Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-12
QUOTAS NOT JUST
IS COUNTY CLAIM
Say Credit Is Given City for
County Men Who Enlisted
Before Draft.
REASON FOR SLOW PROGRESS
Members Of Exemption Board
Contemplate Appeal to
Higher Authorities.

Contending that Tulsa county
portion of those who enlisted prior to
the draft. members of the county ex-
emption board In the near future
place a direct appeal before the gov
ernment authorities in Washington,
asking that an immediate readJust-
ment of quotas be made, 1t was
learned yesterday.
All the county authorities nave
been cognizant for some time of the
injustice they say has been wrought
by the present ARRANGEMENT, no COM
plant was made until ii became ap-
parent that the county Will nave ire
mendous task to supply its quota.
The regulation against which the
county authorities direct their efforts
is that which provides that Tulsa
citys quota he reduced for every man
who has enlisted In local recruiting
office since the beginning of the war.
Unbalanced.
Under this provision, the county
men say the city is required to furnish
much fewer men than the county
whereas the county has approximately
only 60 per cent as many registered
men.
"The unjust thing about the whoie
proposition is that good portion Oh
the enlisted men came from rus,
county instead of from the city, salo
w. l.. North yesterday in commenting
on the issue. THE county has thus
been milked of its eligible men whit
the city get credit"
Now the county is being called
rpon to furnish more drafted men
than the city, and we are forced &c
fall back on our resources until we are
hurt. The city, on the other hand
profits from our patriotism and oD'
tains It's quota with all ease"
Matters came to a head yesterday
when Lewis Cline. clerk of the board
found that 16 men have enlisted since
registration time. thus reducing the
county resources by that much.
Five hundred and eighty men have
been called by the county board dur
ing the past week. OF this number,
only 79 now stand ready to go. II
this average is maintained. 1t is evil
dent that two-thirds or more of the
entire registration must be called be-
fore the present demand is satisfied
Deny Exemptions.
In order to avoid such an alterna-
tive, the county board is scanning
every exemption claim to find an OPP
pOrtunity to get an extra man, mere
and there. Several married men with
out children have been taken, and
other claims have been turned down
in the stress of the emergency.
A special communication was re-
layed to the board yesterday by Adjt
Gen. Ancel carp. who received the
orders from the provost marshal. II
pertains to the clause which allows
for discharge on accoutn of depend
ents and urges the board to use the
strictest Interpretation, so as to catch
every possible man who is eligible
Following is an excerpt
"The controlling necessity is to raise
an army. 1t is advisable to disturb
dependents just as little as the neces-
sity of raising an army will permit
To this end section Is of the regula-
tons was compiled carefully and after
the most earnest consideration. If eX-
perience Is to prove that the generous
conditions prescribed by section IS, oil
any abuse of them, will interfere with
the raising of an army, then 1t is nc
longer advisable to discharge so wide
n class and the conditions stated there
in will have to be restricted until ar
advisable rule is reached"
In Session Sunday.
With this Interpretation in mind
the board will spend Sunday in regu.
lar session, passing on scores of claims
which piled up during the past week
1t is the opinion of the board thai
more than one-third of the quote
should come from those examined
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