Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-04-11 | Page 6 | 2500 Aliens at Garfield Reduce Class 1 of Draft

p 2500 Aliens a at Garfield Reduce Class 1 of Draft Drall In response to a bulletin issued from the of of the adjutant general of Utah to all local boards requesting detailed reports as to reasons for classification n in more I deferred groups than class 1 I Gar Gar- GarfIeld Garfield field reports that in n that city ap approximately approximately approximately ap- ap proximately 60 per cent of the registrants are a aliens and alien enemies Among the alien enemies i the report reads the Austrians Austrians I II predominate I The aliens In G Garfield r I consist I I I chiefly of Greeks Italians ArmeI Armenians Armenians Arme Arme- I Albanians Japs Taps Mexicans ans and Spaniards In fact almost I every nation in the world is represented represented rep represented rep rep- resented with the exception of France not one French alien hav hay having haying I ing registered at the local board for I division No 1 at Garfield Of the Greeks Greel s alone 1048 registered registered registered regis regis- Italians Russians Japs Taps 27 Austrians These figures however to not include foreigners who have applied for citizenship papers According to the report Garfield Garfield Garfield Gar- Gar field has 2441 aliens who have not yet made their declarations to be become become become be- be come citizens of the United States In addition to this number the lo local local local lo- lo cal board at Garfield classified a number of Germans Austrians and other subjects of Austria who have made their declaration to become citizens of the United States but even these registrants were necessarily necessarily necessarily placed in class 5 making malting the list of aliens registered at that board in excess of 2500