El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-06
Would Use Draft
Organisation To
Take The Census
Arizona Furnished Lowest
Ratio In the Draft Under
Physical Requirements.

Washington. .. C.. Feb. s.-Whiie
the second and probably the final an
nual report on the selective service
system. prepared by MaJ. Gen Enoch
Il. Crowder. provost marshal general
contained only one specific recon-
incubation that the draft machinery
be used 20 take the decennial census
the 500 page document gave the first
inkIinE OF drastic extensions Of the
work OF fight regulations which had
been planned just before hostilitles
ended.
The report showed that specific
plans were before secretary Baker last
November. under which = minimum
working week for the essential indus
tries would have been fixed in order
that Industrial slackers" might be
reached, and that plans were shaping
for the mandatory deferment OF reg
istrants In essential industry. denying
them absolutely the right Of military
service.
a scheme for supervising labor dis
tribution through an Industrial fur
Tough system also was being evolved
24OOa.0OO Registered
To enrol for service over $4,000. 900;
20 mobilize a selected army OF more
than e.S00.0 600 q million Of them with
in the SPACE OF 90 days: 10 have pres
entity available for military duty
. 600. 900 additional fighting men; 20
classify this vast group OF man power
iu the order OF its military and indus
trial importance so as 10 preserve the
domestic and Industrial life Of the
nation. to speed NJ war time actiVi
ties. 70 maintain them in status OF
maximum efficient production. and 20
pave the way for a speedy return to
al
cruiting the fun fighting strength Of
the uation-these are results which
would be instantly rejected as impos-
sible did not the actual facts stand IS
irrefutable testimonials Of their &C
complishment,~ said Gen CroWder.
He said he believed the draft ma
chinery for the census was wholly
practical and added that since 1900
900 were registered In a single day
and $4,000. 900 in four days including
a complete survey and classification
OF their domestic and Industrial status.
the census data should be obtainabIe
in days instead OF months as now Is
the case
4791,I72 In Army and Navy.
On November II. 1918. the report
shows. the United States had IN its
military and naval service 4,791.112
men, or 10 percent OF the male popu-
iatlon. on the same day. England had
already called 10 the colors 5.S54.35s.
or nearly so percent
The final official total for all reg
istra lions was 2f.e34.02l. or these.
3.20S. 445 had been actually examined
and practically 80 men out OF ever 100
were found to be physically disuualf-
fled. Oklahoma and Arkansas re-
turned the highest ratio OF men under
the physical requirements. Rhode
Island and Arizona the lowest
Men granted exemption because Of
religious creeds totaled .S36. as COM
pared with the census estimate OF So
900.
TT IS believed" the report said. so
be a conservative estimate that the
work or fight rules have resulted IN
the movement OF at least 1888 men
to productive occupation"
Under the head OF aliens" 5.s77.0S3
OF the total These were divided into
cO-belliEerents. b7.Ag percent: neu-
trails. 1919 percent, and enemy and al
lied enemy, 3s.os percent
Few Married Men Called
Only ten percent OF the married reg
istrants we're called for military duty
SeventT-fOur OF every hundred men
classified were granted defermeut be-
cause OF dependency and about IS per
cent on other grounds Cases Of men
marrying after the draft law was
passed coming within the notice Of
draft officials totaled Ss4S72. and OF
those men 25-5 percent were reclassi-
fled into class l.
The effect OF the draft upon the IN
dustrial machinery OF the nation was
carefully studied by Gen Crowder's
office. 10 was found that class one IA
its entirety would have taken only
$40 percent Of the workers OF all ages
Dererment for essential occupation
ranged from two percent IN the in
dustrial classes 10 seven in the agri-
cultural
Examination into the causes Of
disqualification brought many
surprises Alcohol and drug addicts
accounted for 1-33 percent Of the total
nervous and mental disorders for I35
percent. tuberculosis. SIS, and men
tai deficiency, - percent