Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-03
REG|STRANTS
FROM D. c. CALLED
Must Entrain Between No
vember II and 15-1,A78
Will Go to Camp Greene.
MEET AT LIBERTY HUT

The largest single call for draft
registrants yet made upon the Dis
trict of Columbia was announced by
Provost Marshal General Crowder last
night as part of the largest single
requisition of man power yet made
upon the nation at large.
The National Capital is called upon
to entrain 1913 white registrants for
camps between November II and Is.
and the nation as a whole. 290.773
registrants before November Fl. A
few of the calls. all of which are for
registrants qualified for general mill
tary service. are reopened require
ments suspended On account Of the In
6uenza.
Will Go to Three Camps.
District registrants to the number
Of 1.47s. constituting the largest num-
Der yet requested on one call. will be
entrained for Camp Greene, N. c..
during the five-day period November
IL to Is. In addition. two suspended
calls are reopened, $50 registrants for
Camp Greenreaf. Ga. November H.
and los men for Fort Dade, Fla, the
same day. These last two calls were
announced last week in The Star.
The three local calls give the regis
trants of the September IL registration
between the ages of nineteen and thirty
six years their first opportunity to Join
the colorS.
Liberty Hut will be the scene of in
duction into the military service and
the final mobilization point before en-
trainment for all these men. This was
definitely announced last night by Ben
oh, of
division No. 9 and head of a special
committee appointed to secure suitable
mobilization place.
Offers Rotunda of Capitol
The rotunda of the Capitol was Of
fered by Speaker Clark for the purpose.
and it was thought yesterday that the
peculiar fitness which would attach TO
the mobilization of the National Cap
ital's soldiers in that historic place.
Entraining men for environments,
however, is business proposition, more
than a sentimental reia tio;i, and the
Liberty Hut auditorium offered the best
solution of the problem, which was
caused by the inability of the city post
office to give the use of its clubroom
for mobilization purposes any longer.
The Library Hut is ideally located
both for induction and mobilization
purposes, especially for the latter. ow
ing to its proximity to the Union sta
ton. From the hut all the men to go
from Washington henceforth will be
marched. They will be assembled
there the night before entertainment to
be indicted into the service of the
United States. Each man can be seat
ed, and thus it is hoped that each In
ductlon night will afford opportunity
for a regular program"
To Name Boards of instruction.
Boards of instruction to help all
registrants will have been selected
within a few days by all of the local
draft boards of the city. Composed OF
prominent men of the community.
these boards of instruction will be
pressed into service especially on In
duction nights, 20 tea the new SOL
diers Just what a privilege is theirs. 3
The apparent immlnence OF peace
will not cause the slightest let-up in
draft work, either in the District or
throughout the nallon. The great
calls announced by Cen. Crowder for
November, with more to come during
the month, In all probability. are ear
nest of this. !,
Ine national calls announced last
night are divided as follows: 253,335
white general service men, 10 be en-
Trained between November IL and 10,
ana o743o coioreu reslStrantS, to be
entrained November - 10 Il. NO coll
| oreu .e, lSirdntS are asked of the Dis
lrlcl this time. 1t is recalled That the
iar.eSt single call for coiored regis
trans upon The District Was Tor 1,oO0
neu mauS last summer.