Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-03-15
$4,000 MORE MEN
ORDERED TOCAMPS
BY THE WAR DEPT.
Call Completes Entire Number
of First Quota and Few
. From SeCond-5l925 Geor-
gianS Included D..

The war department on Tuesday is
sued special call for $4,000 men to
I'LL up Saps in the various environments
caused by death, discharge of alien en-
emies and other circumstances. and
Georgia's share OF this special call is
approximately 925 men, who will en-
train for Camp Gordon on March 2s.
simultaneously with this special call.
the war department called on southern
states to furnish the remaining negroes
due on the first increment, and this
will take 5000 negroes from Georgia, Of
whom 1000 will go to Camp Gordon and
1000 VIII go to Camp Funston, at Fort
Riley, Kan, the negroes beginning en-
trainment on March &c and continuing
for a five-day period.
Notice of these calls was received
Tuesday morning by Major Joel B. NAL
let, officer in charge of the selectiVe
service law in Georgia, and preparations
were Immediately commenced in his Of
flee to notify the local boards concern
ing all details of the movement
Georgia has practically completed her
quota of white men due in the first in
crement, SO that most of the 925 white
men indicted in the special call will be
credited on her quota for the second in
crement But as to the negroes, the
call simply completes the number Geor-
the negroes having been held back pend"
ing completion of arrangements for
their training
Farms Not Disturbed
In selecting the 925 white men for
the special call and the 5000 negroes
TO complete Georgias first colored in,
crement, men in class 1 who are actual
ly engaged in agriculture will be de-
ferred to the bottom of the class in
Ell Of ra1laA in fhaiF nrHpr This
is done to conserve and augment agri-
cultural production, and is explained In
the following telegram accompanying
the notice of the two calls.
THE general staff authorizes this
CCrowder's) Office to announce that
the situation arising from the short
age of farm labor demands that the
call of men actively. completely and
assiduously engaged in planting or
cultivating a. crop, but who are in
class one and within the new quota,
should be deferred until the end Of
the new quota. President Wilson
directs that in filling this emergen-
CIV call, the local boards shall pass
the order numbers of such men and
defer their call for the present. 1t
must be borne in mind that this
step is taken solely for the need
of the nation and not for the benefit
of any individual.
Therefore, while local boards
should consider it a grave duty to
exercise this power, for conserving
and augmenting agricultural pro-
duction, they should observe close
ly the conduct Of those deferred,
and Immediately upon becoming
convinced that any person so de-
ferred is not giving his entire time
and earnest attention to agricul-
d,,t1y he iS tTi0inR
with the deferment thus granted
him, the local board shall forthwith
call him to the colors. All citizens
should assist in making this expedi-
ent effective and in bringing TO the
attention of the boards all cases
rneriting deferment as we'll as cases
where deferment is being abused"
Southern States Quotas
Georgia did not send the number Of
negroes due on her first increment, as
the war department was not ready TO
receive them Now the department is
ready, and Georgia and other southern
states are winding UP the negroes due
on the first increment.
Georgia sent practically all the white
men due on her first increment. so that
most of the 925 white men indicted
under the special call to fill up gaps will
be credited on her second increment.
The telegram from General Crowder
to Major Mallet announcing the special
call goes on to state that "a new ma
tional and state quota will be announced
as soon as congress acts on pending leg
islation governing the apportionment of
quotas"
Tuesdays order will take men from
all states except Iowa and Minnesota.
Following are state allotments in the
south outside Of Georgia:
Florida S0S Kep.
lucky, 1851; Louisiana, 1878; MissiS-
sippi, 2,220; North Carolina, STA;
South Carolina, S,4S3; Tennessee. q
1853; Virginia, ATS.
All JCI D.