The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-18
ANOTHER CALL FOR
THE DRAF TED MEN
4s,s4s ARE ORDERED TO REPORT
BEFORE MAY is.
IOWA'S new QUOTA IS 1910
Mobilization viii Follow Order for
10000 to be Filled BY May !.
America Responding to the
Allies Cry for Help.

FN'p$o ~ W. f'S'f'
Washington, April 15.--Orders for
mobilization between May and May
Is, of 1888 drafted men, the third big
army call within month, were sent
out by Provost Marshal General Crow
der today.
More big calls viii follow during
May.
Iowa's Quota is 1910 Men
Iowa must furnish 1910 men Of the
above number. 1t was officially stated
today that plans were being made for
the breaking of mobilization records
for the month, the largest since the
war began.
Today's orders take men from every
state and include the quotas of the
first draft.
Quickly Follows Other Calls.
This mobilization viii follow direct
ly after the one for one hundred and
fifty thousand men scheduled April ~
to May /.
Another mobilization for ninety.five
thousand men has just been complet-
ed.
The remarkable speeding up of draft
ed notifications in response to the
further allied appeals for men.
Men to be Widely Scattered.
Following the policy Of sending re-
cruits in small units to camps Just AS
rapidly as the trained fighting men can
be transported to France, mobilization
orders will be scattered over eleven
army posts.
This will be the first time that any
large number of draftees have been
sent to other camps than national
contonments.
other Calls Expected.
Further announcement are expect
ed to follow the return of Secretary
Baker from the battle fronts. Troops
are now moving to Europe at rapid
rate,
Although every state and the Dis
trict of Columbia are called upon 10
furnish men under General Crowders
latest order, nearly half Of the A.
S43 men will come from seven states.
Illinois will supply by far the largest
number, its quota being 8,047. These
states follow in the order named:
PENNSYLVANIA, 1916; New York,
3.542; Michigan, 1888; Missouri, q
1853; Wisconsin. 2,1S9 and Ohio, B.
O6O. Nevada has the lowest quota, 40;
Delaware is next lowest with 81. Wy
oming, with 90, is the only other
state to furnish less than 100 men,
To Army Posts.
The quota include:
Arizona, 318; California, 1,fS7:
Colorado, 500; Idaho, 165; Iowa, 1910;
Kansas, 1910; Minnesota, 1925; Mon
tana, 354; Nebraska, 9S7; New Next
co, 274; North Dakota, 5S1; Oregon.
ISL; South Dakota, 4S7; Texas, 1884;
Utah, 1853; Washington, 434.
,Thearmy posts to which the men
will go include Fort Mcdowell, CAL;
Fort Logan, Colo; Fort Sam Houston,
Tex, and Vancouver Wash.
The number of select men ordered
to camp since late in March Is far in
excess of the monthly average that
would have been modified under the
original plan TO call 100000 men this
year over nine months period. Flu
ture calls at the same rate would com
plete the program before midsummer.
Under President Wilson'S 'letermi-
nation to hasten the dispatch of Ameri
can troops to France to reinforce the
British and French armies bearing the
brunt of the German drives in Elan
iers and Picardy, the whole program
Of the army is speeding UP. Only
week ago General Crowder ordered
mobilization of 100000 select men for
April 26 and their movement to the
national army environments during
the FIVE day period following.