Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-23
FIVE MILLION CLASS /
Men of Deferred Glasses May Now
Be Called.

With the calls for increasingly
large numbers of draft registrants to
hll up the training camps vacated by
regulars. national guard units and the
first quotas of the National army.
writes Washington correspondent.
there is much speculation throughout
the country ~ TO how soon class =
men will bc called for service.
There need bc no immediate ankle
ty on the part OF these men or their
relatives. No call for fighting men
will br made upon class men in
1919, in all probability.
In fact. II is the hope of Provost
Marshal General Crowdcr that hc will
never have 10 20 outside class l FOR
combatant units. and there is no pres
cnt Indications that hc will have to
do so.
Draft officials believe we will h."
able to raise and maintain an army
OF 100000 men without going into
the deferred classes for fighting
troops. The figure 100000 they be-
lieve IL conservative. Here is how they
figure 1t:
The registration under the origi-
nal draft law made available. in
class one. approximately 100000
men. OF these, 1.595,70S had been
ordered to camp prior to July !.
1918. Calls through July and August
will make the number Of sclcctivc
men in camp by September /, more
than 100000.
Registration OF men who became
y between June S. 1917, and June
5. 1918, added another 100000 men
to class one. so that on September l.
we will still have somewhat more
than 1.500.D00 qualified men In class
one who will not have been called
to camp.
Before these men are called TO SER
vice il is expected congress will amend
the draft law TO provide for the reg
istration of men between is and II
and between 81 and As.
Just how many men this extension
of the draft would bring into class
one Is uncertain, but IL Is expected
that the number would equal those
between 81 and 81. At least 100000
class one men would be added. IL IL
reasonably certain. Although the
percentage OF deferred classifications
among men from 81 to As would be
greater than the present average. be-
cause of family. dependency and in
dustrial grounds. the percentage OF
those from Is to u would be higher
than the average, because theSc men
would in few cases have established
family ties.
The extension Of the draft. then,
would provide total class one of
more than 6,000000 men-probably
nearer 100000.
And until class one Is exhausted no
calls will be made upon deferred
classes for any fighting troops.
When class one In any district Is
exhausted no more calls will be made
upon that district for combatant
troops so long as there Is n class one
man available in any district any
where In the country.
For certain -combatant units.
where men OF special training or skill
are required. and such men are not
to be found among class one regis
trants. then-and only then-are the
deferred classes called upon. The
number of these specialists takca from
deferred classes has been very small.
There Is to be a thorough recomb-
ing of the deferred classes. and some
persons who were granted classified
tions in classes two and three may
find themselves reclassificd In class
one and called to camp. But in the
main the original classification will
hold.