Evening journal., 1918-11-12
DRAFT OFF, $4,000
men RELEASED
All November Summons
Called Off, Including 252,-
600 in Next Five Days
TO LET ALL THE
UNFRAMED MEN co

vost Marshal General Crowder has d.
rectcd the draft boards TO discontinue
Immediately call work connected with
the classification Of men who on Sep
tember i2 had attained their thlrty-sev-
enth birthday and had not attained
their forty-slxth birthday"
Preparations were made Immediately
after news OF the armistlce came for
cancelng the November draft calls,
under which $4,000 men are ordered
20 camp between yesterday ard Friday.
Calls for the navy and marine corps
are not affected by the cancellation. and
cnirainments OF men for these services
will continue as ordered Draft boards
Will continue classification OF regis
trants OF September ~
Registrants Retain Their Status
General Crowder announced that reg
istrents whose induction orders are
cancelled, or who are discharged after
their entrainment for camps will revert
TO the status, existing at the time the
original induction order was issued,
this to include resumption Of their Or
der and serial number.
It also was specifically announced
that nothing In the cancellation OF the
calls shall operate to relieve from the
consequences OF his acts any reglstrant
who has heretofore become delinquent
or a deserter.
BY order OF Secretary Baker, Provost
Marshal General Crowder has directed
local and district boards 10 continue
20 completion as expeditiously as pos
sible the classification OF all regstrants
who on September ~ had attained their
nineteenth birthday and had not at
tained their thirty-seyenth birthday.
Tile boards als) were directed at the
earliest appropriate moment 10 issue
missionaries to all iS-Year-Old youths
who registered September ~ and to
complete their classification as early as
possible.
Unframed Men 20 Be Let Go.
Secretary Baker announced that so
fsr as practical all men who have been
called, but have not yet completed their
training, will be Immediately turned
back to civilian life.
ITO the extent that we can, we Will
turn back those men who have been en-
trained and have not yet reached train
ing camps"
Mr.. Baker made this statement after
a conference which included the heads
OF practically every important bureau
OF the War Department. He said more
comprehensive Improvements cOiicern-
ing the situation would be made later.
"All that can be said now" he said,
"is that further calls and inductiOns
under the draft have been suspended,
and that so far as we can those men
who have been called, but who have
not completely passed through the
camps, viii be turned back to civilian
life"
u Il pointed out in the orders 70
local boards that their work IS 10 con-
tinue. and that the draft machine VIII
remain in readiness 10 function quickly
again, however, remote the possibility
Of its necessity.
Practically every man In the 3OO,OOO
called 20 enter service in November was
a registrant on September ~, when the
iS 20 l5 year age limit became effec-
tive. over 100000 men 10 date have
been ordered into military service I'M
der operation Of the selective service
law and over 100000, inclduing nearly
every man found physically ut and
without dependent or industrial eXemp-
tlon OF the original 2i TO 81 year group,
has Joined the service.
one call. for a few thousand men to
Ioin the navy, is now being prepared by
the prOvast marshal.
No Steps to Dem0bilize Navy.
Secretary Daniels announced that no
immediate steps would be taken to-
ward demobillzing any part Of the naval
forces Of the United States.
II was hinted at the Navy Department
that the United States, the worlds
richest nation and the least sufferer
from the war Of all the great powers,
might be called upon 10 do the great
est share Of navy police work i0r en-
fOrcement OF arInlstice terms.
About 10000 members OF the naval
establishment including the marines
with General Pershing's army, are now
IN Europe Mr.. Daniels said withdraw
al Of the marines would be In accord
with the army's rehabilitation plans
adding that in all previous wars Where
marines have been employed they re-
mained usually longer near the scene
OF hostllihes than any other force.
The Secretary has called upon the
bureau chiefs OF the department TOT q
study Of pending naval construction
contracts both for new ships and TOT
construction ashore. He cOntemplates q
gradual curtailment OF these contracts
where materials which would not DC
needed by the regular navel establish
ment are being produced.
Early orders Withdrawing from serv-
ice the naval coastal patrol.service from
Canada TO Brazil may be expected. Mr..
Daniels indicated, although plans in this
.ocard NOT vat rom Melted