The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-09
COMPLETE LAST
OF DRAFT Law
by END OF WEEK
National Guard Figures
Show 419, 1884 Men Are
Needed

Washington, Ang 9-Provost
Marshal General Crow and his as
sistAnts are at work on the final set
OF regulations to be promulgated this
week to complete organization of the.
selecttve draft war army. They will.
govern actual mobilization of the men
Statements issued today by the war
department show that pre- liminary fig
ures put the total force Of national
guafd $83fRlS vice
Aps \ Il I d \ ; ;sst
1so.7ss war volunteers have been re7l
cruited for, the regular service since
April l, leaving only baout 1000 va
cancies In the regulars at war
strength .fs
These figures mean that approx
mately 726, 90 men, are now under
arms exclusive of. the navy and ma
rine corps, to be supplemented with
in the, next. few weeks by 697, 000 rails
ed under the selective draft bill. Of
the latter number about 500, 600. will
compose the third great element of
the war army, the national army and
the remainder will 60 to fill UP the
regulars and the guard and their re-
serves.
The mobilization regulations will
show how the drafted men are to- be
assigned. Already the war depart
ment mas received countess ap lu,..
tons from. men certain 70 pc gcs 'tss.
IN the first Increment 81 the ula az
1orces TOT assignment. 70 solne
nE arm or Drancl u lnes - -,
sWnere e man mas Deen su w. ,. ~
ms local Doaro ZOE pnysie<1l
ton, no metnoo ezsts WHEREBY no
may enlist In the regulars ana nave nav
his service count on the nome quota.
It ~ probable, however srnat some et-
fort will be made 20 meet the wisnes
4 OF the drafted men u TINS regard as
far as possible when they are mooI-4
lired-s It can only be done 70 nm
tied extent, as the regulars and guard,
ms shown by taday's statement are
practically filled up now
The war department. has taken over
wen az the 'reguiaIss tne entire s uAru
navIngf now become ipare u sno
army OF the United States and having
no connection with the states. Ip-
days statement says that about half
the men applying Tor enlistment are
within the draft ages Those accept
cd will count as credits on subsequent
quotas Of their districts The state
nert lays stress however. on the ract
that the country wants al tne men y
can get who can pc spared az nome !.
The natinoal guard statemehS
n shows that only the NUMBER OF men
short of the 419,Ss4 figure, shown by
checking Of the muster rolls by de-
partment commanders and the rejec-
tion Of any found unfit, Will be taken
from the draft forces Tor the guard "a
service The recruiting service sex-
poets to nh the regular army 70 Itii l
war service crrowff 81 81 next oay.l SO
that there PROBABLY VIM Pc 2 urpIns
\ 81 lbpsV98sAM r more men Wheh tne Luil
65f ,VV0eq4 khe flrsI lncre#Rent OF the
nattqnal 7rny are sssen1R
IN add1fion. recruiting t q enc u
the country Will supplement ne sex-
ce*s AL men VINO voiunleer goingNin-
toSthe r@Eulars or the national guard
orHinto the reserve after full war
strength - reached
It Is reearded as likely that the mo-
biizatiof1f re- Nla tons soon to be IS
sued VII nav that the SUR Plus "a
used aS re-
cruz eSy ALI lnN men
/, VIII, 20 put srnder training as quickly
81 a. poss1pie. 4 recruit depot .wlH pe
established In France from which reg
iments at the front will be kept filled
up, drafts of men from the main re-