Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-06
CEN. CROWDER CALLS
100000 TO COLORS
No Untoward Incident Reported
in Registration of 100000
Young Men.
MAJORITY ARE FIT FOR DUTY
New Registrants Will Go to Bot
tom of Class to Which They
Are Assigned.
MAJORITY ARE FIT FOR DUTY
tBy Associated Press. J

WASHINGTON, June 5.-While a
million young Americans just turned
twenty-one were registering tc-ds-
for service in the war for world free
dom, orders went out from the office
Of Provost tMarshal-General Crowdcr
to the Governors of all states except
Arizona for the mobilizing between
June % and 2S Of 100000 more regis
trants. This was in addition TO $4,000
negro men rcquistioncd to-day from
twenty States. and brings the total
number Of sclec,ivc service men called
to the colors 10 1.j3s.70i. and when
they arc in camp the nations army will
number we'll over 100000 men.
The registration to-day apparently
was attended by the perfect order that
marked the enrolling a year ago o.:
100000 men who form the great re-
scrvoir upon which the nation is draw
ing to furnish the balance of power
on the western front to crush the
German war machine.
The men who appeared to-day he
fore the 400 local boards over the
country have become of age since the
first registration day June ). 1911.
Military authorities estimate that from
their number there Will be had 10000
men fit for active duty.
While an act of Congress requires
that the new registrants be placed at
the bottom Of the class to which ;hev
are assigned. many of them may SOON
tie called to the coiors as to-days re-
QUESTION upon Governors probably will
exhaust the first class In some States.
While no formal eXplanat was made.
this was believed to have been the
reason why Arizona was no: included
III to-day's call.
Results OF the second registration
Will not be known until Tomorrow.
General Crowter has requested the
adjutan;-general OF each State to telc-
graph then comprehensive summary
OF The result. giving the total regis
tration, the proportion TO the number
that had been expected to enroll. rem
tween the nSures. and the nature OF
any untoward occurrence attending the
registration.
Registration days for men hereafter
becoming twenty-one years of age
probably will be fixed every three
months. 1t is estimated that 1000. 900
men become of age yearly. and the
new registrants are expected to go far
toward Keeping UP the frs, class in
each State from which thus far all
men for the National Army have been
drawn.
Assignments FOR the men called TO
the colors under to-days order !ndi-
cate the rapidty with which troops
now are moving overseas. In nearly
every instance the registrants under
to-days reQuisition are assigned TO
National Army cantonmcnts. whereas,
recently when calls were made it was
necessary TO send the men to National
Guard. regular army and other camps,
because the cantonments were filled
Inc Southern quotas and camp as
s!snments: Alabama. 1000 10 Camp
PIKE Ark; Florida. 1000 TO Camp
Jackson. S. c.; Illinois -. section
10 Camp jackson, S. c.; New York
$4,000 OF quota TO Camp Wadswor,h.
:. CD; North Carolina. 1000 TO Canp
jackson. S. c.; Pennsylvania $4,000 of
quota TO Camp Lee, Va.); South Caro-
Ina. $500 to Camp Jackson. s. C.:
virginia, 5000 TO Camp Lee. Va; Yves,
virginia 5000 to Camp Lee, Va.