Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-15
BLANKS
SENT AS FIRST MOVE
IN WAR CONSUMPTION
100000 Forms Are Mailed
by the War Department to
the Mayors and SheriffS of
the Country

WASHINGTON. May 13.-The govern
step toward putting into effect the Sc
lective service system for raising an
army of 1000. 600 men.
Certain of speedy action by congress
on the army bill which came up for final
debate I'm the house at 1880. the war de-
partment began distribution of 100000
registration blanks through which all
males OF the nation between the ages OF
q and 80 will be card indexed. These
blanks went to sheriffs and mayors or
hundreds OF communities.
The cards contain blanks for Il ques-
tions-every detail the government wish
es to know about its potential soldiers
and a query whether exemption is
claimed.
The twelve questions asked are as
follows:
I. Name.
?. Home address.
>. Date OF birth.
4. are YOU ID a natural horn citizen.
90 a naturaIized citizen: CD an alien.
90 or have YOU declared your inten-
ton Specify which.)
;. Where were YOU born?
.. IL not a citizen. of what country
are YOU a citizen or subject?
:. What is your present trade, occu-
patton or office
5. BY whom employed? Where EN-
pIoyed?
9. Have YOU a father. mother. wife.
child under twelve. or a sister or brother
under twelve, solely dependent upon you
for support? tSpecify which,
10 Married or single. which? Race?
Specify which,
II. What military service have you
had? Rank. branch. years, nation or
state?
Il. Do YOU claim exemption from
draft? CSpecify grounds)
Men who are absent from their home
states will he required to procure a
card wherever he may he and mail it to
the county clerk at his home.
Distribution of the cards is expected
to be completed within a few days.
According 10 estimates compiled by
the bureau OF census. New York City
alone should register 624,7 zoo men of be
tween twenty-One to thirty years in
elusive: Chicago. 3O0.SoO: Philadel-
phia. 1850: St. Louis. $4,000; Bos-
ton 1880: Cleveland. $4,000; Balti-
more 1900. and Pittsburg. $1,000.
The figures given by the bureau are
based on the average annual numerical
increase I'm population for the different
cities and states since 1910, when the
last accurate census was compiled.
New York state leads in the country
I'm available material for war with ap-
proximately 1.o6S,OO0 men. subject TO
selective service. Pennsylvania is next
with s74,OOO and Illinois third with
639. soc.
The registration possibilities for
other states compiled as follows by the
bureau:
Alabama, 2O9sOO: Arizona. $4,000;
Arkansas, 156.6OO; California, 1000;
Colorado, 100. 800. Connecticut. 123.6OO:
Delaware. 2O.1OO: Florida. $500: Geor-
gia. 255. 4OO: Idaho, 5I.SOO: Illinois, 639.-
500: Indiana, 253,6OO: Iowa. $4,000;
Kansas. 175.90O; Kentucky. 2O2. 200;
Louisiana. III, 900: Maine. $4,000: Mary
land, I21,50O: Massachusetts. $50, 400;
Michigan, 2SS. 100: Minnesota, 244,7OO:
Mississippi. 175.1OO; Missouri, 315,6OO;
Montana. $4,000: Nebraska, 129. 400: Ne
vada. $500; New Hampshire, 36,S00;
New Jersey, 3OO. 200: New Mexico, AL
500: New York. I.0ss.OOO: North Caro-
lima. 194, 400; North Dakota. $4,000;
Ohio. 494. 800; Oklahoma, 213,5OO: Ore
Eon. l0S.1OO: Pennsylvania, $4,000:
Rhode Island. $4,000: South Carolina,
l57.lOO: South Dakota. s0.5O0: Tennes-
see. 195.OSO: Texas. 10000; Utah. 46,-
zoo: Vermont, 29.4OO: Virginia, 1S6.4OO;
Washington. 2I7.4OO: West Virginia.
141.6OO: Wisconsin, 229.5OO; Wyoming,
$500. and District of Columbia, 81
400