DRAFT BOARD
COMPLETES ITS
ARDUOUSTASK
After two years of service, during
which time it has had charge of the
registration and induction of men into
military service under the selective
service act, the Military Department
of the Governor’s office, headed by
Captain J. J. Finnigan, went out of
existence last Friday.
During this time 17,003 men have
registered in Alaska under the selec
tive service act. Of these 6,656 reg
istered in the class of December, 1918.
In the latter class, 4,435 were men
from 19 to 36 years old, inclusive, 5,
561 were 37 to 45 years old, inclusive
and 157 were 18 years old.
Of those who were registered,
1907 were actually inducted into the
service. In addition thereto, 316 vol
untarily enlisted or received compe
tent orders.
Only 46 of the 1,656 inducted men
who were received at Alaska posts,
wrere rejected because of failure to
pass their physical tests.
The status of registrants in the
clas of June, 1917, from which the
Alaska draft men were drawn, is
given as follows:
White Col’d
Inducted and sent to camp 1,898 9
General service men avail
able for future calls,
physically qualified_ 264 1
Limited service men avail
able for future calls .... 62
Remediable groups. 29 2
Emergency fleet. 135
Delinquents not yet be
come deserters. 253 1
Deserters . 47? 7
Physical examination pend
ing . 24
Total . 3,140 20
Total class 1. 3,162
Other classes . 3,494
Total registrants, class of
June, 1917 . 6,656
The last registration, the class of
December, 1918, was most represen
tative of the Territory of Alaska. Of
10,153 registrants, 4,434 or 44 per
cent were natural born citizens; 1,
256, or 12 per cent were naturalized
citizens; 265 or 2.6 per cent, were
citizens by their father’s naturaliza
tion; 1,982 or 19.5 per cent were de
clarent aliens, and 2,216 or 22 per
cent were non-declarent aliens. Ac
cording to race, 8,873 were white, 27
were negroes, 273 were orientals, 889
Indian citizens and 191 Indian non
citizens.
The alien registrants, including 578
alien enemies were classified as fol
lows:
Non
Declar- Declar
ants ants
Belgium . 23 10;
British Dominions:
England . 81 90
Ireland. 55 33
Scotland . 32 25
Wales . 10
Canada.120 190
Australia. 7 4
New Zealand . 4 2
Newfoundland . 5 7
Jamaica . 1
Other British . 6 5
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France . 8 5
Italy . 56 84
Portugal . 1 5
Russia . 174 262
Servia .|.. 11 25
China.. . .. 6
Japan . 2 177
Denmark . 51 18
Netherland . 5 6
Norway . 458 185
Rumania . 2
Spain . 4 2
Sweden . 278 2f>2
Switzerland . 25 10
Mexico ... . 5 35
Central and S. America 4 6
Sundries . 113 33?*
Austria Hungary . 145 129
Bulgaria . .. .. 15 22
Turkey . 6 11
(Jermany . 105 45
Brand total .1810 2042
Total aliens . -‘'>352
Alien enemies . 578
To avoid military service, 93 neu
tral aliens revoked their declarations
of intention. Of these, 34 were
Swedes, 53 Norwegians, 1 Hollander
1 Mexican and 4 nationality unknown.
By revoking their declarations of in
tentions, these aliens are prevented
from ever becoming citizens of the
United States. A bill is now before
congress, providing for the deporta
tion of aliens who revoked their de
clarations of intentions in order to
avoid military service.
The total expenses of the Selective
Service Department, covering two
years, were slightly under $32,000.
The records are being shipped to
Washington, D. C., by Capt. Finne
gan. There it is estimated that it
will take a building larger than the
State, War, and Navy Departments
to house the selective service rec
ords, and a force of 3,000 clerks to
compile statistics.
A roster of the Alaska service men
has been compiled by Capt. Finnegan
and will be kept at Juneau with Ter
ritorial records. The roster contains
only the names of those who are reg
istered in Alaska. Naturally there
re hundreds of others who entered
the service who should be properly
credited to the Territory. A roster
of these men, so far as has been re
ceived. has been prepared, but it is
necessarily incomplete.
Capt. Finnegan will report to Fort
William H. Seward immediately upon
the completion of his work, for fur
ther duty. He expects to receive
his discharge some time in the near
future.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug
6 (by Associated Press).—As a mem
ber of the Smithsonian African ex
pedition—said to be the largest in
scientific scope since the famous
Stanley exploration party of half a
century ago—Dr. Homer L. Shantz,
formerly of Colorado Springs, sailed
from New York City recently, to make
a special study of African plants and
textiles with a view of using them in
America.
It is estimated the expedition will
cost $200,000. It will cover over
8,000 miles, extending through the
jungles and deserts, by the headwat
ers of the Nile, and over the famous
“water-hole country,” where there are
more wild animals to the square mile
than anywhere else on earth, accord
ing to zoologists.
The explorers will visit King Sol
omon’s mines. They will pay a call
on the Zulus, the only South African
race that successfully resisted the
whites. They will see the Mountains
of the Moon, the region of the three
foot pigmies, the haunts of the tse
tse fly and the original land of the
sleeping sickness. They will enter
the former negro empire of Uganda,
and they will visit the Sultan of Zan
zibar on his island.
Ox carts will carry the party over
the desert and horses into the land
of poisonous snakes. Black hatchet
men will chop their way through the
primeval jungles, and with native
guides the explorers will travel thru
the water-hole country.
The nine members of the expedi
tion will head a huge caravan com
posed of nearly 200 negro porters of
various tribes marshaled under a
“headman.”
ENORMOUS APRICOT CROP
RAISED IN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The value of the ap
ricot crop in southern California for
1919 has been estimated by fruit
authorities at $75,000,000. A record
price of $100 a ton prevails, caused
it is said by the post-war demands of
practically every large country except
Germany. It is estimated there are
65,000 acres of apricots in southern
California, and the total production
will be upwards of 150,000 tons. Seven
thousand men, women and children
are engaged in getting the fruit ready
for market.
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DONE JUAREZ
BY BANDITS
JUAREZ, Mexico, Aug. 6 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Fresh scars were ad
ded to this battle-torn town when
Francisco Villa and his rebels at
tacked recently. Four battles and as
many more mutinies and sieges dur
ing the eight years of revolution,
have left their marks and many
buildings are wrecked and burned.
As the Villa rebels attacked from
the eastern suburbs that section suf
fered most from the fighting. The
$500,000 Juarez race course was the
center of fighting during the two at
tacks, and the concrete grand stand
is shell-battered and the windows
broken by rifle and shrapnel bullets.
When American artillery bombarded
the race track to dislodge the Villa
forces, shells struck the water tank,
blew holes in the towers and tile
roof of the grand stand and left a
gaping hole in the side of the betting
ring.
Down the Guadeloupe road toward
the Madero hospital where Provis
ional President Madero made his
headquarters in 1911, an adobe house
was completely demolished by a stray
shell from the American artillery.
Bullet marks may be seen on the
mission church, and almost every
adobe house has broken windows and
bullet holes in its walls.
Barbed wire entanglements, “pill
box” forts and trenches built by the
federal defenders remain along the
eastern line of the town.
The two pieces of artillery belong
ing to the garrison are parked near
Fort Hidalgo, which commands the
western approaches to the town from
a high point to the southwest. These
field pieces were used effectively dur
ing the fighting, firing shrapnel and
solid shot into the rebel lines.
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