New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
War Department Order
Calls Total Of 70, 400 Draft
ed Men in Transfer
Locate in Atlanta
National Guard Bodies To Be
Brought Rapidly to War
Strength

WASHINGTON. Oct. -. Seven thou-
sand New York City National Army
mon now at Camp Upton, faphahS'
Long Island. will soon be transferred
TO Camp Gordon. Atlanta, Ga, 1t was
announced today by the War Depart
ment. in statement detailing the ne"
distrihution OF the selective draf. men
outlined several days ago.
The Transferred men will 20 to make
nm a new division $4,000 mem irom
Eastern states 10 be organized at Camp
Carbon. National Army men now al
the Atlanta camp will be distributed
among National Guard units to bring
these up to war strength.
trst when the New York men Will
90 South was not stated. but 1t Will be
within a few days Their new camp Is
named after Confederate general D.
y cordor. who was at one time Gov
ornor Of Georgia.
7S.IO0 in Transfer
rho War Departments orders pro
,.sdo for me transfer Of 1S.4oo men
crom National Army cantonments 10
.i,e ,.arious National Guard divisions
"a FIJI them 20 war strength. Staue
opo,as in this process will be deter
mined upon the basis Of Congressloh
81 rcpresentation, and, so far as prar-
t;cabie the drafted men from Stat,
viii he assigned 10 National Guaru
units from the same state. q,
Tho divisions Of the National Guard
forces showing the greatest deficiency
IN men are the 30th. 10000; 3lst, To-
600. goth. 5000. 33d. 6.AOO; "7th'
5000: 10th. 1000.
Tho orders authorize the commander
of the SOth Division to call upon camps,
Jackson ard Gordon. OF the National
ARMY cantonment groups Tor lU'oVV
,,en from North and South Carolina;
tho 9fst Division 10 call upon amps
Jackson. Gordon and Pike FOR l'.Voo
mon from Georgia. Florida and Ala
bama; the seth Division 20 can upon
Camp Pike for 5000 men from Ar
kansas. Louisiana and Mississippi Zstn
Division to call upon Camp DIX ior
! 900 men from New Jersey ana DEL
aware: 32d Division 20 call upon lamp
Custer for 5000 men from Michigan
and Wisconsin; 33d Division 70 call
unon Camp Grant for 5,4OO men IRON
Illinois and on Camp Dodge Tor l,oOo
men from Illinois; 3Sth DIVISION TO
call upon Camp Taylor for 5000 men
from Indiana and Kentucky; 10Th Dlvi-
sion 70 call upon Camp Meade for l.
600 men from Pennsylvania; 31th Divi-
sion 10 call upon Camp Lee for 1000
men from West Virginia, and upon
Camp Sherman for 5000 men from
Ohio: 3ith Division TO call upon Camp
Dodge for 5000 men from Iowa, Min
ncsota and North Dakota and upon
Camp Funston for 1000 men from Ne
braska and South Dakota; 35th Divi-
sion TO call upon Camp Funston for g.
coo men from Missouri and Kansas;
10th Division 10 call upon Camp Lewis
for 5000 men from California, Nevada
and Utah and upon Camp Funston for
6 900 men from Colorado, New Mexico
and Arizona; 36th Division TO call upon
Camp Travis for 5000 men from Okla
homa and Texas.
Parallelling these orders. instruc-
tions have been sent TO divisional com
mandcrs OF the National Army 20 fur-
nish the men as required and also TO
make the following transfers between
the National Army cantonments:
Camp Gordon. to transfer all re-
naming white men to Camp Jackson
and receive in return 5000 white men
from Camp Devens, 1000 from Camp
Upton, 5000 from Camp Dix, 5000
from Camp Meade and 5000 from
Camp Lee Orders TO Camp Lee direct
that the transfer TO Camp Gordon be
composed of Pennsylvanians.
Camp Pike, after all remaining white
men have been transferred 10 Camp
Jackson will receive 1000 whites from
Camp Custer. 1000 from Camp Grant,
1000 from Camp Taylor, 5000 from
Camp sherman, 5000 from Camp
Dodge. 5000 from Camp Funston and
1000 from Camp Travis.