The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
239,s49 MORE
DRAFTED MEN
TO GET CALL
Entrainment Ordered to Ma
tional Army Camps Be-
ginning May Is.
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
Calls Expected to Be In
creased During Month
and in June.

Two calls for a total of 2S9, ,949 draft
men were issued by Provost Marshal
General Crowder yesterday. The calls
included 233,742 men for general mill
tary service and 6,207 men skilled in
occupations needed for the several
branches of the army.
The men included in the general
call will entrain during the five days
period beginning May IS They are
to come from all States. The special
call merr are to be modified on May s
and May II.
The aggregate number Of draft men
now ordered into military service dur
ing May is 3O5.57. June calls will
exceed this number, it was learned.
Breaks Record.
The original figures for the big May
call was 10000. The army General
stan. however, for reasons which are
withheld. recalled the order from the
Provost Marshal General and reduced
it to 233.742
Preceding May calls were: 49,S43
men for general military service, to
entrain between May / and and May
10 and 10; and special calls for $50
to move between May l and 9; 1.I9O
on May I and 1856 on May is and
May O.
The largest call issued by the Pro-
vost Marshal General before yester-
day was for 10000 men, who moved
to camps between April % and May
l. The May total is virtually double
the proportions of any previous
month April, with a total Of 157, 7s4
men, held the record until today.
Further special calls are to be is
sued this month. But eren with the
present figure for May being mater
tally increased, the aggregate num-
ber Of men to be called to the colors
in June. it is stated by draft officials,
is expected to be considerably larger
than for the present month.
Where They Go.
The 2S3.742 men in todays general
call are allocated between all the
States and ordered to camps as fol-
/ lows:
Alabama. Camp Sewer. S. c., $500;
Arizona, Camp Cody. N. NJ. 1854:
Arkansas, Camp Beauregard, La.
500: Arkansas. Camp Pike. Ark.
4.124; Colorado. Camp Cody. N. NJ.
2.o79: Connecticut. Camp Upton. N.
Y. 3.S45: Delaware. Dix, N. j., 460:
Florida, Camp Gordon. Ga, 202;
Georgia, Camp Gordon, Ga, SIS:
Idaho, Camp Lewis. Wash. 791:
Illinois. Camp Wheeler, Ga, 5000;
Illinois, Camp Grant, Ill. 5000;
Illinois. Camp Gordon, Ga, 4,16S:
Illinois, Camp Shelby. Miss. 1851;
Indiana. Camp Taylor. KY. 3.476;
Iowa. Camp Lodge, Ia. 1854: Kan
sas. Camp Funston. Kan. 1871;
Kentucky. Canp Taylor, KY. 6.311:
Louisiana, Cahp Beauregard. La,
1898; Maine. Camp Devens, Mass,
1914: Marylane Camp Meade. Md,
E.3S9; Massachd setts, Camp Upton,
! N. Y. 1898: hssauchusetts, Camp
Devens. Mass, Zoo.
Michigan, Camp Wheeler. Ga, 5000;
Michigan, Camt Custer. Mich. 5,l4s;
Minnesota. Camt Lewis, Wash, 4,714;
Mississippi. Cartp Pike. Ark, 1000;
Mississippi. CAMP Shelby. Miss, 1,s4y;
Missouri, Comp Dodge, Ia, 1851: Mis-
souri,. Fort Rolet Kan. 500; Montana,
Camp Lewis, WaSh., 2,163; Nebraska.
Camp Dodge, Ia. 1873: New Hamp-
shire. Camp Devens. Mass, 624; New
Jersey, Camp Dix. N. J., 1861; New
Mexico. Camp Cody. N. NJ. 9S5; New
York. Camp Dix, N. j.. $500; New
York, Camp Hancock. Ca, $3.50: New
York. Camp Upton, N. Y, 1900; New
York, Camp Wadsworth, s. c., 500;
New York, Camp Sewer. s. c., 1,3S0;
North Carolina, Camp Jackson, s. C.,
s,114: North Dakota, Camp Lewis,
Wash, 1.23O: Ohio, Camp Gordon, Ca,
800; Ohio, Camp Sherman, O., 5000;
Ohio. Camp Taylor, KY, 7.233; Okla
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