Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-04
OKLAHOMA TO
FURNISH 1000 MEN

CONTINUED FHON FACE ONE.
call 'ot liO.opn iu April and $4,000
this iunuth VII hrug olt iu two
muuihH hnlf of tho number origin
ally contemplated Tor the year.
No Limit. Says BAKER
"let uE as oid spo,inr figures"
~ 1rctaty Eok,r again said tpduy
'Ih"y lmulF limits Th"ro iH no
liH II We VIII Call out enough mon
20 mako victory certain We VIII
onll them hs rapidly ns they can be
trained ana ''ut forward
la preparation for this trruen-
uoua iucrchH" Ia tho army the house
military committee was told today
thot every exiting chntonment In
the country will be enlarged and
cvcry national guard camp utilized
to its fun capacity 1t Is regarded
as probable that some new canton
nenis must bo rullt lut In the in
torests Of speed and economy Of ef-
fort ana material pressure will be
placed upon expanding oAis'ing Ia
Ciliti's Ground has already been
obtained in .hc vicinity OF seN cfpl
cuutouMouW fur the expansion and
details Of th" new construction are
being worked odt by the general
STAFF which also Is studying the
necessity of ana prurUr location for
additional cantuumcntH
Three States Included
In connection with the exclusion
Of thrcO states ana the District OF
Columbia FROM the May call, Of
flcials explained that nn effort is
hcing made TO balance amounts
among the various states preparatory
TO the application OF the new quota
basis when congress has approved
that measure, The May drnft al
lutmepts were made on the L-sll1i ln e
ton basis heretofore used bun Cub
aoquent distribution OF quotas WAl
he much altered when tho number
uf men furnished by any state Is
computed from tho number Of avail
ables Il has In class
The men called out this month
win be moblllzed generally at the
cantonments to which men from the
same states have previously been
sent
In many cases they viii find the
divisions originally created AZ those
camps gone, Some OF the camps
viii have been convertcd into re-
placement divisions and 9hc new men
VIII be rodlstributcd IN accordance
with their qualifications after being
inspected. rendered Immune as pos
sible from disease and furnished
with the initial equipment
Under the Increased army plans
u great number OF new divisions may
ho created with authority now
asked for unlimited power 20 create
fighting units. some Of the men ot
tho May draft may be assigned to
these new organizations
To FiII Up Divisions.
It II regarded as likely. however.
that the April ana May drafts VIII
hc used largely to fli up divisions
at homo while the seasoned person
mel from those divisions is sent over
seas To I'm the gaps. Since the num-
her of divisions on tho other side
IN rapidly and steadily increased the
Flow uf replacement troops must in
crease prupOrtionately
A new draft OF the annual army
appropriation bill providing for tho
needs of three million men under
the fifteen billion dollar program
will he laid betoro the house mill
tary committee when Il reasseHn b es
| Monday Secretary Baker, Major
General March, chief Of staff and
otheKs officers appeared today at the
committees executive session dis
thc Immediately forescen war work.
While soms OF the house admin
iEtration leaders voiced support OF
the war depRrtments' program the
| sentiment expressed was not alto
Hether unanimous regarding the TO-
quest for unlimited power To de-
| tormine the sizo OF the army, sena-
| tor sherman in nm address TO the
senate said he could not support such
"A plan aud that congress should IN
! the number OF men
Representative Dent OF Alabama,
| chairman of the HOUSE committee,
| intends 20 rtess his bill which would
authorize an army " four million In
addition 20 the one million yolun-
toers already I'm the service. pu tho
othor hand Representative Kahn ot
! california, the ranking Republican
member. has declared himself
| thoroughly iu favor Of the war de
partmyuIs program.
prduanc, plans will hc explained
TO the comHtttce Monday aud aNla,
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