Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-10
3IzT eoygs THAT
RYI. gD DRAFT COST
Is COMPARATIVELY Low
ese Was Two Dessars Per Each ef
as se Masylanangs Regastered
YiFwiafa's Cost SLIT

s4nW6er has just Submitted DIS re-
port so gscFetary of War Baker, which
IS most adorable showing for Mary
Md, compares with other states aa
to the seIacslye service registration
costs Iii this state and details 81 as
sambling the taan-D0wer Of the nation
auring the whole draft period
aary1aude cost Was So man for
ach 09 the 136.56z Maryianders Who
we're issued cards showing they had
become inftsnliy liable % the call Of
tie government However, by the time
50 SIS of these registfants had been
nctually INDICTED into the army dur
Ing the period from June 5, 1917. to
October |. 1918 the accumula I've
casts Of deliKering them 10 the canton
mantss had reached 1895 i man In
Quoted ViEginia's cost 4 man reg
fsssred was low, being sl77. and her
cost for each man inducted Into serY-
lee was also lower than tina Of MARY
aand. the delivery Of 56.975 men 10
camps being accomplished at an av-
saage expenditure Of 1912. DeIaware's.
costs per man registered and per man
indicted. were the highest of any
s1a10. II coz. s2II3 every time reg
sasration card was issued TO Della
warean. and BY the time It'll of the
e4.563 registered sons of this state had
! been INDICTED they had required an
outlay On s2l94 each The total cost
Of the operation of the draf law In
Maryland was $272,769. ~ III Virginia
8ss5. 1882. and In Delaware g52.2l1 .59.
These three states had total regis
tration of 1860. 206.1sO and 24,653.
ID the order given above From Mary
land ~, $50 we're actually indicted into
the army under the seiecsive Service
set while virginia furnished 56,075
and Delaware It'll
General Cr6#der states In bis re-
port that It II proposed Ia an addi-
tiOnal and aual report 70 show by
tables the expenditures Of each Of the
slate Headquarters. district and local
boards. each table to contain state
nsent showing me amount of compen-
aatton drawn hy each board member
by name. as vel as the names of those
Who have served throughout the en-
tire time without receiving any cons
penhation for taeir services
General Crowder in his report calls
particular attention I'd the fact that
the administrative machinery OF the
entire Selectiye Service act was es-
septlalIy civilian This Is shown BY
the fact that the military oiiicers en-
gagsd were only 1S2 and the enlist
90 msn tserving Id clerical capacities,
and coming into the system ali the
eleventh hourl we're only 3.sI2; Or
total ct only 1904. leaving d civilian
force Of 1s9.05s. The spectacle Is
tiaus presented of the National army
being raised BY the activities of
body Of civilians. Ii Ii believed that
In thes respect the contrast OF the.
syst not only with that of the Civil
VA our country but also with the
usual methods on the continent. Is
notable. The plan adop ed BY CON
greas one year and 4 hair ago was
without precedent and was, therefore
An experiment made on faith; That
faith has been amply yindicated. says.
General Crowder
Another feature that Of decentrali-
cation mo the several states. Is strik-
ingty illustrated BY comparing the
perRounal OF the Provost Marshal Gen
erals once. only 400 lii number, with
aggregate personnel in the several
states amounting to 49,, GSs IN all. This
vast machinery was supervised from
i headquarters relatively insignificant
IA size In Washington Every one OH
the 1S2,6ss workers IN the several
Ntases owed his immediate duty to
some state superior under the state
executive The con rast here Id re-
saarkahle, says General Crowder.
who then continues III illustrates not
only the wisdom Of resorting to state
agencies In handling an operation
which Involved state pride and -
aponsfbllisy. but Also the prudence of
c0snnlitling to tlA hands Of local OIL
cials the administration 0f d law which
ia Intimately agfected the homes and
livelihood Of the people These figures
0niy corroborate she great fact made
pa sent to all teet the. nation itseI. !.
raised this NatlDsai army
How willing arylanders we're 10
answer the calf u their country, and
leave to Uncle San and his state rep
resontatisss the ghanner 81 handling
their individual scgses, Is strikingly IL
Illustrated BY the fact that out Of more
than 10000 men registered, only 81
awaited themselves OF the right 81 APP
peal To the president How well placed
vas their confidence IN the fairness
and judicial ability on the local and
district boards 81 the state is shown
through the feet that only three of
these appeals were afflrmed and "a
were returned without action.
ia Maryland g 49, aliens registered
7.2D per cent Oh the total registration
ia the state
The health of Maryland men or the
wisdom Of hlarsland medical exaEni.
neFs ID the dfaEs physical tess Is
away ahead Of similar conditions in