The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-01-11
U. $. PUTS BRUNT OF
 WAR ON SINGLE MEN
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show,' General Crowder adds, that the number of those who fully failed to appear for examination when called is insignificant.
 Of the total registration of 9,5S6,- 5GS, the number called and examined was 3,0S2,949 and of these 1,057, 1868 were certified by the boards for military service. Since the first call was for only 6S7,000 men, there now remain 370,363 men awaiting sum- mons to the mobilization camps.
 Of all men examined 730,756, or 23.7 per cent were rejected for physical reasons. That, it is pointed out, shows an encouraging improve ment in the physical condition of the young men of the nation since the draft authorities rejected 32 per cent grounds.
 Exemption Claims
 About one half of all men called, or 1,560,570 claimed exemption. The claims of IS per cent of these were granted, showing in the opinion of officials that very few Fraudulent claims were filed .s Of those ex- empted, "A per cent were released on dependent relatives, 20 per cent be- caus they claimed alien birth and nationality; and only six per cent on vocational grounds Less than l per cent of the exemptions were granted. to religious objectors or to those morally unfit. The figures are 3S87 exempted because of religious i belief, their exemption exaending only to release from participation in actual combat; and 1901 rejected for moral unfitness. The majority of the latter were convicts now in prison.
 The total cost of the first draft. exclusive of the cost of the provost marshal generals office here, was S5,211,9 ,965.
 This amount has been refunded to the states by the federal government It represents an average cost of $4. .93 per man accepted for service and with the provost marshal gen. erals expenses included; s5 per man, against a cost of SPAS per voluntary recruit in 1s14i s1s.14 in T 1915, and ,$28 95 in the first nine months of 1917. Prior to the draft act during the civil war, the cost the draft was enforced, about S9. .S4.
 Aliens Fight for U. S.
 In discussing the future of the
 draft, General Crowder says the first duty is to provide an adequate army. Economic considerations must be regarded in selecting the
 men, he says, but not at the ex pense of an efficient fighting force Viewed beside the efforts of Germany and Austria have put firth to place man power in the field, he adds. 'it
 little becomes us to emphasize above a whisper as a substantial national
 problem anything W ehave yet been called upon to do."
 : Tables accompanying the report show many striking results of the , draft. Taking the total of 1,243, ,SO1 aliens registered, it is shown that oi the 457,719 called up for examina , tion, 76,545 were certified for mili | tary service, having voluntarily waived their right to exemption as : aliens and in effect volunteered fol | the battle for democracy. Even oi the 3S1,1 ,16S exempted, 40 per cen
 went out on other grounds than theil
 alien status. There was evident some variations
 of practice among the states on the question of exemption fmarrieG
 hieH' A loldl ol -loo,lIo udrrleu meI
 have been certified for service. IT Mississippi the boards held 3S pel cent of all married men called fol
 service; in Wisconsin and Nortt Dakota only per cent were held it is expected efforts will be made tC unify the practice of boards more
 closely in this regard,
 Montana led among the states 1T number of men called who filed nc
 claim for exemption. Figures fol
 that state show that 80 per cent o
 the men called up were ready to gC , to the front. Kentucky had the
 greatest number of exemption claims 52 per cent of all men called films affidavits. The average number o