The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-11-15
NOVEMBER DRAFT
CALL CANCELLED


first action of the war department
after announcement of the signins
of the armistice with Germany, wa.
the cancellation of all army draft
calls under which more than 100000
men had been ordered to entrain fol
camps before Nov. 80.
Urgent kilograms, prepared three
days ago at the direction of Provost
Marshal General Crowder, were sent
to all local draft boards directing
that the movement of $4,000 men
under orders to entrain between
Monday and Friday be stopped i'm
medlately. The kilograms reached
most of the boards in time, but arfev
men are known to have started for
camp.
Further Calls Suspended.
Secretary Baker said, howevgf,
that wherever possible their immdAi-
ate return to civil life should be ar
ranged.
Il have suspended further calls
under the draft and inductions," Nj.
Baker said. "There will be for the
present no additional men brought
in under the draft, and to the ex-
tent we can, we will turn back those
men who have been entrained and
have not yet reached training
camps"
The provost marshal generals Of
flee had no estimate OF the number
on trains before the canceHing order
was. issued. All men assembled for
entralnlng are to be considered as
honorably discharged from the army
and paid accordingly. Until further
notice, no induction or calls, except
for the navy and marine corps will
be permitted. One call for few
thousand men for the navy is now in
preparation, but volunteers to date
have more than filled the require
ments of the navy and marine corps.
Delinquents Still Liable.
General Crowder announced that
registrants whose induction orders
are cancelled or who are discharged
after their entrainmerat for camps,
will revert to the status existing at
the time the original induction order
vas issued, this to include resump-
tion of their order and serial mum.
Der.
1t also was specifically announced
that nothing in the cancellation of
the calls shall operate to relieve
from the consequences of his acts
any registrant who has heretofore
become delinquent or deserter.
By order of Secretary Baker, Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder today
directed local and district boards to
continue to completion as expedi-
tiously as possible the classification
of all registrants who on Sept. IL
had attained their nineteenth and
had not attained their thirty-seventh
birthday" The boards also were di-
rccted at the earliest appropriate
moment to issue questionnaires to
all 18-year old youths who registered
Sept. IL and to complete their clas-
sitication as early as possible.
Older Men Not Classified
General Crowder, however, direct
ed the boards to discontinue imme-
diately all work connected with the
of men who on Sept. |
IL had attained their thirty seventh |
birthday and had not attained their
forty-sixth birthday.
''In entering," said Mr.. Bakers or-
der to General Crowder, upon what
seems to be the final work of this
character to be done by the selective
service system, / extend to the men,
bers of that system my personal
congratulations upon their truly
great achievements of the past year
and half, achievements that have
,axed to the utmost the time, the
ability, and the endurance of all
hose engaged in the work, and that
nave furnished the army to which
n large measure must be given the
,redit for saying to the world both
utilization and government by the
people.
Crowder Congratulates Workers
To you, members of that system
must come a sense of duty well done
which loyalty, patriotism and de-
totion such as yours can bring. The
ountry and the world knows that it
ives to you a debt Of thanks and ;
'ratitude which cannot be measured