The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
Crowder Calls for 100000
General Service Men
Total for June 375,063.
Overseas Shipment to Be
Rushed.

A draft call for 10000 men for
general military service was announc-
ed by Provost Marshal General
Crowder last night. The District Of
Columbia and every State in the
Union. except Arizona. is called upon
to contribute to the quota. The
movement to training camps will be
made between June "a and 2s.
Included in this call are 800 men
from the District who are to go to
Camp Meade during a five-day period.
Of whom are to be white, will be
Used for general military service.
This call marked the beginning Of
the operation of Gen. Crowder's re-
cent decision not to make public
any, information concerning draft or
ders until five days after the calls
are received by the State draft head
quarters.
Earlier yesterday q call was is
sued for 10000 negroes. Other calls
issued and scheduled for this month
will bring the total number OF draft
men called to the colors in June up
to 2S2.354.
373,063 for June.
Further orders from the Army
General Staf, IL was learned at Gen.
Crowder's headquarters. are expect
ed to increase the June total above
the monthly record which was set
in May with a total of 373.063.
The length of the training period
in this country for dwraft men is
being rapidly curtafIed, It was
iearned- yesterday. Shipments OF
troops abroad are being made as
rapidly as transports can be pro-
vided. regardless of the time the
men have spent in camp. This de-
velopment 1t ~s admitted. indi-
Gates a policy of intensive training
on the other side.
Get the men to France, Is the
first consideration. Training will
come later. One instance is know
where a draft man reached camp on
the morning of a recent day, was
given his uniform and equipment
late in the afternoon of the same
day, and was aboard a transport
en- route to France the following
day.
Asked II training camps were be-
( ing maintained at: their full ca
pacity. a member OF General Crow
der's staff said last night:
IF there is an empty bunk. We
are called upon to fill 1t immediate
ly."
U-Bouts stimulate Draff.
Draft officials confidently expect
the submarine activity of the At
llntic Coast to accelerate draft
calls. Shipbuiiders are working
harder and faster than ever, reports
show. This means more ships al
earlier dates. More ships mean
| heavier movements overseas AS
men go across, more men take Their
places in training camps.
The State quotas in the zoe, ,O0C
call issued last night. and the camp.
to which the men are to be sent
are as follows-Alabama, 1000, tc
Camp Pike, Ark: Arkansas, 1000
Pike; California. 5000. Kearney
Cal; Colorado. $500, Cody. n. NJ.
Connecticut, 1900 meade, Md; Dele.
+ ware, $50, Meade; District of Co,
lumbia. 800 Meade; Florida, 2,oO(
Jackson, s. c.; Georgia, 1000, Cor.
! don. Ca; Idaho, 1000. Lewis, Wash,
Illinois, 1000. Gordon, 5000, Grant
ILL.,, $500, Jackson, 1000, Taylor
! Ky. and 1000, Wheeler. Ga; Indi,
ana 1000. Sherman, Ohio; Iowa
! 5000. Dodge, Iowa; Kansas, 5000
Funston. Kans., and 1000, Cody n
M; Kentucky. 5000. Taylor; Loui
| siana, 1000. Pike; Maine, $500
Devens. Mass; Maryland. 2,15O
Meade; Massachusetts,. 1,4OO. Devens
and 1000, Dix. N. j.; Michigan
1000. Custer. Mich: Minnesota, TO-,
! 600. Grant; Mississippi. 1000, Pike
Missouri, 5000. Pike; Montana
1000. Lewis; Nebraska, 1000, Funs.
| ton, and 1000, Fort Riley. Kans.
! Nevada. 800, Lewis: New Hampshire
! 700, Devens; New Jersey, 500, Dix
New Mexico. 500. Cody; New York
3 10000, Upton. N. Y, and 1000
Wadsworth, s.. c.; North Carolina
/ 1000. Jackson; North Dakota, 1000
Dodge; Ohio. 5000, Sherman; Okla
! homa, 5000, Travis. Tex. and 5000
Cody; Oregon. 1000, Lewis; Penn
sylvania 5000. Lee. Va. and 5000
Greenleaf, Ga; Rhode Island, 1900
Meade; South Carolina, $500, Jack
son: South Dakota, 5000 Funston
Tennessee. 5000. Gordon: Texas
5000. Travis: Utah. 500, Lewis
Vermont, 400, Devens; Virginia
5000. Lee; Washington. 2.2OO
Lewis: West Virginia, 5000, Lee
Wisconsin. 1000. Fort Riley; Wyo
! ming, 1000. Lewis.
The Hawaiian National Guard, re.
Gently ordered mobilized for war duly
will be brought up to war strength b,
! filling the gaps with draft men. Thi.
was learned at the office of Proves
Marshal General Crowder last night.
The Hawaiian National Guard nov
includes close to 5000 men. Abou
$500 draft men will be required t.
bring It up to war strength, it wa,
said.
: Hawaii has had such heavy yoIun
tary enlistments that no draft quota
has been assigned to the Island. Their,
is popular demand for the operation
Of the draft law now, however, anC
the patriotic demand will be met
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