependents. The aliens are ar
ranged by groups with special tabu-
latio1s showing the enemy aliens with
in the states borders. Another group
comprises those who have taken out
first papers but are not yet natural
inf Of
coded, the HOllerith punch card sXs-
tenn being used. The cards. besides
giving much other infOrma ton, indi-
cate the special abilities Of each man.
The point q present is to find out
how many in certain towns come with
in certain specified age groups and
are available for service, and the work
is being rushed to completion as fast
as possible.
The state automobile department has
been held up by the rush of business
during the last few weeks in it's work
of sending out cards to motor vehicle
owners. to ascertain what service the
state could expect from them. About
40 900 cards, however, have already
been sent out.
The motor vehicle returns are as
follows:
Class A-Motor truck to be ready
at two hours notice for three work
ing days.
As hours notice for 80 working days.
Glass Occurring cars or runabouts
to be ready at two hours notice for
three working days.
Glass D-Touring cars or runabouts
to be ready at As hours notice for god
Class EEMotorcycles to be ready
at two hours notice for three work
ing days.
Class F-Motorcycles to be ready
at 4S hours notice for 30 working days.
Glass 9-Already promised for de-
Tense purposes.
Glass H-Ambulances and similar
vehicles.
The returns are being arranged by
towns alphabetically; then alphabet
cally by owners under towns. The
cards which are being returned are
in files by suitable guide cards bear
ing the names of the towns.
The cards showing the industrial
power and other resources of the
state are being similarly handled.
Close to 100000 a year will go into
treasures of Connecticut towns ard
cities as an indirect result of the mill
tary census, which recently was taken |
in this state under the direction of
Governor Marcus II. Holcomb.
The additional income which will be |
by towns of the state will |
come from personal taxes, for it is |
known that thousands of persons liza |
BILE to pay the tax, but included in the |
enrolment, were listed by the census. |
Conservative estimates put this num- |
Der of names which will be added 20 |
personal tax enrollments in the 16S |
towns of the state at from 40, 900 to |
10000. which at 81 a year-the amount |
Of the tax-means thousands of dol |
ars annually in increased revenue.
The last personal tax enrolment of
The state, that upon which collections |
now are being made includes 269, lilo |
names, according to information OBJ |
.ained yesterday at the office of Tax
Commissioner William H. Corbin. The |
military census includes the enrolment |
Of about 4e1 900 individuals. This |
makes the census total about 224 900 |
names above the last personal tax en-
This figure, of course, includes a
arge number who are above or be-
ow the IS to so age limits. or who are
exempt from paying the personal tax
who have made careful inquiry into
he statistics are certain that at least
20 per cent of the additional names
will be found to be persons liable for
ne military tax and not previously
listed.
The proceeds of this s2-a-year tax
20 to the treasures of the several
owns and cities and not to the state.
Inasmuch as persons in the regular
lrIny or navy or in the National Guard
ire exempt from the personal tax. it is
that, because Of the draft
likely to be made in the near future
he number of exemptions will be
ire made next fall. 1t is certain. how
,ver, that the increase in the lists be-
,ause of the military census, will net
several times the amount of revenue
ost through these additional exemp-
ions.