Evening journal., 1918-07-27
COMB Glass A /
FOR MORE MEN
Gen. Crowder Directs Gov
ernors to Have Draft
Boards Revise Lists
NEEDS $4,000 MEN
TO COMPLETE YEAR

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Prompt &C
tion by Congress on the draft ag'
changes to be recommended by Secre
tary Of War Baker within the next Few
weeks, will be necessary II Genera
Crowder is TO be able to furnish th'
contemplated quotas Of men after Oct0.
oer without drawing upon Glass and
ooher deferred groups.
According TO official figures obtained
yesterday, the August and September
calls will make such deep inroads into
Cless 1 that they can only be met by
careful comblng OF questionnaires,
especially Of those Of the new classes
registered on June Of this year and a
substantial yield Of men under the
draft treaties with Great Britain and
Canada. General Crowder is known TO
be hopeful OF obtaining from Glass 4
sufficient men to carry him TO January
g. 1919. but the margin admittedly is
very close.
General Crowder acted 10 prevent
further inroads into the classes OF men
20 be called 10 the training camps in
August by instructlng Governors Of
States TO notify all local draft boards
TO prevent the enlistment of such men
IN the navy and marine corps.
In order that a maximum number Of
Glass men may be obtained from the
new registrants-men who became 2i
one June 5--General Crowder ordered a
close scrutiny Of all reports by draft
boards which do not show at least 80
per cent. Of such men in Glass 4. This
cotton by General Crowder was held to
be necessary to obtain the 100000 men
from this group which he has included
10 his estimates TO meet monthly
quotas during the remainder OF 1918.
"The national average should be much
higher than 80 per cent. because indus
trial, agricultural and dependency de-
ierments and physical reflections should
be much lower" General Crowder's
message said.
General Crowder's official figures on
Me status Of Glass follows:
Total In Class 1.............. 2362 Os2
Deductions-
Delinquents -....... ......... 1884
Emergency feet exemptions 36.77O
Limited service men.......... 2lBB3a
Remediable detectives .... bO.26s
Total deductions .......... 6372i1
Total available nghting men. 1.724,sT1
January to July calls ....... l,5ss,7is
Available after July cnlIs...... 1oi ,1Qs
Deductions for navy and ma
rine corps enlistments-
Men to replace those rejected
At camps, deaths, etc....... 10000
l9ls 80, ..,..........,.... alps
classihcations, work or
fight" order, decision Of
pending cases and other
Estimate OF class i to be OBJ '''''
tanned from registration Of
June ......... ............ 4OOOOO
Total ....... ................ 04f.f2s
These figures are subject to constant
rhange, but they represent the best
available estimate obtainable. They diff
fer from the statistics given by General
crowder to the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs on June IS when he |
gave the total number Of Glass 4 men |
as being 2,42e,729. This figure included
I66,647 men whose cases were pending I
md who were not physically exam
ned
His June 10 figures provided for only
10000 men being called in July,
whereas the foregoing calculation gives
he latest available estimate OF the total :
o be called up to next Thursday, and
etween 10000 and 10000 Negroes who
we're called this month, but order to {
ntrain in August
General Crowder's plans Of a few
weeks ago called for 100000 men In {
.ugust, but his statement TO the gov
rnors said the August call would be
irtuslly as large as that Of July. He
'lans to call 10000 men each in the
months Of September, October and No
'ember. and i25,O00 in December.
The registration and classification OF
British and Canadians under the recent
lraft treaties is expected to be about
$4,000 men for service in the army and
ibout 10000 subjects OF the United
States for the British forces II Is not
believed that more than 2S per cent. OF
ihese men will be subject to Glass 4
this percentage being the
average In the general draft.
On basis Of the estimated calls for re-
months OF 1918 General Crowd
IRIS plan provides for a total enlist
nent Of 2,40e,743 drafted men during
he twelve months TO end January 1,
9i9 The calls by months follow: