Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1917 — PROTESTS MADE ON STATE QUOTAS [ARTICLE]

PROTESTS MADE ON STATE QUOTAS

Complaints Are Due to Misunderstandings, Say Officials GET CREDIT ON NEXT DRAFT No Allowance lias Been Made on First Call for Voluntary Enlistments Since June 30. Washington, July 27.—Every enlist-] ed man will be credited to his state,] when the second Increment of the new: national army is drawn, according to announcement made at the ofllce of Provost Marshal General Crowder. Constant protests' are coming In concerning the. assignment of quotas by the governors of the various states. Each locality has failed to understand that no credit has been allowed in this Increment for men enlisted in either the National Guard or the regular army since June 30. Tn some instances local authorities have believed they would not be culled upon to fur-' nish any men for the national. army,, but have been disappointed to tlnd a‘ quota assigned to them. Credit On Second Quota. When the quotas are made for the second increment full credit will bes given to each state for every man who has enlisted since the beginning of the war up to the time of the as-> slgnment of quotas for the second In-' crement.. ■ It is believed now that the burden, to be thrown upon the localities wllll be smaller for the: iiecon<l draft than r for the first. There will bo more vol-* untary enlistments to be credited andi the second Increment-will be smaller; than the first. While the strength of the second in-* crement Is still a matter of conjecture,, ft Is bellev’ed that it may be somewhat less than 500,000 because of the dllllcnlty in equipping the mon and tha necessary time to train them. Can Draft to Keep Ranks Full. Moreover, the conscription bill under which the men have been drafted into service provides only for a “million; men under arms.” There is, however, a provision for the drafting of men to k«.*ep up the strength of the million men under arms. It Is believed that the war department will arrange the second Increment so that there will still be room to call at least 200,000* men under the conscription act and perhaps 100,000 to complete the ranks' of the first two Increments. It seems most probable now, too, that! legislation will be enacted to draft! aliens, which will also serve to a great! extent to lighten' the burden placed upon many communities, where the alien population Is very large.