Okeene Eagle. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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THE OKEENE EAGLE
687,000 MEN IN
FIRST DRAFT CALL
President Issues Order Calling
Soldiers Into the Service
of United States.
1,262,985 MEN IN THE ARMY
War Department Announces the Quo-
tas to Be Furnished by Each
State—Credit Given for Men
Now in Service.
H ashlngton.—The war department
Iihh promulgated a formal order from
the president drafting 687,000 men Into
the military service of the United
Btate« under the selective conscription
law. The order Hhows what part of
the total must be furnished by each
•date and territory.
The only steps now remaining are
Jlstrlhutlon by the governors of
state quota* among the local exemp-
tion districts and the great lottery,
zhleh probably will he held next
Reek and which will establish the
'.order In which registrants are to pre-
lent themselves for service or exemp-
tion.
The men summoned for service will
!>e used to fill the regular army and
National Guard to war strength and
to organise the first 500,000 of the new
aatlonal army.
Total to Be 1,262,985.
The total of these three forces will
be 1,262,985 men.
Later another 500,000 will he called
out, supplemented by sufficient men
to make up losses and maintain re-
serve battalions.
Following is Secretary of War
Baker’s announcement of the order:
By virtue of the authority vested
In him by an act of congress, entitled
'An Act to Authorize the President
to Increase Temporarily the Military
Establishment of the United States/
approved May 18, 1917, the president
of the United States has ordered the
aggregate number of 687,000 men to
he raised by draft for the military
service of the United States In order
lo bring to full strength the organ-
izations of the regular army and the
organizations embodying the mem-
bers of the National Guard drafted
Into the military service of the United
States and to create the national army,
and has caused said aggregate
number to be apportioned to the sev-
eral states and territories and the
District of Columbia as set forth Id
the schedule hereto appended.
Must Apportion Quotas.
"The governor of each state and ter-
ritory and the commissioners of the
District of Columbia, acting for and
by the direction of the president and
In accordance with said act of congress
and rules and regulations prescribed
pursuant thereto, shall apportion the
quota so apportioned to such state, ter-
ritory or district and shall communi-
cate to each local board established
in such state, territory or district no-
tice of the net quota to be furnished
j by such board, and such net quotas
shall thereupon be furnished by tlie re- j
spectlve locul boards as required by
wild act of congress and rules and reg- j
ulatlons prescribed pursuant thereto.”
In computing the number of men to
be required from the various states
the government put to the credit of
each state every man it now has in
the National Guard and every man it
has contributed since April 1 as e
war volunteer to the regular army.
Computation Method.
Placing on the debit side of the led-
ger the national array of 500,000, the
entire National Guard at war strength
and the number of war. volunteers
needed on April 1 last, to bring the
regulars up to the war strength, the
grund total was apportioned according
to population.
This gave a gross quota for each
state, from which a net quota was com-
puted by eheeking off the number of
National Guardsmen available for fed-
eral service and the number of men
given by the state to the regular army
since April 1.
The apportionment was made on the
basis of an estimated grand total for
the United States and Its possessions
of 105,866,056 Inhabitants.
Total of 1,152,985.
Each will furnish under this appor-
tionment the men its total registration
would Indicate ns a fair proportion,
rather than the number the actual pop-
ulation of the district would Indicate,
The total of these gross quotas is 1,-
152,985 men.
Credit Is given to the various states
for a total of 465,985 voluntary enlist
inents in the National Guard and reg-
ulars, making the total net quota for
all states 087,000 men.
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS, O. N. G.
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These are the men In charge of Oklahoma's own soldiers, Sooner lads in the national guard now training at
Fort Sill for service in France. On their shoulders rests the responsibility not only of making good soldiers of
the state’s young men, but also of throwng such influences about the youngsters that they will come from serv-
ice better and cleaner and stronger men. The Fort Sill camp is a model one on one of the best sites In the nation.
It is the proper place for Oklahoma young men to be.
The men in the picture are: Sitting—Colonel Roy V. Hoffman, commandant; right, Lieutenant Colonel Elta
H. Jayne. Standing—left to right—Major John Alley, First Battalion; Major William Green, Second Battalion;
Major William P. Lipscomb, surgeon; Captain Mark W. Tobin, regimental adjutant; Lieutenant Samuel Foster,
First Battalion adjutant; Lieutenant Lewis Paulin, Second Battalion adjutant; Lieutenant William E. Busby, den-
tal surgeon; Lieutenant Charles H. Barnes, chaplain. Major Ellis Stephenson of the Third Battalion who, in the
:omplete organization, Is also a member of Colonel Hoffman’s staff, is now detailed for duty in the school of mus-
ketry at Fort Sill. Lieutenant Earl Patterson of the same battalion has been detailed as adjutant for recruitino
service. B
TRAINING FOR THE FRONT
NUMBED OF MEN TODEMISED IN EACH STATE
Allotment by states of quotas to be raised by selective draft for Uncle
Kiims national army was announced by the war department.
The quotas assigned are on a basis of proportionate population of each
sfiito to the population of the nation as recently fixed by the census bureau. In
the allotment each state Is given credit for Its totnl enlisted National Guard
strongt i, plus the men enlisted In the regular army between April 2 and June
*»(), 1917.
I In* following table gives the war department allotment, gross quotas, net
quotas and National Guard and regulnr army credits—the total of the latter
two appearing In the final column of the table:
National
Alabama
Arizona
District of Columbia.
Idaho
Maine
New Hampshire
New Jersey ...
New Mexico ...
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee ...
Texas .......
Utah ........
Vermont......
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Alaska ...
Hawaii ..
Pc i to Hicc
Gross
Net Quota
Guard En-
Army
Quota
by Draft listed April April 2-
2-June30 June 30
687,000
183,719
117,974
---- 21,300
13,612
2,238
1,232
3,472
371
171
10,267
5,128
840
23,060
3,162
4,158
4,758
2,722
1,015
10,977
2,776
1,138
1,202
639
180
929
704
223
6,325
1,659
954
18,337
2,100
2,840
2,287
865
711
61,653
9,635
10,997
17,510
2,494
5,940
12,749
6,808
3,633
6.439
6,898
2,588
14,236
3,622
2,276
13,682
1,979
1,198
1,821
2,722
553
7,096
3,151
537
20,586
7,511
4,965
30,291
3,943
6,906
17,854
3,752
1,951
10,201
3,457
581
18.660
7,738
3,984
7,872
592
982
8,185
2,538
1,853
1,051
382
1,204
1,272
346
20,665
4,584
4,202
2,292
1,239
227
69,241
16,888
12,588
15,974
3,345
1,003
5.606
1,486
353
38,773
14,129 .
5,020
... 19,943
15.564
2,004
1,907
717
2,259
1,974
. . 98,277
60.859
9,732
13,388
6.277
1,801
1,916
371
... 15,147
10,081
1,796
782
6 854
2,717
2,647
579
14,528
3,917
1,414
30.545
8.794
4,347
2,370
812
1,091
1,049
1,111
205
13,795
2,992
838
. . . 12.768
7,296
1,764
1.4J6
. .. 14.848
9,101
1,482
1,240
12.876
9,029
1,586
810
1,180
304
710
696
13
142
18
13,-80
12.833
624
Regular Aggregate
National
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"Enemy sighted one thousand yards to left. Keep under cover.
Is the message the lad in the picture from Company M, Oklahoma National
tu3 . * send,nfl to another member of the company half a mile away.
The lad was caught by the camera while giving the first letter in the second
sentence. The men in the background are other members of Company M.
who are digging a trench to protect a bridge across Medicine Creek,
enemy are artillery that have just dashed around the mountain
south, preparatory to making an attack on the bridge-
Young men of Oklahoma are obtaining wonderful training down in the
camp at Fort Sill, and at the same time each Is becoming acquainted with
some thousand others of Oklahoma lads. The name of the state of Oklahoma
FranceWar W‘ depend Upon the acts of these y°u"9 me" when they get to
COMMANDING OKLAHOMA FORCES
This
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teers to serve under Colonel Hoffman. Men are wanted between the --------
of, 8 45- A *r«® Pf^Bminary examination from any physician then a a Dronze button bearli
collect «.l..™ >» •'E»i”P»Kl-U 8
OKLAHOMA’S QUOTA 15,564
Washington. — Formal announce-
ment was made by the war depart-
ment that 687,000 men will be select-
ed from those registered on June 5
for the first national war army and to
fill up vacancies in the national guard
and the regular army.
The quota of men which each state
will be required to furnish follows:
Alabama, 13,612; Arizona, 3,472
Arkansas, 10,267; California, 23,060
| Colorado, 4,753; Connecticut, 10,977
Delaware, 1,202; District of Columbia
929; Florida, 6 325; Georgia, 18,337
Idaho, 2,287; Illinois, 51,653; Indiana
17,510; Iowa, 12,749; Kansas, 6,439
Kentucky, 14,236; Louisiana, 13,582
Maine, 1.821; Maryland, 7.096; Massa
chusetts, 20,586; Michigan, ’ 30,291
Minnesota, 17,854; Mississippi, 10,801
Missouri, 18,660; Montana, 7,872; Ne
braska, 1,051; New Hampshire, 1,204
New. Jersey, 20,665; New' Mexico
2,292; New York, 69.241; North Caro
lina,. 15,974; North Dakota, 5,606
Ohio, 38,773; Oklahoma, 15,564; Ore-
gon, 717; Pennsylvania, 60,859; Rhode
Island, 1,801; South Carolina, 10,081;
South Dakota, 2,717; Tennessee, 14,-
528; Texas, 30,545; Utah, 2.370; Ver-
mont 1,049; Virginia, 13,795; Wash-
ington, 7,296; West Virginia, 9,101;
Wisconsin, 12,876; Wyoming, 810;
Alaska, 696; Hawaii, none; Porto
Rico, 12,833.
The table from which the net
quotas were compiled shows that all
enlistments in the national guard and
the regular army up to June 30 have
been allowed as credits. The accom-
panying table directs governors of the
various states to allot the state quota
as given among the exemption board
districts, so that each board in each
district will know exactly the num-
ber of men to be fufnished by the
district in filling the state quota.
Contrary to expectations, the gov-
ernment has allowed credit for the to-
tal strength of the national guard, in-
cluding all those men who were in
the service prior to April 1 and who
have been retained. The figures are
given as follows:
Total strength of the national guard
on April 1, 1917, 164,292.
Enlisted in the national guard be-
tween April 1 and June 30, 183,719.
Enlisted in the regular army
tween April and June 30, 117,^74.
Total credits allowed fo*-, 465,985.
This means that according to the
estimates of the government officials,
the United States now has enrolled
or under arms approximately 467.000
men classed as war wolunteers and
there constitute credits to be allowed
to the states from which they enlisted.
A definite place in the waiting lists
for selection to the new national army
will be given every one of the millions
who registered, it became known to-
da\. Those called first for service
will have their places in line filled by
other registrants In order.
A separate number will not, of
course, be drawn for everyone who
registered, but each number taken
from the box will call for the selec-
tion of more than 4,000 men, or one
| from each of the registration districts.
Numbered slips will be enclosed in
capsules and rawn from a large glass
vessel in Secretary Baker’s offices.
To prevent embarrassment to those
the war department will
give with each exemption certificate
homa’c own rwglment
serve
This is in-
tended to remove from the exempted
any suspicion of being slackers.
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