Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-10
FORMAL DRAFT CALL
FOR SEPTEMBER |.
To Summon Isl 800 Men on That
Date
GENERAL CROWDER URGES HASTE
Root Says U. S. Must Now Sustain
Russia-CantOnmeniS Soon
To Be Ready.

On September ] the War Depart-
ment will call one-third of the quota
for the national draft army from each
State TO entrain for mobilization
camps TO which the men are to be as
signed for training, They are to be
sent TO their camps during the first
five days in September.
To obtain men rapidly enough Go
carry out this mobilization movement
General Crowder has called upon the
Governor in each State TO urge local
boards to certify their lists with suf-
| ficient expedition TO OBTAIN this num-
ber of men by the first Of next month.
/ The States are therefore being called
7 upon to complete onethird of their
quotas for the national army In the
next twenty-three days
The quota assigned for the eItire
country was 6S7.0O0 men. General
Crowder last week issued instructions
for each State to draft 10 per cent
more than its quota. $500 additional
men for the country, so as 20 make
allowances for sickness and disabili-
ties during the training of the Ma
tional Army. This means that the
number of men TO be obtained from
the first draft will be around 755.700
men.
CantOnments 10 he Ready.
The War Department is ready To re
ceive by September / one-third of
| these men in the cantonments now
being built, In other words. it will
be ready by the 1st of next month
to begin the mobilization of POI 900
men.
The quota for New York State has
been fixed at 69.24i. Adding 10 per
cent to take care of gaps caused by
i sickness gives a total of 76,165 men,
of whom the third TO be mobilized on
September / number 25,28S.
General Crowder is comforting with
the General staff and it's War College
division regarding plans for the mob
ilization of the national army, it's as
signment to training cantonments.
and the methods of transporting the
drafted men to these points of rem
devious Whether excursion trains
will be run has not been determined
But each man drafted will be supplied
with transportation to his mobiliza
tion point and to the cantonment
where he is to be trained
Message 10 Governors.
The General notified the Governors
that regulations governing mobiliza-
tion and certifcation from the district
board will be sent to them soon.
Must Sustain Russia.
Russia, newest of democracies,
grows stronger of heart and purpose
daily, and with aid from the United
States can be depended upon to do
her part in the great war and emerge
powerful State. This was the mes
sage brought TO President Wilson and
Secretary Lansing by Elihu Root and
his fellow-members of the American
mission sent to Russia three months
/ ago
Unqualified encouragement from
| the United States, moral and financial
when necessary is absolutely essential
TO keeping life in the new Govern
ment the Commissioners agreed. A
separate peace with Germany obvious
ly is the gravest fear Left to fight
along with her present Government in
control. the President was told. Rus
sia will emerge triumphant and
strong. but if either by great masses
OF troops or clever propaganda. Ger
many should accomplish the over
t.row Of the Kerensky Government
the outlook would be dark indeed.