Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1917 — JASPER’S QUOTA PLACED AT 56 [ARTICLE]

JASPER’S QUOTA PLACED AT 56

< 9 4 ACCORDING TO STATE CONSCRIPTION AGENT—WHITE 21 OVER LIMIT.

According to State Conscription Agent Jesse Eschbach, the quota that Jasper county will be called upon to give for the first draft is 56. The number would have been larger, but for the fact that we have a militia company in this county, the bulk of the membership of which come from this county. Therefore, of the entire apportionment assigned to this county we are given credit with the number of men coming from this county, belonging to the militia company- . One district of the state, White county, will not be called upon to supply men for the army draft. That became known Saturday night after Eschbach had completed the task of assigning the net quotas for each district of the state after deducting credits awarded by the war department to each locality for enlistment in the army and the national guard. Instead of being called on to supply me nfor the draft, White county is credited with an excess of twentyone men, and that number will be distributed among the other districts of the state. White county’s gross quota figured on the basis of estimated population was 159, and it would have been called on to supply that many men for the draft had it not sent men into the regular army or the national guard. It did send 180 men to the colors, however, and therefore it js credited with an excess of twenty-one, and the conscription boards can close up their establishments for the present. The total net quota for Indiana, after deducting the credits for each district, is 17,510, and this state will be called on to supply that number: The total will be distributed over the state with the counties and some cities as the units, and the number to be obtained from each sub-division, either city or county as the case may be, will be distributed among the local conscription boards.