The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-26
GOVERNOR EXPLAINS
QUOTA OF COUNTY
Lister Tells Why County Must Give
154 Men While Bellingham Sends
Only AZ

ed why the quota or the country us
trict of Whatcom County was l54,
instead of 125 as expected.
As Whatcom County's country dis
trict had contributed &C volunteers,
it was thought that the governor had
failed to give credit for these enlist
ments, and an inquiry was sent to
Olympia.
The following is the governor S
reply:
81 beg to inform you that the
County of Whatcom has been called
upon to furnish a net quota of 154
men. The city of Bellingham has
been called upon to furnish net
quota of AZ men.
"These figures were arrived at as
follows:
ION July 9Th the President order
ed an aggregate of 6S7,000 men
drafted under the provisions of the
Act of May IS, 1917. This. number
was then proportioned to the total
population of the United States on
July 1st. as determined by the United
States Census Bureau. The Census
Bureaus figure as to the population
of Washington on July /, 1917, was
1.166,S55. The population of What
com county outside of Bellingham,
20,139 and of Bellingham city,
1927. If you will divide l 1,166, ,S55
into the population figures for the
city and county given, you will obtain
the respective proportions OF .017259
and .01647S. The proportion for
every other county in the state ard
for every other large city was OBJ
tanned in exactly the same way.
Using the proportions indicated,
therefore, Whatcom county's gross
quota was 220 and the city of Bell
ingham's gross quota was 210.
From the gross quotas there
were then subtracted three credits
as follows:
"(a) Men who were in the milit-
ary service of the United States on
April /, 1917, enlisted in National
Guard organizations then recognized
by the Militia Bureau of the War De-
partment.
"(bl Men who during the period
from April to June 80, 1917, both
dates inclusive, enlisted in National
Guard organizations recognized by
the Militia Bureau of the War De-
partment or who during that period
became enlisted National Guardsmen
as members of new units recognized
during that period by the said Bur
eau.
"(e) Men who entered the military
service of the United States as men,
bers of the Regular Army during the
period from April 2 to June 80, 1917.
1.-The number of men in Glass (a)
from Whatcom County, outside of
Bellingham, was "a; in Glass (b), "a,
and in class (e) s.. or total of Go.
Deducting from 220 leaves 154,
which is the net quota called for from
Whatcom County, outside the city of
Bellingham. The number of men in
Glass (a) from the city of Belling-
ham was 73. in Glass (b) 81, and in
Glass (c) a, or total for the three
classes of 16S. Deducting from 210
leaves AZ, which is the net quota
called for from the city of Belling-
ham.
1.-The proportions for Whatcom
County outside Bell;ngham and for
Bellingham were determined by ex-
actly the same method used for ev-
cry other county in the State and
for the cities of Seattle, Tacoma, Ev-
erett and Spokane.
"One explanation is to be found
in the facs that the credit in classes
(a) and (b) were very much larger
for the city of Bellingham than for
the County of Whatcom. Any furth-
er disproportion is to be explained
by the figures which the United
States Census Bureau fixed as the
respective populations of the city OF
Bellingham and of Whatcom County,
outside of Bellingham, on July /.
You will understand, of course,
that under the plan of computation
devised by the War Department, and
which has been followed uniformly
throughout the United States, no
credit is given for any voluntary en-
listments whatsoever except those
falling within the three classes des-
cribed."