The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-05
.DAFTCbLL WILL
.l,OM|E sOONBEuEF
ihdicstlons Mgltiplyin9 That No.
b toe Fof MobHlzlnu HaWaipS
y Quota Is Only Days on

The indications are, and the signs
are multiplying, that the. draft call
which will affect the drufteess Of Ha.
waii Il now only days of, and possibly
the notice for the mobiIizina, Of the
new army will be issued by the Pres.
ident on April 8.
/ ~ Ofieiai Dispatches received here yes
terday from Washington announced
TINT q million men will be called to
| service for training, TO replace the
hundreds q thousnn 10 Of trained men
| who will now commence moving tow.
ard Ffance, and that, based upon the
100000 population Of the Hawaiian II.
lands, the local quota will be in the
| neighborhood Of $500. II HaN ali Is to
be called upon to supply both q first
and second quota call the number may
be closer to 1000. go ~
Capt. H. Gooding Field, selectivs
'lraft officer, said last night that APP
Iprokimately 1000 men are available In
| lHawaiir against the war department q
\ taily practically all OF, these being in
4 Glass I. This number includes also
lshe draft age men Of the Hawaiian
i National Guard. ~.
Boards End work -t,E,r
The selectiye draft officer also said
\ that the local boards of Oahu, Kanni,
4 Maui and Hawaii have practically
eompleted a1l their work; that the CUES.
ti6nhaiFes have all been filed out, and
i only ~ few remain Unclaimed; and
that the final lets of delinquents are
now being published and they are. sub.
1 ject to arrest and imprisonment,o or held
IL "a Al. B.
and that the medical advisory boards
are now handling only a few appeal
lcasss. i,... - Z. ~.
In brief, HaWaii's draft work since
last July 10 prac tically completed the
lists Of men tRbulated and arranged
30 that with the draft machinery now
in motion, the required number Of mrT
4 ,Which Hawaii viii be ask ed to furnish
can be assembled within few dayI
after the issuance Of the war depart
ment order.
4 Captain Field has forwarded tC
Washington, at the request Of the pro
yost marshal general department, nj
figures concerning the number 81 ner
classified In Glasses and 9, as we'll n
those placed in the remaining sclas 81
and within few days the remain lei
OF the data required to make all tabu
lations Of Hawaii at Washington com
plete will be forwarded. . ~
Work For 3. o. T. o. Men
Il While there appeared to be it'll
Significance in the order from Wash
Fiugton requiring the 225 men at III,
Second Reserve Oficers, TraininI
Il Camp at Sehoheld Barracks TO rsmaiI
In camp two weeks longer than th'
period Of twelve weeks originally spe
, cited, In order to have tie men nc
, lQuire . knowledge Of. the hahdling o.
military papers, u is now believed tina
! In view Of the possibility Of the draf
Il call being announced in fshort time
these officers, ON graduation, win b
assigned to duty In connection with tn
mobilization Of the Hawaiian tfoopsg
Ordinarily the camp would have bee
} brought to- . close ut the end of thi
week, or before the draft call is an
nounced. The camp will not close nov
until about April 20. Should the cal
came this week, part Of the Hawaiia]
force can be brought. together, in whic
case the newly graduated officers Gu
be Immediately Commissioned and Civ
en- active service with the new arm
in process Of organization.
p Heretofore, the official order wa
made public that the nan, Mt the con
! pletion Of the camp, might return t
their regiments, In the case of me
: from the regular army units, and tn
national guardsInen return to ciVilia
life, to await the call to active duty
or to FIJI vacancies as they occur