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Exceeds Quota by Voluntary
Army Enlistments?Credit
Distribution Arranged.
DRAWING DATE IN DOUBT
Hawaii* wonderful display of the
miliary spirit will save men on the
continent from ?n#w*r!n*,!Jeh^ Q^ota
Tf Hawaii had rot exceeded her Quo"J
??>* J^n'd possessions finished
? nearlv S OO mor. men as volunteer. In
excess of the number required from
to fill up the first army.
This accounts for the ''\aA"*trafl?"lngr
. S -au.Ted^Sr t*hbfna^na^
wis^'SdS?*?
President's call for 687,000 to fill UP
the regulars and National Guard and to
make up the first 500.000 of the national
*Ony'the basis of population. Hawaii's
gross ouota -was 5.403. OB tl 5..
territory had 4.237 men in the National
Ouard. or nearly double the number re
<5 u I red to fill the quota. Since April 1
142 additional guardsmen and eighteen
war volunteers for the regulars nave
been recruited, making the total con
tribution of the territory to the army
of the United States up to June so
J 397 men. or 1.9S4 more than it was re
culred to furnish. ,__h.h
It was this situation which
officials when the allotment of quota*
came to be figured out. To each stat* ana
territorv, in proj>ortion to ita P?P"|* fj?S'
apart of Hawaii's surplu?. wasjawarfed.
In New York more than 200 credits ^ere
allowed and 200 men of those
?there will not becalled to the ^orswlth
the first arm/ because of the stie orIhe
?National Guard maintained by Hawaii.
Governors Get lists.
Another fact developed In oonnectjon
with the allotment of credits la thatJhe
?War Department haa furnished to eacn
governor a full list of war .recruitsi en
listed In the regular army since April i l
and who claim that state as home. Lieut.
Col. Krejrer of the provost marshal gen
eral's office has worked for weeks on this
anple of the problem, and the credit
sheets contain every possible aid the
federal governmnt oould give In the task
of subdividing state quotas among ex
' amotion districts.
Credits for enlistments in the regular
? army were liven on the basis of the
'(Va. e claimed as home bv the recruit^0
matter where he enlisted. For that rea
wn the credits In this regard bear no re
lation whatever to the number of men
who have been recruited In any state.
The method adopted has not been clearl>
understood, and conflicting claims made
bv various states as to the credits tnej
?were to be allowed were baaed on the
assumption that place of enlistment. not
place of residencek governed the distri
UAnother point raised has been that
credit was not allowed for all men
ahown to have enlisted by the dally
recruiting charts. Officials explain this
by showing that the recruit did not. In
fact, become a soldier until he had been
sent to the regional recruiting depot,
passed his physical examination and
signed enlistment papers. Those who
were In process of enlistment June 30
nere not counted.
With the district distribution of the
. regular army credits supplied to them,
the governors have much of their work
of fixing the quotas of exemption dis
tricts in their states already done for
them- A similar division by residence
?f national guardsmen must be made,
the resulting district totals added to
the regular army credit figures and the
sura deducted from each district's gross
quota aa computed on the basis of
population. The regulations definitely
nx the census bureau's latest esti
mates ef population aa the basis for
computing all quotas, but in revised
census estimates the bureau has taken
account of registration totals rather
than actual population. In order to
equalise the burden.
Get Credit for Guardsmen.
Every state has reAived credit for a
number of men in the National Ouard
who are not now in that service. Prob
ably ?0.000 men have been discharged
since April 1. and 60.000 of the recruits
gathered since that date fill their
places and do not constitute a net in
crease. The state, however, gets credit
fer all ef the discharged men, aa well
as all of the recruits.
The table issued Friday gives the Na
tional Guard a total strength on June
30 of approximately 348,000 men. As a
matter of fact, the force probably Is at
least 61,000. perhaps nearly 100,000,
Short of that number.
No additional Information as to the
date or exact method of the drawing is
obtainable at this time. The method
probably will be announced on the eve
?f the drawing and that will follow im
mediately upon receipt of official ad
vices that the last local board has com
pleted its organisation work and filed
Its list of numbered registranta with
the state authorities. There are nearly
1.000 district boards to be heard from,
but Indications now are that all will
have reported by the middle of next
*reek and that the drawing can be held.
If desired, on Friday or Saturday.
Await President's Action.
Meanwhile nominations for the dis
trict appeal boarda still awaited action
by President Wilson. The full list of
men recommended for his selection has
been submitted by Brig. Gen. Crowder.
Covost marshal general. There will
no need to delay the drawing for
these nominations, as the appeal boards
will have no functions to perform until
the actual examination of men by the
district boards has commenced.
Newspapers in the big population
centers of the country are beginning to
realize more clearly every day the mag
nitude of the task before them In an
nouncing the order for appearance of
each registrant.
It seems likely now that a majority
?f the papers will be compelled to print
on the first day only the names of the
men who are likely to be called to make
up the <17,000 to be drafted for mili
tary service. In each state the number
that will mean from each district In
the state Is now being determined by
the governor.
DT OPERATION FIFTY YEARS.
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serves 6eml-CentenniaL
The Metropolis Building Association
Pennsylvania avenue and zd street
at. Is celebrating Its semi-cen.
The boast of this Instltutior
1? that It haa never paid less than (
per cent on monthly stock and that 11
Bow haa a reinvested surplus of 111,
41t.ll. The officers of the Instltutior
Wiegand, president; Harry O
Wilson, vice president; Charles E
Worthlngton. secretary; Edward A
Tripp, treasurer! directors, Henrj
Kubn, John T. Wright. Charles W
Bland. Oeorge M. Siebert, John Stelnle,
Jehn Scrivener. James H. Keller and
William K. Miller, and attorney, Jnd
Son T. Coll.
TO ADDRESS BOARD OF TRADE.
Secretary Daniels Accepts Invitation
to Speak Wednesday Right
Secretary Daniels of the Navy Depart,
tnent yesterday afternoon accepted ai
Invitation to address the Waahlnrtor
Beard of Trade at its second patriotic
meeting, to be held Wednesday evening
at I o'clock at the new Central Hlgt
school. 11th and Clifton streets north
weet. The Marine Band Is to furalst
muslo for the occasion.
Capt de la Orange, French aviator
Is to deliver an address telling of th?
important part taken by aeroplane!
in the prssent war. Motion pictures
fresh from the Preach front, are t<
illustrate this form of warfare, j
?outnea
tennlaL
"TOMMY" AND "SAMMY" GUARD INTERNATIONAL
BRIDGE, NIAGARA FALLS.
ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN
FOR COLORED SOLDIERS
Ken Guarding Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge Guests of Bed Cross
Branch.
Members of the 1st Separate Bat
talion stationed at the bridge at 17th
?treet and Pennsylvania avenue south
east were entertained by a committee
from the Harriet Tubman branch of the
District Red Cross Friday afternoon.
Dr. Warfleld, chairman of the branch,
made a short address, and Prof. George
W. Cook, in a patriotic appeal, urged
the guardsmen to do their utmost in
the present crisis to fulfill the hopes of
the citizens, who are looking to them
to present the strongest argument for
the fullest liberty and civic equality of
colored Americans.
The soldiers were served with ice
cream and cake by Mrs. Warfield, Mrs.
Cook, Mrs. De Nellotts, Mrs. Walker,
wife of Maj. Walker; Mrs. Newman,
Mrs. Chestnut, Mrs. West Hamilton,
Mrs. Gray, Mrs. B. B. Church, wife of
the army Y. M. C. A. secretary on duty
with the battalion, and Mrs. Perry,
chairman of the committee.
The Harriet Tubman branch is mak
ing comfort bags for the battalion, to
be given the men when they leave the
city for the concentration camp. Wom
en wishing to help are requested tOfcall
at the Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C.
A. Tuesday or Thursday afternoons.
The branch acknowledges the fol
lowing donations for Hed Crosf. relief
work: The Medlco-Chirurglcal Society,
|10; the Ladies' Improvement Club, Mrs.
E. Webster, president, $5; the O Street
Vocational School, through Mr. Hine,
secretary, board of education, 116; Dr.
R. M. Brown, J5; Thomas Walker,
$5; Bible class. Metropolitan Baptist
Sunday school, $4; proceeds of operetta
given under management of Mrs.
Charles II. Marshall, $46. Total, |9Q.
Twenty-flve dollars was appropri
ated by the Harriet Tubman branch for
relief of the sufferers from the East St.
Louis riots, to be disbursed, with other
contributions from the colored citizens
of Washington, by Miss Hallie Queen,
who goes from the Washington chapter
with the unit sent by the Red Cross to
St. Louis, for relief of the East St.
Louis refugees there, now being cared
for by the St. Louis chapter of the Red
Cross.
Bolivian railways are substituting
wood for coal, owing to higher prioes
of coal, resulting from the difficulty of
obtaining ocean transportation from
the United States.
YARDS 10 GET II. S.
ORDERS TOMORROW
Gen. Goethals Ready to Seize
All Steel Merchant Craft
Under Construction.
WOODEN SHIP FIGHT AGAIN
Plans for requisitioning all steel mer
chant ships under construction In the
aountry were completed yesterday by
MaJ. Gen. George W. Goethals, man
ager of the shipping board'* emergency
fleet corporation. All Araerlaan yards
will be notified that the government
has taken oharge and that they are to
follow the corporation's direotions.
About fifteen yards in the country are
producing- major ships. A government
agent will bo put in charge of each,
although the present managers prob
ably will be designated as the govern
ment representatives.
To Hgve Additional 8hifts.
Kt ehips under construction for the
government will be requisitioned, nor
will any vessels under repair be taken
over. Ships under construction will be
speeded upi Gen. Goethals announced,
by the addition of overtime where nec
essary; by additional labor (shifts and
by the elimination of non-essential re
finements of construction. As soon as
the ways are cleared Gen. Goethals will
start construction of standardised de
signs. which can be built quiokly.
Contracts will be let tomorrow for
construction of the two great govern
ment-owned shipbuilding plants, in
which Gen. Goethals will have fabri
cated eteel ship* built. These two plants
are expected to turn out within eight
een months or two years 400 vessels
of 2,500,000 tons.
Woodtn Shipbuilding Snag.
Although Gen. Goethals has an
nounced contracts for 341 wooden ships,
with another 100 under negotiation,
possibilities of trouble between him and
the shipping board were still seen last
night over the wooden shipbuilding
program. The shipping board, it is
known, favors construction of a large
number of wooden ships of one design,
while Gen. Goethals is letting contracts
only for another design said to be a
I better type of ship, but or slower con
struction than the one the board fan-1
cles. '
The board has contended for construc
tion of a type of wooden vessel which
will give the country immediate ton
nage. Whether it will Insist on con
struction under this design has not
been made known, but it is considered
certain that the board's members, as
stockholders in the fleet corporation,
will take an active interest in the
building program.
Director* to Meet.
Th? fleet corporation's board of di
rectors, composed of shipping board
membera and employes, will meet to
morrow to dlaouaa Qan. Goethals' pro
gram. There were Indication! laat
night, however, that Gen. Goethals It
ready to prooaed with hla plans and
that he is determined not to be pam
pered In any way.
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Lieut. George L. Kraft Winner
of High Compliment From
Superior Officers.
Command Shines at Race
Meet at Fort Sam Hous
ton on July Fourth.
A Washington boy. First Lieut.
George L. Kraft. 19th U. S. Infantry,
stationed at Fort Sam Houston. Texas,
has won a high compliment from his
superior officers for the showing made
in a drill by the company he command
ed in a military race meet at the Texas
fort on July 4. Official letters, copies of
which were received in Washington last
night, recorded the fact that the show
ing made by the company was so good
it was taken for granted that the mem
bers of the company were old soldiers,
whereas slxtv-si* of the 106 men pres
ent were recruits.
Former Capital Cadet.
Lieut. Kraft is the son of Charles R.
Kraft, a plate printer at the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing. The family
resides at 1730 1st street northwest.
Lieut. Kraft has lived here since he
was three vears old. He attended the
primary grade in Emory school, and is
a graduate of McKlnley Manual Train
ing School, where he was for four years
ocie of the Washington High School
Cadets. He took a post-graduate course
in cWll engineering at Cornell Univers
ity and was appointed to the army from
civil life last year as the result of a
competitive examination.
Letter From Col. Barnum.
Col- Malvern-Hill Barnum. command
ing the 19th Infantry, wrote the fol
lowing letter complimenting Lieut.
Kraft and his company;
"Commanding Officer. 19th Infantry,
For Ham Houston. Texas: Sir?The de
partment commander desires me to In
form you of his pleasure at the showing
made by Company D. 19th Infantry, First
Lieut. George L. Kraft commanding, at
the exhibition drill at the military race
meet July 4. The exhibition was so
good that It was taken for granted that
the company was made up of old sol
diers. It now appears that of the 108
MBI T. GEORGE L. KRAFT.
men present slxty-slx were recruits who
had been drilled for thirty-three days
only, having had but three weeks' drill
with rifle#. This In no doubt due to the
strenuous effort toward improvement
made by the 19th Infantry which, a*
well as the 57th Regiment, has been
drilled in tho hot sun seven hours per
day since the regiment was formed
June 1. It is hoped this improvement
will continue.
"The beauty of the drill was also due
to the skillful way it was handled by
Lieut. Kraft. Yours truly,
"MALVERN-HILL RAHNUM.
"Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff."
Will Take Part at Boy Scout Camp.
Lieut. David Wooster Todd, jr., of
Washington, member of the Junior De
fense Guard of the navy, is to take an
active part in the activities of the Vir
ginia Boy Scouts when they hold their
encampment at Mountain I^ake, Va.. the
flrst part of August Lieut. Todd is the
eldest ion of the director of naval com
munication?, with headquarters In this
city. Mrs. Todd and her three sons are
spending the summer at the Virginia re
sort. Other Washlngtonlans there are
Mrs. R. M. Fa well, Mrs. Luther Sheldon.
Mrs. William Q. Henderson and Miss
Louise Henderson.
The Dutch Indies In 3015 produced
1,400,088 tons of petroleum.
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Likely to Act for Germany?Not
to Be Blacklisted.
Firms in neutral countries sending
supplies to Germany regularly prob
ably will not be looked on with favor
by the exports council for the receipt
of supplies from the United States, it
was said yesterday at the Stat? De
partment. Applications for licenses
for shipments to such firms, which
might bo cl&ssifisd as reaular Oerman
agents, probably will not oe granted, in
line with the policy not to allow Amsffc.
loan goods to reach Germany.
This policy will be decidedly differ
ent. it was said, from the British black
list policy, as it will Interfere only
with regular Oerman agents In coun
tries immediately contiguous to Ger
many. which are In a position to do im
mediate harm, and will not effect the
same general Indiscriminate Injury.
The names will not be made public.
and, as a result, the firms will not t?e
submitted to public injury.
Similarly, firms In the United Sta*es
known to be seeking to deal with Ger
many will find difficulty in gaining ex
port licenses. It is not expected, how -
ever, that there will bo msny of these,
as the possibility of escaping the
double British and American blockade
of Germany officials believe to be
negligible.
The flight of the ten Dutch ship* frotn
sn American port Friday revealed the
fact thst Holland and Sweden have
been very active in their protest*
against the American policy, while
Norway and Switzerland have made
almost no trouble, and Denmark but
little. From this it is assumed that
the three latter countries expect not to
go contrary to the principles laid dowt.
in the embargo proposition.
3,700 Applications Approved.
The division of export licenses an
nounced yesterday that 3.700 applica
tions for licenses for shipment of
goods had been approved and that
about 1.500 remained to be passed or.
So far the division merely has marked
applications "approved." or the re
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The exports administrative b^ard 1a
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