The daily progressive-miner., 1918-07-13
OF ALASKA
Military Department Governors s Office
 Juneau

Subject: Provost MarSnal General
 Letter to all Draft Executives under
 date of June 4th, 1918. (No. B.
 1290)
 This office is in receipt of telegram No. B.-1290 from the l2rovst Marshal General. as follows:
 Please immediately communicate to all local and district boards and give to the press for publications:
 One year ago occurred the first reg istration for military purposes of the young manhood of the Nation. Ten million men responded in single day. This accomplishment was nothing short of marvellous. The task of util- izing this enormous force seemed un- achievable But the work of classifi- cation of ths great mass of man power II such a way as to permit of its or ganization and moulding into an effec- tive army was entrusted to forty six hundred and sixty three local boards and one hundred fifty six district boards and one hundred fifty six dis trict boards constituting a force of nearly fifteen thousand of the leading citizens of every community who assis- ted in their work by more than one hundred thousand equally patriotic vol unteers, have performed work that challenges the attention and excites the admiration of all our people. We'll may we pase today, while an- other million of our youths enter the lists, and survey teh results of the wears work Each registrant has been examined and his availability for mill itary service has been determined. In other words these millions of men have been classified in such manner that the Nation may now call for them to come forward into the Army. No call can be so larg e that it will not be filed immediately whether the numt Ter be such as may be filled by those who have been found to stand in the first rank of availability must go forward. In other words all these mil lions of men who one year ago were an inert mass have become mobile Army. Each has found his place and each in his proper turn has marched or awaits the order to march.
 These results could not have been accomplished except through the de- voted and unselfsh labor of patriots. The local and District Boards have scored an unprecedented triumph and have earned the undying gratitude of l the Nation. Their achievement is one of the great successes of the war. They have already sent into camp in- 1 cluding those under orders for June mobilization, an army of more than a million and a half men. They have already produced as soldiers one man out fevery six registrants and the world stands in porfound astonish- ment as it views thi accomplishment.
 Statistically stated, the Local Boards have sent grand total of 1,595,7 70S men to the various cantonment camps and are sending their registrants to camp in the following numbers:
 September General 296,e7S October General 163, 644 November General 35,721 December Generd 20,32O Total furnished to Jan. l, 1918 516.363 January Specialists 2,O24 General 21.264
 Total g 2SS
 February Specialists 5,107 General 7s,s72 Total S3,779 March Specialists 10,aey General 121.s15 l Total 132,484 April General 166.343
 School 1854 Specialists 7O9
 Total 174.377 May General 345,S62
 School 10.175
 Specialists 17,O26
 Total 373,s03
 Total furnished to June 1, 1918
 i 1,SO3.3 1854
 June General 252,46S
 Schools 25,O73 Specialists 14,S13
 Total 2s2,354 GRAND TOTAL 1,5s5, ,70S x Compensated poorly if at all. except by the gratitude and affection of their
 neighbors and of the Nation at large.
 .he Boards have labored necessarily through the enervating heat of last
 summer, only to find still greater tasks
 awaiting their unceasing devotion
 throughout the rigors of the following winter period. Then, having accom-
 plished the classification they found