Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-25
WILL NOT CALL I'd.
INCREMENT Of NEW.
ARMY UNTIL 1918.
ONLY ONE TURN OF MACHINERY
IN 1917 CROWDER TELLS INTER
NATIONAL NEWS CORRESpoN.
DENT-MOBiLlZE IN FALL.

Washington, July 25.-The second
increment of the National army al
the United States will not be called
until 1918 unless there is some change
in the war plans now i'll the hands OF
the War department.
Il have prepared the machinery If
the draft for but one turn this year,
said Provost General Marshal Crowder
today. Although Of course, the sec.
rotary Of war and the general stan
may order change. AT the present
time, however, it is the plan to pre-
pare only the first increment of GS7,,
600"
Men chosen in the first draft will be
modified early in the Fall General
Crowder explained today that it is the
present plan to order all men held for
service to report to their local boards
on Il certain date. When all the men
are assembled they will be then turned
over to the War Department and come
under military jurisdiction for the first
time.
The qurtermaster general and the
adjutant general Of the general staff
will then take the men in charge and
arrange for their transportation to the
environments.
Two rules will he followed in ssgn-
ing men to cantonments: First. to
keep states cOntingents tOgethof
wherever possible, ana second, to send
each contingent to the nearest can.
Torment
To Draft Aliens.
Washington, July 25-Congress is
going to order the drafting of all
aliens of military age except subjects
OF the central powers, unless the state
department, which has taken a hand
in the question can furnish n very
convincing argument to the contrary.
Polls have disclosed an overwhelm-
ing sentiment in favor of making for
eigners living in the United States
and escaping military service in their
native lands bear their share of the
draft burden here. Particularly is
this sentiment strong among repre-.
sentatives and senator's from the
representatives and senators from the
more densely populated centers where
alien exemption viii cause the draft
burden to fall heavily on the native
born American population.
The Chamberlain resolution, declar.
ing all aliens, except those of the cen.
trail powers, subject to the draft on
the same terms as American citizens
unless otherwise provided by the
treaty with the nation of which they
are subjects, is now before the senate.
Judiciary affairs committee. Action
by the committee has been held up
pending the receipt of a report by the
State Department on the resolution
but unless the State Department
Iidhto Il StibiiS Nt'b t6"iiNh Wv ih'"E
,lre the committee is determined to
report it fayorably
The State Department has express
ed the fear to those behind the reso-
luton it is understood that it might
produce diplomatic complications. 1t is
generally believed in the senate, how
ever, that the allied nations would be
glad to have the United States draft
their nationals who have been using
this country as refuge from military
service. All the allied governments
have the privilege, under a recent act
of congress, to recruit their own ma
tonalities from subjects residing in
the y. S. A.
Foreigners Cause TanaIe.
Chicago. July 25-EXemption boards
today discovered that one fourth of
the men registered and drafted in
Chicago are exempt as alien citizens.
Out of a total of 314,116 registered
men. 76.553 are exempt as aliens.
Three chairmen of the local exemp-
ton boards said they feared the war
departments ruling including regis
tered aliens in computing division
quotas gravely imperlled their ability
to I'll Their division quotas, even tho
every registered man was called.
In district No. 40, 2.10S of the 1928
registered from SIS REGISTERED Ameri-
cans
The exemption board says disquali-
fcations because of physical disabili-
ty and exemptions Of married men
nrobahlv will make IL imDOsSible for