The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-22
ORDER ISSUED FOR NEW REGIS
TiATION.
Iowa Youths of Age Since June 8,
Must Register on Aug. "a.

Aug. "a, Of ali men who have be-
come 2l years old since June 8,
1918, was ordered Wednesday by
a communication to Acting Adjutant
General l.. G. Lasher. The ad!utant
general Immediately communicated
the order to all the local boards in
the state, requesting them to make
arrangements for the registration.
The purpose of this REGISTRATION, as.r ,,lon
IL to DroIde Gs9Sea oneKy op
sfficient number of class / men to
fiji the September calls. Draft Of
ficials are admonished not to con-
fuse this registration on Aug. "a,
with the registration which Will
come some time in September, after
the passage of the act extending the
draft age from 21 to As.
More Men Needed.
The registrants on Aug. "a are to
be treated as late registrants in the
registration of June 5. The work
of physical examination and classl-
tication of these men will be carried
on with all possible speed. There
ting tins the registrants of last June
ready for induction into the service,
as a result of which calls for men
have been held up to an appreclaDle
extent. In order to, avoid a repetl.-
ton of a delay of this kind local
boards are urged to lose no time IN
connection with the preparation OF
it is estimated that in this new
registration Iowa will probably fur
nish about 1000 men. The June,
1918, registration yielded some IT,,
900 which was the number that had
reached registration age during the
1917, and June 5, 1918. The period
between the June and August regis
trations being approximately three
months, it is reasonable to suppose
that about a fourth of the number
that registered in June will register
in August.
Half in Glass 1.
AS to the number of class 1 men
that will result from the new regis
tration, assuming that there are
about 1000 registrants, it is safe to
say that it will not much exceed
$500. The government in connec-
ton with the registrants OF June,
1918, required that at least SO per
cent of them should be placed in
Class 1. The percentage in Iowa has
run higher than that, having no.
where been below SO per cent, and
some boards having placed as high
as Is per cent of these. registrants in
class l.: An average Of about 60 per
cent, therefore, would probably be
fair estimate.
So far as Iowa is concerned she
has not as yet exhausted her mum,
or more. Of the 1917 registration
there are still between $500 and
1900 men, while Of the registration
on June 5, 1918, there will be ap- ap
when classification is fully complet-
ed. AS has been the case in other
states however, so in Iowa the work
OF classifying the June, 1918. regis
trants has been unaccountably de-
layed, although it is now nearing
completion. Very few of the ayas 5
regstFants have as yet fe% been nstancea GALES
the local boards were compelled to
call on them to make up the shortage
of ITO men in the call for 3,265
men that went to Camp Forrest,
Ca, on July 20. There were also
few 1918 registrants among the 500
Aug. 5.
Quotas Sent Out.
The calls for Iowa men thus far
in August have not resulted in the
withdrawal of more than 1890 men.
They are tas follows:
Aug. 5, 500 men to JeHerson Bar
racks, Mo-; Aug. IL, Z physicians to
Jefferson Barracks; Aug. 15,. 500
men to Ames college for training in
auto mechanics; Aug. 22, 50 Ne, Ne
groes to Camp Dodge; Aug. 26, 500
men to Camp Funston, KAN; Aug.
80, $50 limited service men to
Camp Dodge.
Information was given out by the
provost marshal general that the
August calls would be equal. to those
of July, which aggregated about a.
900 men. AS already stated, how
ever, the calls have been held up ow-
ing to delays in classification. A re-
quest is now out, however. asking
tai number of available class l men
by Aug. Is, on the basis of which re-
port it is expected that a, call will
be issued that will probably take
most of the clsas / men in the state.
Davis City Reunion is On.
Tho navis Citv reunion started