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DRAFT QUOTAS WILL BE ADDEDITO IN ALL DISTRICTS IN STATEI*v Turk. July 3!—Just as It be; ram° apparent yesterday, w ith the beginning of the physical examination1 ? wWiof men for the draft army, that thepercentage of exemptions, for all reasons, woul# probably run high, it was 'learned that the quota required fromi; many, if not all, the districts in this■' '■ ’./* * V — * - ’ r. .•'lt; ^ .■; • * •. ■* ' . • • . ' . * •*. v- /'Jri \S ' ,**. • V 1 * • '.,city are to be increased and that those for up*State districts will be raised pven more.This information came to Hoscoe S. Conk'ing. representing the Adjutant General, from Albany late in the afternoon. There will be no delay in the work o? the local boards because of the change. Mr Gonkhng explained, though the boards will be required to examine more men than had beenplanned.Mr. Gonkhng stated that the !®fof-makien that came to him wee that officer* of the National Guard and of the regular army, in charge of recruiting. had been “not too careful,in re• ••porting to the Adjutant Genera! the number of recruits In each district “As a result,” said Mr. Conkling,“the uotas will have to be changed.Here in the city the differences will probably not be more than two or three men to a district; maybe not more than 200 for the whole city.“That means that the Guard officers and the army officers boosted thefigures of recruiting, doesn’t it?” Mr. Conkling was asked.“I suppose it does.” said he. “but beyond question it wag simply a case ofcarelessness. 1 suppose some of themen did not understand why the Adjutant General wanted to know how many men had been recruited. Theymay have thought it was simply curiosity on his part, not knowing that the recruiting figures would have an effect on the draft.Mr. Conkling added he would inform each local board to regard the quota that had been assigned to it astiuai until it received the new figure.1tIt1f1€t
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Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York, US
Tue, Jul 31, 1917
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