The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-03-15
ID GALL 100000
 MEN 0N MARCH 29
EMERGENCY CALL OF e5,o0o MADE TO STATES PENDINGN LEGISLA. TON GOVERNING APPOINT. MENT OF QUOTAS

The exemption board of Greenle> county is just in receipt of instruc tions from the adjutant general that an emergency call for additional troops for training is to be made at once. In his letter to the local board Adjutant General Harris says:
 "A new national and state quota will be announced as soon as Congress- acts on pending legislation governing the appointment of quotas. In the meantime it will be necessary to call a new increment of about 95,000 to be distributed equally throughout the United States. This call will go out later. dn some cases this emergency call will run over the quota of the state, and the boards on which it is made, but this excess wilrbe credited on the new quota of each state and board affected, as will all other ex- cess due to special calls.'' Boards are instructed to show IIspecial consideration to men actively engaged in agriculture, and to pass men of low numbers who devote their entire time to agricultural pursuits, who may be in class 1, and send men in same class with higher numbers. The adjutant general states that President Wilson directs that this course be followed by the boards in filling the emergency call as closely as possible, that agricultural produc- tion might not be lessened by passing the order number of such men and defer their call for the present. This action is taken solely in the interest l of the nation, and not for the benefit of the individual, that agriculture may be conserved and augmented, owing to the scarcity of farm labor in the country. - I The local boards are instructed to keep close observation of such regis trants so deferred, and immediately upon being convinced that any per son so. deferred is not giving his en- tire time and earnest attention to agriculture, or that he is trifling with the deferment granted him, to immed- lately call him to the colors.
 i All citizens are requested to as- sist the board in making this expedi- ent effective by reporting to the local board any so trif1ing with the defer ment; as we'll as those meriting the same. v I This emergency call will be mobil- 1zed during the five days following q March 29th, of which about eight T thOuodhu W III Dc HIGH Ol tu6 uTSI QTdIL of 6S7 900 who have not yet been of about fifteen thousand will be men of the second call in class 1. Of this quota Arizona is. called upon to furnish 148, Colorado 323, New Mex ico 127 and Texas 3,9O3 i 5: Second Draft to Be March 29.
 This emergency call follows the an- 1 nouncement by Provost Marshal Gen. eral Crowder that the second draft for 800,000 men will be\called to the colors beginning March 29th. This announcement is what the adjutant general meant in his letter, to the local board when he said "as soon as congress acts on pending legislation The details of how the second draft will be applied is not known until congress has taken such action, when the same will be made public. This legislation, among other features, pro- vides for the registration of youths attaining 21 years for passing state and district quotas on the number jof registrants in class 1.
 General Crowder says that no sweeping withdrawal of large num- bers of men at any one time will be contemplated, and that care will be ldheH to dNoiu lnlerleTeHce WitH Hdr- vesting.
 The second draft will be apportion- ed according to the number of men in each state ip class 1, instead of popu- l lation. It is stated that the emergen- cy call will be for the purpose of fill ing divisions at once, and other units scheduled for early departure, or to take the place of men transferred, while the second draft of S00,000 men to be summoned during the year rep resent the number necessary to fill up all existing divisions to complete quarter of million replacement troops. When these will have been mobilized there will be 40 full infan- try divisions of 27,000 each, which will enable General Pershing to hold 100l miles of the war front, reliev- ingl the French man power, which. is | so badly needed.