The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-30

Uses to which Connecticut's mili- tary census has been put have just been revealed for the first time in in formation secured at the offices in Hartford, where the census results are kept and where the cards are sorted frequently when new calls for information from them are received. Although much of what has been done with the census is withheld and will not be told until after the war, the details given make it evident tfat this inventory of the states resources for war in men and materials has been one of the states most effective war accomplishments, that 1t furnished the federal government with much vital information, including the identity of enemy aliens, and that the experience gained in taking 1t was lsed as a basis for planning the details Of the nation wide registration of men from 21-31 years of age on June 5.
 The task of taking the Connecticut census was undertaken within three days of the diplomatic break with Germany and completed a few days before the declaration of war. Con: necticut was the first state in the Union to take such a census, but sev- eral other states have since seen the advantages of the move and have fol- lowed its example. Although he cen gus was completed before the United States had entered the war it is still proving it's value and will probably not outlive it's usefulness until some time after the war is over. Originally compiled as a military census, it has | demonstrated its worth in meeting many war problems also that are not strictly of a military nature, though related to the successful conduct of 1 the war.
 Patriotic Spirit Awakened. The first result of the census was in arousing a spirit of patriotic enthu- siasm and preparedness in the state, which paved the way for the war tasks confronting It's people in April and May. When every man in Con- necticut was asked to describe the ways in which he might be able to help his government each one realized at once that the war was to become a personal matter with him and that ii meant more than cheers and nag way | ing. The sober side of the war was brought home to every citizen quickly and thoroughly.
 Among the more tangible results o1 the census few have been more mark 1 ed than the aid it furnished the fed eral government in perfecting the elab- crate machinery of the selective draft act. Primarily the census has helped i most by providing a check on all draft registrants in Connecticut. Not only has 1t enabled the government to de tect slackers, who gave one age to the census takers and another to draf officials, but it doubtless preventee many slackers from attempting tt evade registration who knew tha' their ages as given in tho military census were on file in a state office.
 Help on Registration Day.
 Just before Registration Day a lis of all the men of draft age within it!
 jurisdiction was sent to every town 1T Connecticut. This list of prospective draftees served a double purpose postcards were sent to the men jus
 before registration day warning then
 to register, and the lists were compar
 ed afterwards with the registration
 lists to see whether any who should
 have registered had failed to do so.
 The federal government in planning
 for its registration made use of th'
 experience gained in the Connection military census.
 When plans for the federal draf
 registration were taken up men fden tifed with the Connecticut censu were called to Washington, worke' out the whole plan with governmen officials and made many importan suggestions which were adopted. On
 of the statisticians in charge of tabu
 lating the Connecticut census has bee commissioned in the army and is work
 ing in Washington in connection wit ) the tabulation of the federal census. ; Lists of Enemy Aliens.
 Connecticut, with one of the larges 3 alien populations of any state, wa l able as soon as the war started { : learn how many of its residents wer