Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cltiee and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. 52,370 HOOSIERS IN CLASS ONE Quota Under Second Draft Call Is _ 20,812—Total Put at 2,013,495. -j Washington, May 10. —Approximately 40 per cent of the men in the United States now listed in Class 1 will be called to the colors this year. The total number available —2,013,495 —was made public today by Provost Marshal General Crowder, following the decision of the house late yesterday determining that draft quotas shall be based on the number in this class, no credit being given for volunteers. Following are the net number of men now in Claes 1, less all deductions, and the quotas under the second call in Indiana and adjoining states: Illinois, 130,966 net number, 52,035 second quota; Indiana, 52,379 net number, 20,812 second quota; Kentucky, 42,627 net number, 16,937 second quota; Michigan, 86,865 net number, 34,513 second quota; Ohio, 104,771 net number, 41,619 second quota.