Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-20


Tho new dran system II intended
To accomplish two things, the report
explains The first la by means OF
the auostionnares to make a sclen'
,fic and compfetc Inventory OF the
man power OF tho county. with u
searching inquiry into qualifications
and Industrial aud domestic clrcum'
stances of each man registered, ana
tho second purpose ~ "a use this IN
formation In making n clhHaliicatloh
of their relative availability Tor SHrV'
leo and for all the wartime activities
Of tho nation.
A change in the present regulHti9rs
apportloning quotas IN desirablr' Hle
report declares. and the blind rule ol
population should he discarded
reason for this Is found IN localltier
where there IL n large proportion ol
aliens Aliens are exempt ana ~
ninnv placos the present rule has re-
,ulted I'm a larse reduction of eluZeh
nopulntlon. Under the recomnehuh-
lion OF tho provost marshal general
the npporttonmeut OF quotas shouIu
he assigned on basis for proportion |
10 the number NJ men In the cl'sHlI'-
cation from which the quota Is To ne
chosen.
An additional reason given for the
new classification was the TACT lhht
| 600 600 men were left untouchrd IN
tho first draft. and these include1 the
tbpst and most yirile In the nahon "
lbrcnmo eeessnry to assign thcn bI
lulare In the national defensive
scheme Tor the sake Of Justice ana the
Ireposo of tho public mind i
-
for the next draft Regulations Will be
lcouched in simple collopninl English
Instead Of the involved and sometimes
ohacure ycrhnge Of the original reg |
Iulntions Methods of physical exam |
Ilnatinn will be improved and com
Iprehenslve appeal has been made 10
leaders of the medical profession In
| such n way that the preliminary eN-
Inmlnntion OF rcglstranta viii oe more
scientific. exhaustive ana than any
that can be given at a mobilization
camp
Classification by February Is.
The now classification Ia expected
10 be completed by February 10.
when n tabnlntlon and index viii he
made In Washington. The govern
ment will then know 10 the minutest
detail what ls the condition OF the
man power Of the nation that n with
In the draft age In military as
well as industrial sense this viii be
valuable Control of the field ot In
bor win he rendered flexible and
complete and the solective lden car
rlcd to its utmost practicable aFpli-
cation.
T'ee inequality OF the present ap-
lpnrtionment OF quotns on basis OF
ipOpulatiun ls shown by a chart Civ
ling the relative ratios of regstrnnta
icAled and not called Less than
per cent OF Oregons registrants were
called. and nearly so per cent OF the
reglstrauts in Arizona were called.
tho remainder Of the states ranged
between these extremes. with n ma
Iorlty calling between 20 to 80 per
:. cent of their resigtrants The large
call In Arizona is explained by the
fact that 2b per cent failed tu rcpOsi.
10 the board for examination. About
| 40 per cent NJ the oklahoma regis
trnnts we're called IN the first draft
, Charts showing tho ratio OF phys
a ically qualified 60 the. number exam
/ ined are interesting as heR%h maps
pennsylvauia, Maine. Vermont ind
Connccticut qualified less than 60 per
cent of the men examined. Louisiana
Nevada, Kentucky. New York and
New Jersey qualified between 60 to
66 per cent South Dakota had the
best record IN this respect. with more
than so per cent Of the men exam
ined passing the physical cXnmina-
? tlon. Percentages Of tho remaining
states ranged between 70 and so per
r cent
: Eyes and tooth were causes Of most
, rcicctions Twenty one per cent of the
men had defective vision and SIS per
, cent had bad teoth
The report furnishes the hest nhd
most comprehensive figures for set
! tlemcnt OF the mooted question of
= the relative health of urban and rural
, folk Taking reglatrants of ten states
: With typical cities NJ population from
. 20, 600 To 500 600 population. and cor
= responding sets OF counties with no
I city iu excess of so 600. comm risons
P showed that the difference Ia the
number Of physically fit In urban and
rural communities was less than 1
! per cent In favor OF the farmer boys.
Figures of tho report set forth the
! patriotism Of Hawaii The quota Of
the isle OF the ukulelc and hula was
, 2,4p3 and the number Of enlistIncnts
= was 1897 Thus there WAS no draft
In Hawaii More than 90 per cent of
the quota of Oregon was raised
through Cullstmcnts oklahoma
raised - per cent " It's quota
through euligtments