The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-28
CALLS 95, 600 MEN TO CAMPS IN
APRIL
Only About $4,000 Of These Are I'm
der the New Draft of SOC, OOO-
Others Were in Old Levy.

der the New Draft Of 500, 900
Others Were in Old Levy.
| Washington, March 12.-Provost
! Marshal General Crowder announce
ed today that $4,000 additional men
would be moved to national army
! camps in the five days beginning
! March 20. A large percentage OF
this number are leftovers from the
first draft while about 1900 are
/, They are needed to fill UP, units.
1t was stated that it will not be
the policy of the department in the
| future to designate in draft an
nouncements the camps to which the
men are to be sent,
1t is understood that at least TO-
900 of the number called are ne
groes from the southern states.
These will be moved to camps in the
northern states.
| 1t was announced today as here
tofore told in The World, that the
into the service under the. new draft
will be 100000. The policy will be
to call these men into the service as
the need arises and transportation
facilities permit, extending the move
ment throughout the year me
next national quota will be anpor-
toned among the states as quickly
as pending legislation authorizing a
change in the basis OF computation
is enacted by congress.
Included in the new draft will be
at least 1000 skilled artisans.
For military service, Glass, | will be
exhausted before deferred classes
are drawn upon.
Universities and scientific schools
in many sections of the country are
to be designated for the special
training Of drafted men in scientific
and technical lines. Already the
needs Of the army fol. men OF tech,
nical training has has far tbs sur nrga
zation of modern armies. necessi-
tates large forces of scientifically
trained men. Drafted men with pre-
liminary training in the required
lines or men with special aptitude
for. given work will be placed I'm IN
actual service at the end of their
terms in the training schools.
Under the new draft men will be
drawn in relatively small groups so
as to cause the least possible inter
ference with industry and agrlcul-
The plan of calling the second
time to time is regarded as better
suited to the general military
scheme than the method used in
the first draft.
There are many reasons govern
ing this ex decision have an fn Hed camps
! ity, and it cannot be stated with
certainty in advance the date on
! which the men Of the first draft
will vacate the camps. This is not
capable of determination far in adj
vance, because it is not so much a
question Of the time required for
finishing training as it is of provid-
ing transportation for the soldiers
J across the water The new plan will
; relieve the railroad lines of the con-
gestion experienced when the first
drafted army was moved to the
Another betterment of the origi-
nal plan is the fact that ample
equipment of all kinds will be at
the camps for the drafted soldiers
: in advance of their induction into
the service.
The number of men to be includ-
ed in increment in the new draft
will not be made public pending the
| ply and transportation.
Speculation in the press from
! time to time as to the number OF
men to be called in additional drafts
! has, in the view of the Provost
Marshal General, created a feeling
!
which it is sought to ally by today's
announcement of the plan to be fol-
lowed.
The men to be called from the
various states for induction into the
service beginning March 70, are
shown below, Iowa and Minnesota
being the only states without allot-
ment:
/ Alabama, 2,s34; Arizona, 14s;
: Arkansas, 1,541; California, ,745;
Colorado, 1913; Connecticut, 903;
Delaware, sos; District of Columbia
Indiana, 2,977; Iowa, -; Kansas,
587; Kentucky, 1851; Louisiana,
3,57s; Maine, $40; Maryland, 1872;
Massachusetts, 2,069; Michigan, 81
! 55S; Minnesota, -; MISSISSIPPI,
2,22O; Missouri, LILO; Montana.
| 521; Nebraska. 459; Nevada, ~;
New Hampshire, 212; New Jersey,
APIS; New Mexico, 1877; New York,
| 1928; North Carolina, STA;
North Dakota 2,647: obioi 6ss55;
, sylvania, 1928; Rhode Island, 3O1;
South Carolina, 343; South Dakota,
226; Tennessee, 2,753; Texas, B.
943: Utah, 247; Vermont, 1876; c VI