The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-21
Enlistment Statistics Refute
Stacker Charges Made by
Some Writers
PERCENTAGE HIGH
IN ENLISTED MEN
Up to June 80 State Had Furnished
1854 Per Cent as Compared with En-
tire Nation-Many Enistments Since
Figures Were Given.

ST. JOHNSBURY, Nov 21-Tne
Republican prints in its columns to-
day a most informing letter from Gov.
Graham giving for the first time the
complete statistics of the enistments
from Vermont in this war. The letter
il in reply to one sent by the editor
Of the Republican calling the governor 5
attention to the fact that the metro
rolitan daiEes and particularly Col
ier's Weekly had branded Vermont as
Stacker state. Gov. Graham s letter
il a complete denial of these charges
and shows that the Green Mountain
state stands well up in the list in its
percentage of enlisted men. Gov.
Graham writes as follows:
In compliance with your request for
information about Vermont = enlist
ments, | am forwarding the following
statement of facts:
Acting under the provisions of the
Act of Congress approved May IS,
1917, the president ordered the in
crease of the military forces of the
United States, comprising the regular
army, National Guard and National
army to an aggregate of ,l52,oS5 en-
listed men. In the selection of the ma
tional army, the president on July -,
1917, apportioned TO the several states,
territories and District of Columbia
a so-called gross quota representing
the proportion of such 1925 $50 as
each STATE and territory and the Dis
trict of Columbia should furnish.
based upon the ratio between the to-
tai population Of each state and ter
ritory and the District Of Columbia
| The gross quota assigned to Vermont
was 3, 243.
On the first of July, 1917, the adiu-
| tant general of the army reported to
| the provost marshal general three
| classes Of enlig,ments; i. e. (a) en-
| listed strength of the National Guard
| at the time Of the President s call;
| tb) enlistments in the NationaA Guard
! to June 80; (c) enlistments in the reg
ular army TO June 80, 1917. These en-
hatments were credited the several
states, territories and the District Of
Columbia to determine the met quo.
| IA OF difference TO be furnished
by selection or draft.
I.
The total enlistment i'll the United
States into the regular army up to
June 30 was ,974 men, or 1923 per
cent OF the gross quota. In Vermont
| for the same period, the enlistments
totalled 205 men, or G.23 per cent OF
the gross quota. Vermont, therefore
furnished 6l.I7 per cent of its share
of men for the regular army for this
period.
With respect to enlistments between
the date of call and June so, 1917, int
the National Guard and regular army
the figures for the United States az
9regated 30l,693, or 26.l5 per cent o
the gross quota. In Vermont for tn,
same period, there We're 1916 enlist
ments, or 40.57 per cent of the gros
! quota. As compared with the entir
nation, Vermont ha, furnished l55.1
3 per cent Of its share. In these enlist
ncnts, Vermont stood seventh, follow
ing Oregon, $3.50 per cent; Wyoming
J5.3l per cent; Kansas, $40 per cent
South Dakota, 47.06 per cent; Maine
1923 per cent, and Iowa, 4 per cent
4 III
t With respect 10 the strength Of tn
= National Guard at time of cali an
= subsequent cnlistments to june 81
!, 1917, in the National Guard and regt
I lar army the aggregate for the Unit
= ed States was 465 $50, or 40.42 pc
J., cent Of the gross quota. Vermont
;, aggregate for the same period wa
PISS, or G7.47 per cent. AS compare
e with the rest of the Union, Vernon
e furnished 1862 per cent CT its shar
In this list Vermont stood eighth II;
waiian Territory, 1927 per cent; Or,
gon, 90.l2 per cent; District of Colun
bia, 1914 per cent; Maine, 74.l0 pc
J cent: New Hampshire, 1927 per cent