The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-03

.4s4 men The deferred eIassffIcations
were allowed pending appeals or be
cause of agricultural or Industrial en-
terpr1se claims.
Class 1 Going Fast
The record show that 1890 men
remain in Class I and subject TO I'M
mediate call The total number OF
men placed in Class L by local boards,
vas 342 per cent of the grand total
regfstrat ton of June 5, 1871 Men re-
naming in Class l and subject to inn
mediate call do not include the state
quotas called into service since the
establishment Of the new ciassitlca-
ton District boards are shown by the
ffication to 20 per cent of the men
nIsced in Class l. While this percent
are of defermentS applies Tor the
state at large, the percentage IN asri-
cultural districts is enormous
While many deferred classirlcatiohs
were given men IN speciaI Hluus SUI, 81
pursuits the deferments in the ruraI
districts were especially heavy Inc
advantaee in favor of the farmer Is
shown BY the fact that in Topeka city
districts-in the santa re
shops and offices-the deferments
CITY averaged below per cent Tor
deferred classifications- while one
Kansas City district went as low as
Records in Topeka
Topeka, according to the Gala han
record. placed 500 men in class one in
No 1 district and the district board
granted sixty-seveu deferments. or IL
per cent. The registration in the dis
trict was 1874. City district No 2
registered 2.43s men and the local
board placed $50 in class one De
ferre.d classification was given to sixty
eight men. or per cent In Topeka
CITY district No. 1. the local board
placed 333 per cent of the registra-
ton in class one. while in district No
a IS per cent were in the first class.
subject to immediate call
In the country district. including all
! of Shawnee county outside the city of
Topeka. deferred classification was
given to 147 of the 4S7 men in class
one. The district registered 1885 men
and the local board classed but IS
per cent in class one. after which the
district board granted special elassifi-
cations TO 80 per cent of the men list
ed by the local board
Nor does Shawnee county furnish
the only record TO the effect that the
, town man will carry the musket in the
coming drafts Doniphan- one of the
banner agricultural counties of the
state, shows that of the men placed in
class by local boards the district
boards granted deferred cIassifications
to 81 per cent. Other deferments
based on percentage of men placed in
class l by home boards Include:
! Cheyenne county, 50 per cent; Bour-
hon county. a. per cent; Comanche
county. 50 per cent: Decatur county,
as per cent: Dickinson county. As per
cent; Doniphan county. 81 per cent;
Geary county. 81 per cent: Hamilton
county, 81 per cent; Jackson county,
81 per cent Jefferson county, So per
cent; Marion county. SO per cent; Nor
+ county, ~ per cent; Pottawatomie
county. ~ per cent: Sedgwick county
outside of Wichita 40 per cent
Wichita and h C. Figures.
Contrasting the record in the -ura1
districts Montgomery couRty-incIud-
ing the cities of Independence. Cot
feyviIle and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES de-
ferred classifications for but . per
cent of the men in class l. Wichita
city district No 1 secured deferment
for but percent and the second dis
tEict for only 81 per cent Kansas
CIty's first, second and third districts
were granted four, two and three pei
cent defermeuts in their respective
orders Kansas City district No. L. in
Guiding the heavy railroad registra-
/ ton, secured deferments for II pei
I cent of men in class L. Crawford
& COGAIS W - the large MIN
ing population, was granted deferred
classification of IL per cent of the TO-
tai class one list
Expense of draft work from Jan
uary Is to April 80 was shown in {
special report by Major p Nein Rain
discussing officer for the war. depart
rneut in Kansas Eleven counties ana
one city district handled their work or
the basis of 100 per cent patriotism
Counties of Finney, Gray, Greenwood
Hamilton, Hodgeman, Kiowa. Ottawa
sherman, Stanton and Wallace failed
TO make charges for services A hall
dozen other counties were charged
merely for Incidental supplies sent
from HEADQUARTERS in Topeka Kan
saS city, Kan. district No. 2 aIsc
handled the draft work during the
( period without expense
l District Board Expenses.
Charges by the Topeka distrfc.
board were nearly 81, 500 greater thar
those of the Wichita board and more
than $500 greater than the expense
OF the state headquarters