The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-11-14
ARMY DRAFT CANCELLED
TELEGRAMS SENT TO BOARDS BY
GENERAL CROWDER.
Since August, 1917, Nation Has Call
ed Into the Service 100000
Citizens.


Citizens.
Washington, Nov. 11.-Almost the
first action of the War Department
today after announcement of the
signing of the armistice with Ger
many was the cancellation of all
army draft calls under which more
than 100000 men had been ordered
to entrain for camps before Novem-
Der 80.
Urgent telegrams, prepared three
days ago at the dictation of Provost
Marshal Gen. Crowder, were sent to
all draft boards, directing them that
the movement of $4,000 men under
orders to entrain between today and
Friday, be stopped Immediately. The
telegrams reached most of the boards
in time, but few men. are known to
have started for camp. Secretary Ba-
ker said, however, that wherever pos
sible their immediate return to civil
life would be arranged.
,tI have suspended further calls
under the draft and inductions," Mr..
Baker said. There will be for the
present no additional men brought
ssin under the draft, and to the extent
that we can we will turn back those
men who have been entrained and
have not yet reached training
camps"
Honorably Discharged.
The provost marshal generals Of
flee had no estimate Of the number on
trains before the cancelling order was
issuedI All men assembled for en-
training are to be considered as hon
honorably discharged from the army
and paid accordingly. Until further
notice no inductions or calls, except
for the navy and marine corps, will
be permitted. One call for few
thousand of men for the navy is now
in preparation, but volunteers to date
have more than filed requirements
Of the navy and marine corps.
Since August, 1917, when the hrst
calls were issued under the army
draft law, 2,700,008 men have been
inducted inte the army. Practically
all physically qualified men between
the ages of twenty-o9e and thirty
one who were placed in class 1 are
now in the service. The men who
were to have moved to camp this
month we're of the registrants enroll
ed September L..
-. Many of the men who were under
orders to move this week were origi-
naIly directed to entrain in October
but their movement was held up be-
cause of the epidemic of Influenza in
the army camps last month.
Status Of Draftees.
Gen. Crowder announced that reg
istrants whose induction orders are
cancelled or who are discharged after
their entrainment for camps will re-
vert to the status existing at the time
the original induction order was is
sued, this to include resumption OF
their order and serial numbers.
It also was specifically announced
that nothing in the cancellation OF
the calls shall operate to relieve from
the consequences of his acts any reg
istrant who has heretofore become
delinquent or deserter.
By order of Secretary Baker, the
provost marshal general today di-
rected local and district boards to
continue to completion as expedi-
tiously as possible the classification
of all registrants who on September
f2 had attained their 37th birthday.
The boards were also directed at the
earliest possible, moment to issue
questionaires to all 18-year-old
youths who registered September IL
and to complete their classification
as early as possible.
Gen. Crowder, however, directed
the boards to discontinue Immediate
" "all work connected with the class
ification Of men who on September IL
had attained their 37th birthday and
had not attained their 46th birth
day"
Congratulated BY Baker.
I'm entering" said Mr.. Bakers
order to Gen. Crowder, upon what
seems in view of the mighty events
of the day to be the final work of this
character to be done by the select
i've service system, I extend to the
members of that system my personal
congratulations upon their truly
great achievements of the past year
and a half, accomplishments that
have taxed to the utmost the time,