The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-05-09
4 QUARTER MILLION.
CALLED THIS MONTH
EVERY EXISTING cANToNMENT
IN THE COUNTRY IS TO BE
GREATLY ENLARGED.
FIFTEEN BILLION FOR ARMY
over Eight Thousand Men Called
From North Carolina Go to
Camp jackson.

from North Carolina Go to
Camp jackson.
Washington simultaneously with
the announcement that $4,000 men
rom 45 states had been called to
JOIN the colors in May, Secretly Baker
INDICATED the scope Of the govern
ment's plans for increasing it's fighting
strength by stating that Congress had
been asked to appropriate approx
mately $4,000, 600, 900 for the army for
the next fiscal year. That amount is
exclusive of funds provided in the for
t11cat1ons bill which not only covers
coast defenses, but as a rule provides
the bulk of heavy field ordnance.
Inc call for a quarter of a million
men during May, goes to all states ex-
cept California, Oregon and Nevada,
which with the District of Columbia
already have supplied so large a part
of their quota that it was decided not
to include them this time. The move
ment in most states will begin May rs
and will be completed in five days. By
this order the war department aban-
dons its plan Of assembling men in
even monthly increments of approx
mately 100000. Under the original
program it was intended to call out
not to exceed 100000 men during 1918.
The call for 10000 in April and $780,
coo this month will bring out in two
months half of the number originally
contemplated for the year. Officials
made it clear that it is now the pur-
pose to mobilize all the men for whom
equipment and training facilities can
be provided.
Need All Camps.
In preparation for this tremendous
increase in the army. the huG-~ mill
tary committee was tolu ,Ouay that
every existing cantonment in the
country will be enlarged and, every
national guard camp utilized to it's
full capacity It is regarded as prob.
able that some new environments must
be built, but in the interests of speed
and economy of effort and material,
pressure will be placed upon expand,
ingg existing facilities. Ground has
already been obtained in the vicinity
of several cantonments for the expan-
sion and details of the new construc-
ton are being worked out by the gen.
era1 staff.
The men called out this mnntE will
be modified generally at the canton.
ments to which the men from the
same states have previously been
sent. In many cases they will find the
divisions originally created at those
camps gone. Some of the camps will
have been converted into replacement
redistributed in accordance with their
qualifications.
To Fill Divisions at Home.
1t is regarded as likely that the
April and May drafts will be used
largely to fill up divisions at home
while the seasoned personnel from
those divisions is sent overseas to fill
Cne gaps. Since the number of di-
visions on the other side is rapidly
and steadily increasing, the flow of
replacement troops must increase pro-
portionately.
The apportionment among the states
of the men called today include:
Alabama, $3.50 to Camp Sewer,
s. C.
North Carolina, STA to Camp
Jackson, S. c..
Pennsylvania, 100 to Camp Mead,
Md, 1000 Camp Lee, Va; 5000 Camp
Humphreys, Va; 1923 Camp Green
leaf, S. c..
South Carolina, 1000 Camp Jack
son s. C.. 222 Gamn WadswOrth
s. c..
Tennessee, 4,130 Camp Pike, Ark.
Virginia, 6,135 Camp Lee. Va.
West Virginia 4,797 Camp Lee, Va.
New York. $500 Camp Dix, N. j.;
$3.50 Camp Hancock, Ca; $500 Camp
Upton, N. Y; 300 Camp Wadsworth,
8. c.; 1880 Camp Sewer, S. c.