Evening star., 1918-07-18
COLORED SELECTS
OF 1917 GO NEXT
No White Registrants Of 1918
Class to Be Called in Ad-
vance of Them. }

District registrants Of the class Of
'fsis win not Is eailed into the ssrv.'
ice until every coIored rssistrant Of
the 1917 registration In ciassSi hsSs nas
been sent to camp.
With nearly all the eleven local
boards Of the National Capital down
to rock bottom" as far as white reg
istrants in class 1 are concerned. draft
officials today were apprehensive as
to forthcoming calls on the District
An effort to ind out just what the
Office of the provost marshal general
intends to do when the District runs
out Of white men in class / brought
forth the edfct to the effect that no
District registrant Of the 1915 regis
tration, either white or co1ored, will
be sent to camp until every colored
tion has been called.
More Colored Men to Go.
This means. It is taken, that from
now on the colored registrants in the
District will be sent to camp In ever
increasing numbers. Owing to the
large colored population of the Ma
tional Capital. the situation here al
most parallels conditions in Amors
southern cities.
One local board of the District will
have not more than twenty white
men in class at the end of July, it
was stated today. and will have prob
ably as many as 800 colored men of
the 1917 registration still left In the
initial class.
Local boards for divisions Nos. 1,
2, 3, 4 and 8 all have large colored
registrations. With the fliing Of the
July calls the District will have sent
in the neighborhood Of 5000 men to
camp since September, 1917, when the
first draft" went into effect.
Draft Lists Depleted.
The constantly increased calls of
the past few months have hit the Dis
trict hard. Week by week local board
members have seen their supply Of
available white men in class l going
into camps.
Reclassiflcation Of the 1917 men In
deferred classes here Is hot expected
to yield more than 1000 men in class
1. and OF these not all. will be avail
able for general military service. So
far, no official report on reclassifca-
tion work has been received by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder from
the District. Nearly all the states
have made such reports, but no Official
statement will be made by the once
Of the provost marshal general on the
reoasssification work.
II there are no white men left in
class / in the District. then We can't
call them. that's ALL" said an odicial
of the provost marshal generals office
this morning. This off1cer is thor
oughly familiar with the conditions as
they AFFECT the District
Policy Not New.
It has been the announced purpose
Of the provost marshal generals once
all along to take mono Of the 1918
registered men until the mon of 1917
In class are called to the colors
either in general. school or special
calls.
A largo colored contingent win be
sent from the District to Camp Meade
tomorrow. The men. '450s In number,
are to meet tonight at the city post
office, where they win be formally IN
Quoted into the military service OF the
United States.
Provost Marshal General .Crowdsr
today called upon the District OF Co
lumbia to send fifty white reEtstrants
to Camp. Shelby. Hattiesburg. Miss.
during the five-day period August s
to 9.
The call IL part Of call for $4,000
white men from the states. and 10 the
first general call for august. during
provides for entertainments In excess
Of 300.0 900 men. Special calls already
issued account for 1921 OF this NUM-
ber.
Calls Tor 1853 local white reefstrants
ANgttgt ALREADY hkYo been tasuNdI