New Britain herald., 1918-06-29
CLASS 1 EXHAUSTED
 BY JULY DEMANDS
New Britain'S Quota Has Been
 Fixed at 270 Men GOING TO CAMP DEVENS
This Call Will Not However, Af- feet those Who Have Been Re gently Reclassified, or New Reg iStrantS.

gently Reclassified, or New Reg
 istrants.
 Sometime between July 22 and July 27 New Britain will be called upon to send total of 270 young men into the National Army and this call will practically clean out the original Class 1 registrants.
 Both the first and second district exemption boards today received mo- tices from the adjutant general ad- vising them begin at once to prepare list of registrants who can be sent away for immediate service. These must be white men and physically fit for general military service. The quota which must be furnished by the first board is 130 men, while the sec- , ond district must furnish LAO men, according to todays order. This is the first time that the second district has been called upon to send more men than the first district. When the draft registration was first complied the first district had considerably more men than the second and on this basis the first board has always been
  the second. This time however, the ! situation is reversed and the second board must send 10 more men than the first.
 It has already been decided by the war department that the July draft quota, from this city will be sent to Camp Devens, Aver, Mass, but the exact date and the hour of leaving will not be fixed until later It is thought that this next draft quota which is going to Devens will take l the place of the 76th Division which l is now ready for active service. There are now New Britain National Army quotas at Camp Devens. Aver, Mass; { Camp Upton, Yaphank, l.. l., and at 1 Camp Meade, Admiral, Md. There are also smaller quotas of New Britain National Army soldiers at other con- ] comments in this country as we'll as in England and France.
 ] Reclassihed Men Not Affected. At both the first and second district board offices it was stated that this call for 27O men will practically clean l out the Class IA registrants who arc 1 eligible for military service In both districts there will probably be a few l registrants left after this call, but it is estimated that the Class IA men 1 will be practically all taken. In the 1 first district there are 224 eligibles 1 but as this number includes some l Class men, Secretary J. J. Watson 1 thinks that the net quota of draft 1 el1gibles will be about exhausted. In ] the second district there are 1SO men eligibles for immediate service, and thus it is obvious that this numbe. will be practically exhausted.
 It should be understood however. that this July draft will not in any way affect the status of the men who have recently been reclassified. or the men who registered on June 5th, last, and who were selected on Thursday by the national lottery. The quota that is to be called next month is en- tirelv from the original Class I of the first draft. As soon as this is ex- hausted the men who have been re- classified will be called in their orig inal order as we'll as the new Class l registrants of the present year.
 No More Releases Permitted. According to recent telegram re- ceived by the draft boards from Gov- ernor M. H. Holcomb, no more re- leases for enlistment in the navy are to be granted to 1917 registrants un- l til further notice. This means that no more men who registered a year ago can enlist in the navy or naval ! reserves, but must await their call in ] the National Army, unless subsequent l orders revise the scheme. The gover- l nors telegram states: No certificate for enlistment in the navy is to be is l sued to registrants of June 5. 1917. l tContinued On Ninth Page>.