Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-12
CRoWDER ORDERS
CANCELLATION :
OF DRAFT CALLS
Movement Of 100000 Men
to Camps This Week Is
Stopped; No Further
InduCti0nS.
By Associated Press.

Washington, D. C., Nov. IL
Almost the first action of the War
department after announcement of
the signing of the armistice with
Germany, was the cancellation Of
all army draft calls, under which
more than 100000 had been ordered
to entrain for camps before Novem-
Der so.
Urgent kilograms, prepared three
days ago at the direction of Provost
Marshal General Crowder, were
sent to all local draft boards direct
ing that the movement of 100000
men under orders to entrain be-
tween today and Friday, be stopped
Immediately. The kilograms reached
most of the boards in time. but
few men are known to have started
for camps. Secretary Baker said;
however, that wherever possible,
their immediate return to civil life
would be arranged. y
II have suspended further calls
under the draft and inductions," Mr..
Baker said. There will be for the
present no additional men brought
in under the draft, and to the ex-
tent that we can, we will turn back
those men who have been entrained
and have not yet reached training
camps"
Will Be Discharged.
The provost marshal generals
office had no estimate of the num-
Der on trains before the canceling
order was issued. All men assem-
bled for entraining are to be consid-
cred as honorably discharged from
the army and paid accordingly. Un-
til further notice, no inductions or
calls, except for the navy and ma
rine corps, will be permitted. One
call for few thousands of men for
the navy is now in preparation, but
volunteers to date have more than
filled the requirements Of the navy
and marine corps.
Since August, 1917, when the first
calls were issued under the army
draft law. 100000 men have been
indicted into the army. Practically
all physically qualified men between
the ages of q and 81 who were
placed in Class l are now in the
service. The men who VI e to have
moved to camp this month were of
the new registrants enrolled Sep
TENDER IL.
Many of the men who were under
orders to move this week were orig
inally directed to entrain in Oc-
tober, but this movement was held
up because of the epidemic of in
fluenza in the army camps last
month.
Slackers Not Excused.
General Crowder announced today |
that registrants whose induction Or
ders are cancelled, or who are dis
charged after their entrainment for |
camps, will revert to the status ex-
isting at the time the original in
duction order was issued, this to in
clude resumption of their order and
serial number. |
1t also was specifically announced
that nothing in the cancellation of
the calls shall operate to relieve
from the consequences of his acts
any registrant who has heretofore
become delinquent.
By order of Secretary Baker,
Provost Marshal General Crowder
today directed local and district
boards to continue to completion as
expeditiously as possible the CLASH
hcation of all registrants who on
September II, had attained their
10Th, and had not attained their 10th
birthday.
General Crowder, however, direct
ed the boards to discontinue all
work connected with the classified
ton of men who On September II.
had attained their 37th birthday and
had not attained their 46th birth
day."
In transmitting Secretary Bakers
order to the state draft executive
and local and district boards, Gener-
al Crowder added his personal con-
gratulations upon their truly great
achievements Of the past year and
a half"