Evening star., 1938-04-25
year were in excess of any one Of %


Idaho --------- 4 2.7O3,9O5
wyoming 3 2,107,53O
new Mexico 3 1.620,707
South Dakota 4 l.397879
North Dakota 4 l.O38524
Contribution of Troops.
1t is remarkable that although the
people OF the District OF Columbia
have been denied those rights of par
ticipating in the affairs of the Gov
ernment through the franchise which
are conducive to patriotism. the fact
remains that when the United States
has found itself involved in war. the
people Of the District have taken Sec
ond place to those of none of the
States in offering their sons to fight
for its cause.
Civil War-It is significant that the
District Of Columbia in each of the
controversies in which our people
have been called to arms contributed
larger number of its sons than its
quota. In the Civil War they sent
1854 men to the front. According to
Government statistics. the Districts
proportion Of man power was thirty
f1ve one-hundredths of per cent of
the estimated loyal population OF the
country as determined by the census
OF 1860, whereas it actually sent into
service sixty-two one -hundredths of l
per cent, or proportion of about
four-f1fths greater than its share
Spanish War-An examination of
the census of 1900 discloses that the
proportion of men which should
properly come from the District was
thirty-seven one-hundredths of / per
cent, whereas it actually sent about
one-fourth greater than the propor-
ton properly chargeable, or about
forty-six one-hundredths of ! per
cent.
World War-An enviable record was
made by the District of Columbia in
the World War. The total voluntary
enlistments in the Army. Navy and
Marine Corps for the District was
1914, which was a larger number
than in any one Of seven States,
namely. Nevada. Delaware, Arizona,
Wyoming, Vermont, New Mexico and
New Hampshire. and only a trifle
less than in three other States
Under the first and second regiStra-
tions, 1851 we're indicted into the
service of the Government. making
total OF voluntary enlistments and
conscriptions into the service of the
United States of 1884.
The voluntary enlistments were
1888 per cent of the total inductions
into the service The percentage
which these voluntary enlistments
bear to the total number of enlist
ments and inductions by way of
registration was greater for the Dis
trict of Columbia than for any State
Of the Union except Rhode Island,
Oregon. Washington, California and
Maine. and more than one-third
greater than the percentage of the
country as q whole.
Liberty Loans.
The showing made by the people OF
the District of Columbia in the finan-
cial support of the Government
through the purchase of liberty bonds
is one of which they may well feel
proud. The support thus afforded
the Government in each of the loans
has been largely in excess Of that
given by very many of the States Of
the Union. and in each Of the five
loans it far exceeded its quota.
OF the first liberty loan. the quota
for the District of Columbia was $10,-
100000, while the amount actually
subscribed was $19,261, 400, or a per
capita subscription of $52.20, which
was nearly four-f1fths greater than
for the country as whole. which
was only $29.29. This per capita ex-
ceeded the subscriptions of each Of the
IL Federal Reserve districts except
the second, which includes the State
Of New York.
OF the second liberty loan. the quota
assigned for the District of Columbia
was $20,00o,000. whereas the subscrip-
tions amounted to $22,857, ,050, or a
per capita subscription Of $57.73,
whereas for the United States at large
it was only $44.55. Again the per
capita subscription for the District
were in excess of 10 of the Federal
Reserve districts, and only less than
that in the first and second districts,
covering Boston and New York.
On the third liberty loan, the quota
for the district Of Columbia was $l2,-
$4,000, while the subscriptions of its
people amounted to $25, ,992, $50, or a
per capita subscription of $s498, as
against $40.13 for the United States
at large. Again the per capita sub
scription was considerably in excess
Of that in each Of the IL Federal Re-
serve districts except the second,
which includes the State of New York.
The subscriptions through the citi-
1ens of the District of Columbia in
the third liberty loan were greater
than in any one Of 18 States, namely:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Della
ware, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Missis-
sippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hamp-
shire, New Mexico. North Carolina,
North Dakota, South Carolina, Utah,
Vermont and Wyoming.
The number Of subscribers to this
han was also greater in the District
than In any one Of the 18 States just
named except Arkansas, but includ-
ing In It's place Tennessee. The pro-
portion Of the population who SUBJ
scrbed to this loan was greater In
the District Of Columbia than in any
one Of the 4S States. and was about
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