Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-23
All Single Men Between l8 and
Is Will Be Called By Next June
IIan for AN Army of 5000. 900 Vil,
N'rc>itatc Taking All single
Men Between Those Ages,
Says General March,

To put eighty divisions Of Nm.
orleans In France before June.
| 1010, General March, CHIEF of
Staff, derlareti.
| we Will need every single man
| IN Class I between ~ and ~.
We must not drlti,lr ourselves
| with the idea that those in the
| IN ami 10 calls are going to ,m
| deferred any length Of time,
They will have 10 IN. called early
next spring in order to get their
| training in time to get to
! France"
The eighty divisions plan, Gen.
cral March said. depended upon
| shipping facilities, but he added:
| II might as we'll say right here
| frankly, that the program Of MIR.
| SChwab will take care Of tn, ar.
my program and gain on it,"
| No general exemption OF .iarr.rd
men simply because of their married
status is contemplated by the War
Department in preparing for the pro
posed extension of draft ages, Secre-
tary Baker declared before the House
| Military Committee.
| Mr.. Baker said his previous re-
marks on this subject had ben mis-
construed, and that married men vino
do not support their families and ara
not engaged in useful occupations.
Will continue to b. called
AZ Least Work or Fight.
"Ther" are many married men in
the country who ought to 20 ana
ly
added.
The war secretary. with Proves
Marshal General Cruwdcr. appeared
before the House Committee AZ III,
opening hearings to r"iteratp their
Iexplanation given that immediate on
lactlnent OF th" man power bill is i'm
operative iO order to carry out the IN
larged war program.
Debate lG.in> THURSDAY.
| Consideration OF the man power
bill extending the draft agrs Was to
conme,Ic" in the Scnat" Thursday
With quorum present Monday III"
Senate s"t aside The agreement for
vacation recess until August - and
cleared III" way for taking up n"
draft measure without further delay.
separate lass Tor Youths.
Leaving an explanation Of tn
man power situation to General
CrOwdcr, the secretary announced
that becaus" of calling huyS of i II"
had planted To defer their call ~
long a. p0Ssibl" and would not oh
ject To placing a provision IN th''
bill making Il separate class OF men
between Is and - years OF age and
for def"rring calling them las long
AS practicable" until others in Glass
| had been exhausted.
There is IA sentiment in this com
mittee." said Mr.. Baker. Il don''
know how large against calling
men as Young as Is, unless it is abso-
lutcly necessary. think the srnti
ment of the country is to get all tn,
men necessary. But from the begin
nng | have planned as il matter oi
regulation to hav" men from Is To |"
put in separate class with view lo
defcrrinE their call until il is nec'~-
sary."
Six Months Maximum Training.
As to how long before men called
under the new law will go across
Mr. Baker said that not more thar
six months would be given AT hom"
Won't stop College.
In extending the draft ages. See
. retary Baker said. suspension o'
academic education is an unsolvet
problem of the situation. and tha1
il would he most unfortunate to have
all COLLEGIATE education stopped. III
believed there would still b" many
r youths left at school. hut WAS againS
, exemption of college students as ;
class as "rhoroughly undemocra,ic
scientifically trained experts, how
ever. are needed. and education u
such men must be continued 10 al
extent
The Dcpar' plans, Mr.. Bake
: said. are to call all the younger mel
l. by the middle of next year but sun
: stantially after the school year I!
through
r General Crowder indicated tha
the new program is expected 10 rdiS
10000 men by June, 1919, am
that it is proposed to call 2,""".oo
!, men by that time.
General March read an officia
y statement showing that on August !
= the American army numbered ","l2
ll2 men, divided as follows:
-. American oXpeditionary forces,
an cn route overseas, 1."0l,'42.
In the United States and insu-
lar possessions. l.432,'"5.
\ Called in the August draft 10
4 664.
+. In addition there are about H.
OUu Marines serving with IN"
oXpeditiuna"y forces.
For the present ii is planned 10
= send 250,o"u men monthly :"
i France. General March stated
o adding;
|" But we hope to increase that IN
U the spring"
q How Calls Will m Made.
t Secretary Baker and Gentr'
n March explained that calls are p!al
l. ned first from the men in the Gas {
"a . ,,nru pnyt frnn those or 80 I