Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-13
TO ORDER NEXT DRAFT
 QUOTA ON MARCH 29

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 ment is to complete tine first field army in France Probably this will be composed of, five army corps of six infantry divisions each. cit has been estimated that with that force and its necessary auxiliaries at his disposition General Persbing would be able to hold 9 100-mile sector of the battle front, relieving the strain upon Frerfch man power during 1918 to that extentsl What that would mean to France may be Judged from published statements of French off cials that on January l, 1918, the Bel sian army held about 15 miles of the western front, the British forces about 1O5 miles and the French $50 miles
 Provost Marshal General Crowder today made the first official announce ment Of the time of the second draft It will be ordered as soon as congress amends the law to compute the basis of apportionment among the states on the number of registrants in Class one instead of population. For pur- p3ses of computation 500, 1000 men will be considered as composing the second draft although no such number will be called to The colors at any one time
 While General Crowder sets no time in his statement, it has been stated previously that supplies and equipment for the men of the second dIaft will become available in April and action on the desired legislation is expected before that time. the first calls are expected soon aeterward. b.
 .The next national quota will be an ncuneed and apportioned among the several states as socn as pending leg islat;on authorizing a change in the basis of computation is enacted by coneress," says the provost marshall generals statement 'cfs
 "The number that will be assumed as . basis of computation will be SO0,0 which is well within the au- thoIization of clause 1 Of section one of the selective service act Of a sec- ord increment of 500.OOO men. in creased by the recruit training units authorized by clause five of said sec tiOn one. and by the special and tech nioal troops authorized by section twd Of said act. It cannot now be announced what the total number 10 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 accommodated and prompt ly assimilated.
 To Exempt Farmers.
 "There are difficulties confronting the nation in the supply of labor ap- purtenant to agriculture Class one, from which new levies are to be with drawn will contain many more men than sare at present required for the army It would be a most unscien- tic and fatutOus step if the men in class enc were called indiscriminately. without regard to he labor situation in agriculture. Therefore the local boards will be directed to fill their quotas in the order Of liability of men in class one as determined by the na- ticnal drawing. except that, where it is shown that a registrant is com ple.elv and assidiously engaged in the plsnting. cultivation or reaping of a CTCp, his call to the colars shall be deferrei 70. the foOt Of the quota of his heard as long as he continues 10 he so engaged.
 Whenever any registrant, whose call to the co,0rs has been deferred by reason of his. engas cement in agri-