The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-06
FIGURING QUOTAS FOR COMING
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EIf,uRING QUOTAS FOR COMING
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sScarrity of Glass 1 Men In Several
Counties Likely to Cause Dlfi-
.ts culties.
Announcing a third draft, Provost
Marshal General Crowder on Friday
issued call to Adj. Gen: Guy r. r:
the first contingent to report at
Camp Dodge during the hye gay
So will furnish S71 men for special
" Iowa's quota under the new draft
has not yet been determined. IT
will be based on the number OF men
!. in class l, instead OF as heretofore
inasmuch as this is the first time the
new system is being put into prac-
tice, it will take some time to figure
out not only the quota for the state,
but also the quotas which the DIFFER
ent local boards will have to fur-
ii was said at the adjutant generals
office that it would probably be
week or ten days before these quo
tas could be announced.
One of the problems that will con-
front the attorney general IN a. ai f,0r
C1nS TIE uuuuUcl VI HAOh " w
nished by the boards is that arising
out of the fact that in many cases
t the number of class l men has been
almost exhausted.
In Monroe county all the men in
class l have been called.
Glass 1 Running Short.
Under the last call Monroe county
nishing the ninety-eight men allot-
ted to it. In that case the shortage
was made up by distribution OF
these men among other counties,
!, fifty-four local boards being called
upon to furnish one man each IN ad-
dition to what they oa had a1fea ;s ynr rub
ably that the situation viii! be sim
ilarly met at this time in cases
where there is a dearth OF class
men. :so.;
will likely take place soon. when IL
crease the number of men in class l
in all the districts where the per-
centage fell under the average.
Monroe was the lowest county IN TINS
respect, it's percentage or class L
men being only IA, while the aver.
!: nercentage now appears when this
county is not called upon TO furnish
any more men, no provision having
vet been made for calling men from
other classes.
May BE Changes.
In order to bring about a uniform
ity of classification in the various
registrations districts, a number OF
ago to investigate the classifications
OF all the places where the percent
age of class / men fell below the
average. These inspectors, have
now completed their work and made
their repodTtI togethTeh e matter Of
REIMBURSEMENT will be taken up by
Adiutant General Logan as soon as
he returns from trip to Washing
tt is understood that the inspect
Ors in most cases have recOmmended
materially increase the number OF
Referring to the matter of dis
crepancies in classification it is pos
sibie that when this matter comes
up for a review some instances OF
fraud will be revealed. is said in
the adjutant generals office that fire.
duent reports have reached that de-
partment of cases where young men
4 who naturally would have been plac-
ed in class l in order to obtain de-
ferred classification, have temporal
lily taken up some line OF work
which would bring about that much
desired result, on occupatlonal
grounds
Footing With Uncle Same
For instance, it is said that many
young fellows, ignorant to agrlcul-
ture to such an extent as to render
them wholly incapable, without as
sistance of telling the difference be-
tween a swill barrel and corn
planter, have suddenly become wild
~ enthusiastic over the simple life
on the farm, and hence have taken
up that line of endeavor in order to
obtain exemption from service.
All of these things will be thresh-
ed out soon, and the net result will
no doubt be a considerable increase
of class l. men. Furthermore, the
number of men in class l will be
augmented by the registration on
June of all men who have attain
ed the age of 21 since June s.. 1917.
There are approximately $4,000 such
men I'm Iowa, and the greater num-
Der Of them " will be placed in the he
available for the call of 5000 men
from sixty to ninety days to COM
plete the work of sending out and
considering their -questionaires and
placing them in the proper classiti-
cation
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