Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
DRAFT ALLOTMENTS
TO LOCAL BOARDS
Active Selection of 1902 Men to
Begin Some Time
Saturday.
OPENS SECOND D. C. DRAFT

District men who will be selected to
constitute the quota of 102 local drafted
men to 90 to camp beginning March %,
as part of the $4,000 men to be modified
on that date, will be drawn from the
eleven local boards of the city as fol
lows:
Local board for division No. l, ten
men: No 2, twelve men; No. 3, nine
men; No. 4. nine men; No. ), ten men
No. 6, eleven men; No. 7, six men; NO
IS. twelve men; No >: eign. men, NO
Active selection of the 102 men Will
not be begun until the local draft read
quarters has entrained the fifty stenos-
raphers for Kelly Field. Tex, some time
Sa turday.
Will Open Second D. c. Draft Quota
Since the Districts quota for the first
draft is 100 per cent complete, ooth
the fifty stenographers and the 1ol u9e0
TO be- s1lected to go to camp commelGs'
ing Mach % must be regarded a. Sxas
first st:strict men to be called un1si
the second draft. it was pointed out py
local draft officials today.
But what the provost marshal general
office may term the men, whether or the
first or second draft, the local oftciais are
still in the dark
Men Needed at Once.
The $1,000 men now called throughout
the country, it is understood, are needed
at once to fill up divisions and other UNITS
scheduled for early departure or 10 take
the place of men transferred from otheF
divisions to make up such Deficiencies
Newly organized regular DIVISIONS are
particularly short of men and heavy drafts
on National Army divisions to make these
good have been necessary. interfering win
the training work of the National Army
divisions drawn upon. The call Tor the
new men makes it probable that no 1ur-
Their transfers will be necessary.
The 500, 600 men to be summoned TINS
year represent the number necessary
to fill up all existing divisions to create
all the army corps and field army
troops to I'LL out the war machine Tor
which the framework already exists,
and to provide a quarter of million
replacement troops.
Forty Divisions of 27,7Oo Each.
When they have been modified which
will not be completed before the first
of next year there will be more than
forty full infantry divisions of 27,700
men each and all additional units ne
cessary No additional divisions of the
National Army or National Guard will
be created this year, 1t is expected,
although the program for the Regular
/ Army, now composed of eight infantry
and one cavalry division. may be en-
larged
The first purpose of the War Depart
ment is to complete the first field Army
| in France. Probably this will be com
poaad Of five Army corps Of six infantry
divisions each. 1t has been estimated
, that with that force and it's necessary
auxiliaries at his disposal. Gen. Perish :
ing would be able to hold a 1oo-mile
| + hpt& L.
| strain upon French man power during
| 1913 to that extent. What that would
mean to France may be judged from
! published statements Of French officials
| that on January /, 1918, the Belgian
army held about fifteen miles of the
western front, the British forces about
| los miles and the French about $50
| miles