The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
SECOND DRAFT
MAY FIRST
A Call to the Colors On or
About That Date APP
proved by Baker
MEN WILL GO TO CAMPS
10000 EVERY WEEK
This Until the Total of 500,-
600 New Nationals Have
Been Assembled

Washington, Feb 20.-rhe SECOND
draft will begin on or about May !
Plans for assembling the men at the rate
Of approximately 10000 week have
been approved by Secretary of War Bak
er and soon will be formally transmitted
TO Provost Marshal General Crowder Di
rections for concentrating the men viii
he forwarded TO the local exemption
boards within the next few weeks. Each
board will be told the number. of men II
must send to environments each week,
The second draft will differ in several re
spects from the first draft, The plan as
outlined yesterday provides for a con.
slant stream of men TO the cantonments
each week until the allotment of 100000
has been filed Sending a comparatively
small number weekly is expected to elm
mate the long delays experienced III as.
sembling the first national army.
The department will not wait for a
division of the first national army to va
cate environment before it begins as.
sembling division of the second ma
tional army at that cantonment. On the
VI
tional army will be withdrawn gradually
and they will be replaced by the men
who will compose the second national
army The Withdrawals have been in
progress for several weeks and number
of the environments already can accom-
modate from 10000 to 10000 second
draft men. This has led some officials to
advocate assembling the second army not
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May ! better. 1t is no secret that ii will
be next to impossible to send soldiers
overseas as rapidly in the next six
months as they have been transported in
the last six months. There are more
soldiers in this country now than can be
sent TO France before next winter One
reason is because more and more ships
are being used for supplies and munitions
as the number of soldiers in France in !
creases.
All of the 100000 men of the second |
nationals will be taken from class !. |
General Crowdcr states that approx /
mately ,500,00 men have been put in
that class by the recent QUESTIONABLE /
He expects at least 100000 men to meet |
all requirements Tn addition approx
mately 100000 qualified men who have
reached their majority since the registra
ton last June, will be available before
summer The legislation making this
class of men liable for military service
has not been enacted as yet, but plans
are being made to expedite it. While
there is some talk of including the 81
vear-old men in the second draft, no au-
thoritative statement to this effect has
been made. 1t is probable they will not
be taken unless it is found that men i'll
,lass ! fall far short of the estimates
Assembling by weekly installments is
expected to eliminate many of the I'M
fortunate experiences of the first draft
No delay in caring for them or supplying
hem with clothing and equipment is an
iicipated. 1t is possible the early train
ng will be under direction of soldier stu
tents now attending the third officers
raining camp.
While most of the important features ;
ave been decided there are still several ;
matters to be considered before the presi- ,
lent issues the formal call. There is talk
# sending the nationals now at the can !
onments to the vacated National Guard :
md regular army camps and also that :
many of the second nationals will be as
embed at these camps, but no authori Q
ative statement has been made All of :
he details will be set forth in the official !
g points already decided are that the {
econd draft will begin not later than |
lay | and the men will go to the camps II
n increments OF approximately 10000
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