The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
100000 CALLED
MILLION REGISTER
New Draft to Put Nations Army
Well Over Two Million.
NEW REGISTRANTS GO SOON
Three-quarters OF Young Men Who
Have Just Turned 21 Expected To
Be Found Physically Fit
For Active Duty.

washington. - While million
young Americans just turned 21 were
being registered for service in the
war for world freedom, orders went
out from the Office Of Provost Marshal
General Crowder to the governors OF
all States except Arizona for the mo.
bilization between June "a and 2S Of
100000 more registrants. This was
in addition to 10000 negro men requ
sitioned from 20 States and brings
the total number of selective service
men called to the colors to 1,595,7O4
and when they are in camp the ma.
tion's Army will number we'll over
100000 men.
The registration apparently was at
tended by the perfect order that
marked the enrolling a year ago OF
100000 men, who form the great
reservoir upon which the nation is
drawing to furnish the balance OF
power on the western front to crush
the German war machine.
The men who appeared before the
$500 local boards over the country
have become OF age since the first
registration day, June S, 1917. Mill
tary authorities estimate that from
their number there will be had $50.
900 men fit for active duty.
While an act of Congress requires
that the new registrants be placed at
the bottom of the class to which they
are assigned, many of them probably
will exhaust the first class in some
States. While no formal explanation
was made, this was believed to have
been the reason why Arizona was not
included In the days call.
Registration days for men here.
after becoming Fl years Of age, prob.
ably will be fixed every three months
It is estimated that 100000 become
OF age yearly, and the new registrants
are expected to go far toward keep.
ing up the first class In each State
from which thus far all men for the
national army have been drawn.
Assignments for the men called to
the colors under the order indicate
the rapidity with which troops now
are moving overseas. In nearly every
instance the registrants under the
requisition are assigned to National
Army cantonments, whereas recently,
when calls were made II was neces.
sary to send the men to National
Guard, Regular Army and other
camps, because the cantonments were
filed
Illinois is directed to furnish 2S,5OO
men under the latest call, more than
double the number called from New
York, which is second on the list
Pennsylvania is to furnish $4,000 and
Minnesota 10000.
The quotas and camp assignments
follow, in part:
Alabama, 1000, to Camp Pike, Ark;
Connecticut, 1900, to Camp Meade
Md; Delaware, $50, to Camp Meade
Md; District of Columbia, 800, to
Camp Meade, Md; Florida, 1000, TO
Camp Jackson, S. c.; Georgia, 1000
to Camp Gordon, Ga; Kentucky
5000, to Camp Taylor, Ky; Louis
ana, 1000, to Camp Pike, Ark.
Maryland, 2,15O, to Camp Meade,
Md; Mississippi, 1000 to Camp Pike,
Ark; New Jersey, 5000 to Camp Dix,
N. j.; New York, 10000 to Camp
Upton, N. Y; 1000 to Camp Wads.
worth, S. c.. North Carolina, 1000 to
Camp Jackson, s. c.; Ohio, 5000 to
Camp Sherman, O.: Pennsylvania,
5000 to Camp Lee, Va; 5000 to Camp
Greenleaf, Ca; Rhode Island, 1900 to
Camp Meade, Nd; South Carolina,
$500 to Camp Jackson, s. c.; Ten
nessee, 5000 to Camp Gordon, Ca;
Virginia, 5000 to Camp Lee, Va;
West Virginia, 5000 to Camp Lee,
Va.
The House Military Committee re.
ported q resolution by Chairman Dent
making retroactive the bill basing the
draft quotas on the number of men
in class one, so as to legalize any ex.
ceeding of authority as to the number
or quota which may have been made
in the first drafting of men. The
resolution was recommended by the
War Department, Chairman Dent an
nounced.