The Washington herald., 1918-06-15
744,S65 ENROLL
FOR ARMY ON !.
BECOMING 81
266,724 Below Number
Estimated by Gen.
|. Crowder.
MANY. NOW SERVING
Eight and Four -Tenths Per
Cent Only Are =
Aliens. :
MANY. NOW SERVING

q total OF IA, 300 men were enroued
for military service In the registra-
tion on June Of all who had attained
the age of q since the original regis
tration on June 5. 1917. The first off,
cial tabulation OF the results OF the
new registration was made public by
Provost Marshal General Crowder
last night.
The actual number Of registrants
fell short of official estimates by 266.-
ia. On the basis Of Census Bureau
statistics. General rCrowder had hoped
for a registration Of 1.0l1, $50.
OF the available number Of new n
year-old men in the United States.
2Os,5s were not subject to registration
by reason Of their having voluntarily
enlisted in the Army, Navy and Ma
rine Corps.
Losses Of Aliens.
An aggregate Of SOS aliens were
lost to the new registration as a re-
suit OF the almost total cessation or
immigration and the expatrfation or
considerable number OF aliens who
had returned to their native countries
for military service. Only eight and
four-tenths per cent OF the 1913 regis
uants are aliens, as compared with
twelve and nine-tenths per cent a
year ago.
Taking these two elements into con-
sideration. the total Is only 1900 men
short of the estimate. Gen. Crowder
confidently believes this shortage will
be made up by belated registrations,
yet 10 be heard from.
New York State led in the registra-
ton. with q total of 6s,529. PennsyI-
vania was second. with 6s,237, and H.
tnois third. with A.S2.
Crowder's Statement.
In his statement announcing the
figures, Gen. Crowder says, in part:
The reports Of the registration of
the H-year class which was accom-
plished on June S. this year, are now
all but complete and indicate a total
which will not fan below 7I4,ss5; in
other words. short a06.724 Of the Cen
sus Bureau estimates. In explanation
Of this shortage we have to take into
consideration two elements which af-
fects most seriously the total Of the
recent registration.
i '-fh5 first % thess clements Is,
necessarily, the large number OF men
Of this age who have voluntarily en-
listed In the army. navy and marine
corps. Estimates received from the
, ONCE OF the Adjutant General of the
Army and the Chief Of the Bureau of
Navigation Of the Navy show that
the total number OF twenty-one-year-
old men who should have registered
! this year not registered because of
enlistment in the army, navy and
marine corps very closely approxi-
mates 20s, SIS. The second element
which must be taken into considera-
ton Is the falling on due to the al
most total cessation of immigration
and to the expatriation of a considera-
Bile number Of aliens who have re-
turned to their native countries for
military service. The figures Of the
| first registration showed the alien por-
tion to be 1873 per cent. This years
registration shows but 81 per cent.
The loss to the June. 1918. class was,
therefore. 5.oss men,"
Registration By states.
The registration by States was a.
follows:
, Alabama. 15,s5s; Arizona, 1,s6; Ar
kansas, 13,20s; California, 1854; Colo
rado, 6,s23; Connecticut. 10.3S0; Della
ware, 1,43o: District of Columbia, 2,ses;
Florida. 1880; Georgia. 16,715; Idaho,
2,7SS; Illinois. A,S42; Indiana, 2O.0ss:
Iowa. 1899: Kansas, 13,122: Kentucky
| lS,626; Louisiana, 1858; Maine, 5,aO7;
Maryland. 10.42s; Massachusetts, "A, sO9;
Michigan, $3.50: Minnesota, I.029;
Mississippi. 12,0n; Missouri. 25.60s;
Montana. 4.25; Nebraska, s,s75; Ne
vada, 5Sl; New Hampshire, 2,776; New
Jersey, 20.574; New Mexico, 1,674; New
York. ss.529; North Carolina, 1918;
North Dakota, 5.0s6; Ohio. $3.50; Ok
lahoma, 15,S15; Oregon, 4.7o1; Pennsyl-
vania. 5S.2s7; Rhode Island. 3,S4s; South
Carolina. N,76; South Dakota, 5,l97;
Tennessee. 1878; Texas, 34,2s6: Utah,
3.06l; Vermont, 1884; Virginia, 15,7ss;
Washington. 7.705; West Virginia,
1,522; Wisconsin. 2o.5se; Wyoming,