The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1918-07-05
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At least four million of them will
be accepted for the national army.
OF the 1,O57,363 men selected for
service under the first draft 639,O54
or 6O.44 per cent filed no exemption
claims.
OF the 3,0S2,949 men called in the
first draft substantially half of L.
560,570 filed exemption claims, of
which 1, 215,O49 were allowed.
1,50O,O56 or 1896 per cent called
in the first draft were married.
OF these only shade over 10 per
cent were accepted for service, L.
336,941 being discharged and 1884,
115 accepted.
The number of single men accep-
ted in the first draft was 623,796.
OF the 6,5O3,559 men registered on
June 5, 1917, and not called in the
first draft, 3,149,473 were married
and 3,354,OS6 single.
At this rate only 342,34S of the
married men already called will be
taken in later drafts as against 1921
S45 single men.
Eighty per cent. therefore of the
national army is composed of single
men.
Nearly one-fourth of the entire
n"mber of men between 21 and 81
years old were farmers.
In the national army now ready to
take the field are $4,000 coal miners,
10000 metal miners, $4,000 shop
keepers and clerks, 10000 men, doc
tors, lawyers, artists, actors and
journalists.
Foreigners numbering 76,545 who
have not become citizens were accept
ed for service in the first draft.
We even took 92S Germans, 49,
233 subjects of Austria, 3O2 Bulgars
and 1,60O Turks.
: About 12 per cent of all the men
regis s.ered for draft are aliens.
About 10 per cent of those now un-
der arms were aliens when they went
to camp. A very large proportion of
these have since become citizens.
Out of the first two and half mil
lion men to take the physical examin-
alton before the local boards 100000
We're rejected as physically unfit.
OF those accepted by the exemption
board about 81 per cent were reject
ed for physical causes after arriving
at camp.
OF these men 21 per cent were re-
jected for eyesight defects. Next
come bad teeth, S1s per cent being
discharged after reaching carp for
this cause. Hernia, ear trouble and
heart affections rank next.
A little more than TX per cent of
the men registered for the draft are
,626 out of the total of
9,5S6,50S.
Out of the 2OS,935 negroes called
by the board 1851 were certified for
service, or 1923 per cent; and whites
only 24.75 per cent.
More than 100000 of the first draft
were totally illiterate. OF those taken
into the service more than 10000
were unable to sign their names.
We now have sixteen great canton
ments each capable of housing, feed
ing and caring for $4,000 men besides
the fifteen camps in which the nation
al guards were at first housed.
Each cantonment has 1,4O0 sep
arate buildings. In all more than 22-.
600 buildings have been constructed
at cost of s136, 100000.
More than $50, 100000 feet of lum-
Der was used and $4,000 carloads of
material and furnishings.
To protect the soldiers 10000. 600
blankets and 40,000,000 yards Of
mosquito netting were bought.
To clothe them involved such MIR.
chases as 75,OOO,OOO yards of olive
drab cloth, 35,OOO,O00 yards of fan
mel shirting, 26,0OO,00O suits of win
ter under wear and 1900. for
summer wear; s1,O0O,000 pairs Of
stockings, 21,00O,OO0 pairs of shoes
and 6,500,0OO overcoats.
Food is bought for them in such
units as 116,O00,O00 cans of baked
beans-a single recent purchase-s1.
100000 cans of condensed milk and
2O,2s7,000 pounds of prunes.
The war departments recent pur-
chases include $4,000, 900 hand eren-
ades, 725.o00 automatic pistols, 24o.
900 machine guns and 2,4S4,OO rifles
The 100000 men already regis
tered and those who register this
week will furnish 1000, 900 more SOL
diers if the proportion Of exemptions
is maintained.
1t has been estimated that the mum.
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