Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1917 — STATES SLOW IN REPORTING [ARTICLE]

STATES SLOW IN REPORTING

DRAFTING OF MEN WILL PROBABLY NOT OCCUR BEFORE NEXT WEEK. Washington, July 11. —Postponement until next week of the drafting of numbers of men who will be called for examination for the national army seemed probable today when it became evident that states are not completing organizations of their district exemptions boards as rapidly as war department officials had hoped. Only twenty-one states have reported their organization complete, although in most others only a few districts are missing. _ The drawing will not be made until the list for the country is complete. A so-called revised census estimate for the entire country, compiled on the basis |Of the draft registration, will be used for determining apportionments. Each city, county or state must furnish two-thirds of one per cent nf its paper population, according to the new estimates which were made for the purpose of equalizing the draft rather than to represent accurate population totals. Thus New York City, with an estimated population of 6,504,185, must give 43,382 of the 687,000 young men to be called oh the first draft. A city of 25,000 population would be required to give 166 men. These apportionments would be subject to slight allowances for alien enemy, for men who have volunteered and for other causes. Pleas for exemption of any man need not be made by him, but may be entered by a wife, other dependent, employer or any other third person, the provost marshal general s office explained in a statement. It also explained that any registered man absent from his home district need not return for physical examination, but may be ordered by his home board to be examined.