New-York tribune., 1918-01-04
Class One to
Furnish All
Drafted Mer,
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tions Of democracy and self-govern-
ment have been based"
Analysing the first draft, General
Crowder shows that 9,586,5O8 men be-
tween the ages Of twenty-one and
thirtyone years registered them
selves. Up to late in, December only
$3.50 arrests had been made of those
who had sought to evade registration,
and of that number 1898 were re-
leased after having registered. and
there remain only 2,095 cases to be
in the final analysis Of the records it
will be shown that only 0Oo026 per
cent of the men within draft age
evaded registration.
A rough figure Of 8.2 per cent is
given as the number of registrants
who failed to appear when called by
their local boards for examination, but
General Crowder hastens to explain
that most of these men already are
in Europe in the American, British
and French armies. They did not
eagerness to get into action.
Only Few Tried Evasion
"The final data will undoubtedly
show" General Crowder added, chat
the number of those who wilfuily failed
to appear for examination when called
is insignificant"
Of the total registration of 1856 SOB
the number called and examined was
3,082,949, and of these 1,O57,363 were
certified by the boards for military ser
vice. Since the first call was for only
687 GOO men, there now remains 370,363
men awaiting summons to the mobiliza-
ton camps.
Of all men examined, 730,756, or 237
per cent, we're rejected for physical
reasons. That, it is pointed out, shows
an encouraging improvement in the
physical condition Of the young men
Of the nation since the Civil War days,
for at that time the draft authorities
rejected 80 per cent Of all men called on
physical grounds.
About one-half Of all men called, or
1,560,5o0, claimed exemption. The
claims of 78 per cent Of these were
granted, showing in the opinion of Of
were filed. Of those exempted, "a per
cent we're released because of depend
ent relatives, 20 per cent because they
claimed alien birth and nationality, and
only per cent on vocational grounds.
Less than 1 per cent Of the exemptions
were granted to religious objectors or
to those morally unfit. The figures are
1881 exempted because of religious be-
lief, their exemptions extending only
to release from participating in actual
combat, and 2,001 rejected for moral
. unhtness. The majority Of the latter
were convicts now in prison.
First Draft Cost $5,211,965
The total cost of. the first draft. ex-
elusive of the cost Of the provost mar
shall generals Office here, was $5,211,.
965. This amount has been refunded to
the states by the Federal government
1t represents an average cost Of $49S
per man accepted for military service
and, with the provost marshal generals
expenses included, S5 per man, against
a cost of $2448 per volunteer recruit
in 1914, 1914 in 1915 and $28.95 in
, the first nine months Of 1917. Prior ia
the draft act, during the Civil War, the
cost per man was about $24, and, after
! the draft was enforced about 1884.
, Tables accompanying the report show
many striking results of the draft, TAX
: ing the total of 1,243,80l aliens regis
v tered, it is shown that of the 457, ,713
called up for examination 76,545 were
| certified for military service, having
voluntarily waived their right to ex-
1 emption as aliens and in effect volun-
teered for the battle for democracy
/. Even of the 381,168 exempted, 40 pei
cent went out on other grounds thar
,. their alien status.