The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-13
CENSUS SHOULD
Be COMPLETED
IN Three DAYS
OILY 259 Refusals Have
Been Recorded by Agents
of Gov. Holcomb.

Hartford, March 13.-Ihe TACT tnat
out of 355,741 completed blanks re-
turned to the State Headquarters or
the Connecticut Military Census TO
date, only 259 refusals to give the IN
formation asked, have been received
is revealed by the second preliminary
report to Governor Marcus II. Hol-
comb presented last night by MS COM
mittee of special assistants for the
census work. In 107 cities and towns,
the census is completed. Many other
important details of progress at the
State Headquarters are given in the
report which is in part as folloWs:-
At your request the census bureau
hereby submits a report OF its work
to date.
On FEBRUARY you delivered your
message to the General Assembly ad-
vising the taking Of a census OF men
and materials, recommendation
which the General Assembly prompt
ly adopted. On February IL the state
headquarters was organized and the
first census blanks were issued. Or
ganizat ton was complete in every city
and town of the state on Washing
toms birthday, February %. Under
uuired for the work, the census should
be complete three weeks from Febru-
ary 22nd, or on March is. To this
should be added two weeks for the
tabulating Of the returns and winding
up the affairs Of the bureau.
Organization of the state was MADE
by calling upon the mayors Of the
cities and the first selectmen of the
towns to act as supervising agents OF
the census in their respective COM
munities. They were instructed to
appoint census agents for the actual
taking of the census to the number OF
one for every estimated 30 male in
habitants. Little or no difficulty was
experienced in securing an ample
number Of volunteers to do this can
vassing. Upon receipt of the names
Of these volunteer census agents at
state headquarters, commissions,
signed by the governor and bearing
his seal, possession Of which is highly
priced, together with abadge, were
issued as evidence Of authority. Up
wards of 5000 census agents were ap-
pointed, to whom commissions and
badges were issued. The mayors and
first selectmen were urged to make
the appointment of census agents at
the earliest possible moment in order
that they might receive their COM
missions from headquarters and be-
gin the actual work Of canvassing
without delay. The work was greatly
expedited by making a canvass OF
large manufacturing plants. office
buildings, mercantile establishments,
etc., and removing the names of those
canvassed from, an alphabetical card
index of the male residents of the
town previously prepared before start
ing the house to house canvass.
The following is summary of re-
suits to date:
1853 Cities and Towns I'm the State.
The number Of males over 16 years
old in the state is estimated as being
one-third of the total population of
the state as shown by the census Of
1910. 388,S15.
Returns to date, 355,741.
'(The above is over 81 per cent. of
the estimated total.)
Resume.
107 Cities and towns complete.
All towns with two exceptions are
over IS per cent. complete.
All cities with one exception are
over rs per cent. complete.
Actual returns average 5 per cent.
greater than estimated by bureau.
Number Of refusals to give infor-
nation to date 259.
In the tabulating work, great as
sistance is being rendered as a patri-
otto duty to your census bureau by
these insurance companies: The Hart
ford Fire Insurance Co., the Phoenix
Fire Insurance Co., the Aetna Fire In
surance Co., the Aetna Life Insurance
Co., the Travellers Insurance Co., the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Co., and the Phoenix Mutual Life IN
surance Co.
Your bureau has also issued within
a week approximately 1000 forms to
manufacturers of Connecticut, re-
questing certain information. (which
1,427 have already been returned.
Your bureau has also issued approx
mately 200 forms to the nurses of
Connecticut Of which LOIS have been
returned. In addition to these, at the
direction Of the Navy Department,
|syour bureau is preparing to make a
census of motor vessels owned by
residents of Connecticut.
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