Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-18
NEXT DRAFT Call
AWAITS CONGRESS
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Des Moines, March 1s.-Adjutant
General Logan is sending to the vari.
GUS draft boards Of Iowa the following
Official orders issued by Provost Mar
shall Crowder explaining the plans to
be followed in calling men to the
service:
To All district and local boards in
Iowa: The provost marshal forwards
to the governor the following letter
giving important information in re-
gard to the next draft, which is pub
lished for the information and guidance
Of all concerned:
There has bene great deal OF specu-
lation in the press concerning what has
been termed "The date of the next
draft. Almost every week, announce
ments have been made and these an
nouncements;~ being mere guesses, have
resulted in an unrest and uncertainty
that has been unfortunate.
As a matter Of fact the state of pre-
paredness OF the army to assimilate
recruits varies from day to day and
from week to week and the most
scientific manner of recruiting the
forces will be to withdraw them from
civil life as fast as they can be as
simulated by the army and no faster.
According to this plan, men will be In
Quoted into the service in very small
groups apportioned among the various
states from week to week or from
month to month as they are needed. In
order to distribute the burden equally
over the various states, however, it is
necessary to make arithmetical COM
putations Of the share Of each state and
it is not practicable to make these COM
putations for such small numbers. For
mere bookkeeping facilities, therefore.
it is necessary to assume total Of
considerable size and to appoStion 1t
among the several states as their i'm
mediate burden. This total is called a
national quota and the various shares
are called state quotas. The announce
ment Of the quota does not mean that
any such great number Of men will be
called to military service at once and,
indeed, has no necessary relation to the
date OF call for the reason that a con-
stantly changing situation causes
changes in the number Of men who are
to be caHed to the colors.
1t is unwise to attempt to make q
forecast Of the number Of men that will
be called for immediate military serv-
ice in advance Of the development Of
the whole complex problem Of supply
and transportation. It is also unwise
to make public announcements of spec
ific figures which might serve the
enemy as a precise basis for deter
mining the plans for military partici-
patton Of the nation in this war. 1t is
necessary, however, to compose the
present unrest and uncertainty by some
public announcement and for this rea-
son the following is authorftatively
stated.
Awaits Legislation.
The next national quota will be an
nounced and apportioned among the
several states as soon as pending legis-
lation authorizing change in the basis
OF computation is enacted by congress.
This legislation has been passed by the
senate and favorably reported by the
house military committee. The number
that will be assumed as a basis for
computation will be 100000, which is
well within the authorization of clause
OF, section / Of the Selective Service
Act Of a second increment of 100000
men, increased by the recruit training
units authorized by clause 5 Of said
section 1, and by the special and tech
meal troops authorized by section 2
of said act. It can not now be an
nounced what the total number to be
called to the colors each month will be
but it may be stated that no more men
Will be- called than can be properly ac
commodated and properly assimilated.
There are difficulties confronting the
nation in the supply Of labor appurten-
ant to agriculture. Glass /, from which
new levies are to be withdrawn, will
contain many more men than are at
present required for the army.It would
be most unscientiic and fatuous step
IL the men in class were called indis-
crimately without regard to the labor
situation in agriculture. Therefore, the
local boards will be directed to fill their
quotas-in the order of liability OF men in
class as determined by the national
drawing, except that, where it = shown
that a registrant IS completely and os-
siduously engaged in the planting. cul-
tivaticn or reaping Of a crop. his cali 20
the colors shall be deferred to the foot
OF the uota Of his board as long as he
continues to be 50 engaged. Whenever
any, registrant whose call to the colors
has been deferred by reason of his en-
gagement IN agriculture. is shown to
have been idle on the farm on which he
IL engaged or to have tr1ded with the
deferment that has been accorded him.
the boards will forthwith induct him
into military service il his order num-
Der has been reached IN the. meantime.
The e3ect of this expedient is to grant