Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-09
AWAITING REPORTS
FROM 80 STATES
Provost Marshal General Does
Not Expect Full Returns
for a Week.
TO BE BELOW. ESTIMATES

fore all returns of last Tuesdays regis
tration shall have been received at the
ONCE of the provost marshal general
was the intimation today. Returns. IL
was stated. have been surprisingly
slow, and today only little more than
one-third of the states had sent in their
complete registration lists.
1t was expected originally that all of
the returns would be in not later than
today. Instead OF that however. this
morning found only eighteen states
and the District of Columbia with COM
plete tabulated returns in the hands OF
the provost marshal general.
Classification of the registration
cards is progressing slowly, and as
this work must be completed before the
actual selective draft can be made, It
is impossible at this time. It was inti-
mated. to say when the draft machinery
can be set in motion for raising the
first half million men for the new
army. Any intimations to the date
on which the selective draft will be
begun. it was stated. are purely specu-
lative, as nobody has any tangible
basis on which to determine date.
10 Select Exemption Boards.
Selection of the local exemption
boards in all parts of the United States
is the next step to be taken in prepara-
tfon for the selective draft. These
boards. one of which is to be named
for each 10000 population of the coun-
try. Will pass upon the exemption
claims made by registrants. A board
of review is to be appointed for each
federal district. to which appeals may
be made from the decisions of local
boards. The verdict of the boards Of
review. II is stated. will be final. save
dent.
IT.
boards and the boards of review are to
be made by the President, with the ad-
vice and suggestion of men personally
acquainted with conditions In the varf-
GUS communities. 1t is the purpose to
have these boards as absolutely free
from partisanism as possible, SO that
no question can ever be raised as to the
fairness of the decisions the boards will
be called on to make.
Registration returns so far received
Indicate that the actual figures of the
registration will fall approximately Is
DER cent below the census bureaus esti-
mates of the number Of eligibles. When
the provost marshal generals ONCE
closed last night this ratio had been
maintained in the eighteen states and
the District of Columbia, from which
complete returns had been received.
and returns coming in today did not
materially alter the ratio.
Slightly Less Than Estimates.
; - r
Incomplete returns from Illinois and
Tennessee dfcated the registration in
those states world, be only slightly
lass thAR estimated by the census
bureau. Returns from Illinois this
morning. with forty-one precincts In
Chicago and the towns of Rockford
and Springfield missing. showed a total
Of 629.659. Total registration of whites
was 513.143: colored, 20.957: allen. So
SIT; alien enemies. 6,o42: indicated
possible exemptions, 311.037. The
states estimate was 642.53s.
The returns from Tennessee. given
with two counties missing, showed a
total of 187.524. Total white registra-
ton was 142.64s: colored. 44.170: alien.
possible exemptions were shown as
130,5S5. The states estimate was 1885,
479.
Reports From Three States.
The Governor of Mississippi reports
the states total registration at 1884,
525 divided as follows: White, 64,334;
colored. 1850: alien. 567; alien enc.
mics. As; indicated possible exemptions
claimed e6,534: states estimated eligi.
bles, 17T.016.
The Governor of Alabama reports the
states total registration at 179.S2s
divided as follows: White. 10s.610: coll
ored, 80 $50; alien, LIB: alien enemies.
50; indicated possible exemptions
claimed. 12o.47s. states estimated eligi-
bles, 214,795.
ports the states total registration at
127,4O9, divided as follows: White.
1O3.s56: colored. 11,s72: alien. 10.67s:
alien enemies, 1908; indicated possible
exemptions claimed. 72.oS3; states esti-
mated eligibles, 139.sI5.