The sun., 1917-09-20
S2S7,416,OOO
ASKED TO EQUIP
100000 MEN
War Heads Make Request
Of Senate Appropriations
Committee.
ORDNANCE IS WANTED
Baker and COwder Plan to
Examine Quickly Rest Of
Ten Million.
SECOND CALL DUE SOON
Exemption Boards to Be Kept
Alive to End Uncertainty of
Men and Officials.
ORDNANCE IS WANTED
SECOND CALL DUE SOON
SPECIAL Despatch to THR SuS.

Special Despatch TO The SuS.
WARRINGTON, Sept. 19.-Plans which
appear on the point Of adoption by the
War Department provide that the ex-
animation Of the nearly 100000 men
who registered for military service shall
not halt on the acceptance Of the ESQ.,
900 Of the first increment into the Ma
tional Army. but shall continue until
every mans physical condition and liza
bility to exemption shall have been
passed upon.
While mobilization of the first major
increment Of the National Army was
proceeding to-day Secretary Baker and
the chiefs Of the War Department ap-
peared before the Senate Appropriations
Committee to present requests for an
additional S2S7.sl6.000 with which to
provide equipment for q total force Of
100000 men.
Included among the items Is the ord
nance equipment for the next 100000
men of the National Army. although
the men on the move to-day toward
the training cantonments are only half
OF the first call.
keeping Boards Together.
Secretary Baker and Gen. Crowder
have been In consultation with the Gov
ernors Of the various States and opinion
has been generally in favor Of holding
The exemption boards together until all
Of the men liable to service have been
examined. An official announcement is
expected by Saturday.
Secretary Baker said to-day he
thought Gen. Crowder's suEgestion that
all registered men be examined for mill
'ary service SO as to eliminate the dis
qualified from consideration in possible
future calls would be carried out.
There has been no announcement con-
cerning replies from the State Gov
ernors, to whom Gen. Crowder submitted
the question recently.
The operation OF the draft so far has
established that it is impossible to esti-
mate with any degree of accuracy the
percentage of men available out Of any
given number. 1t varies so widely In
different localities and for so great a
variety Of reasons that Gen. Crowder
wishes to get at once a dependable Idea
Of how many men there are in the re-
mainder Of the 100000 who may be
called for service
Time will be saved in the next call to
the service: the local and district boards
will be held together, obviating the
necessity Of a reorganization say sia
months from now, and the men will
know whether or not they are exempt
which will permit them to arrange theii
business and personal affairs accord
insy.
One Of the objections offered to the
plan is that a man who Is not liable te
exemption now may be at the time Of
the next call or that the reverse may bt
true. Gen. Crowder believes, however
that the proportion Of such cases will b'
50 small as to constitute no serious OBJ
stacle
Early Second Call Probable.
The desire Of Gen. Crowder that thu
exemption boards continue their worl
is taken to presage also an early secont
call for men. This will be made neces
sary from the fact that the first draft o
$4,000 will not be sufficient to stop III
the holes In the Regular Army and Ma
tonal Guard and at the same time pro
vide the 100000 men provided by Law
for the first increment OF the new Ma
tOnal Army.
As the plans for war have taken shap
and expanded thousands of the me
OF the Regular Army and many OF tn
NdbloiidI budTu nave UteH uctdchcu iioi
their organizations to fill UP the rank
Of new auxiliary units. Large numbers
Tor example, have been transferred I
the aviation service. which Is to have a
enlisted personnel of 100000 men.
An effort will be made 20 interfer
as little as possible with the bushes
Affairs of the exemption board member
IL the plan to continue the examination
is finally adopted. AS tentativel
planned the boards will be asked
meet only once or twice a week.