Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-06-06
CALL MADE
FOR 100000
MORE men
Will Bring Army Well Above
Two Million; Nebraska to
Furnish 1900, lava
5000.

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men for General Crowder's
latest draft call for 100000 men
June "a. This is one-fourth of
the total quota for the entire
state. Nebraska is to furnish
1000 men.
One hunded and eighty
eight of Nebraska's quota will
be sent to the State university
at Lincoln for two months spe-
cial training in the newly-es-
tablished government school
there. The other drafted men
will be sent in two groups of
405 men each. One. group of
1000 men will be sent to Camp
Funston, Kan, and the other
1000 to Fort Riley.
Division No. l will send 200 men
No. 2, 226; No. 3, 16s; No. 4. 81; No.
5, 229, and No, 6, lOS.
Only men finally classified in Class
! will be entrained nor will men hav-
ing claims pending be taken.
Iowa's quota of 5000 registrants
will be modified at Camp Dodge be-
tween June "a and June 2S.
100000 Called to colors.
Washington, June s.-While 1,0O0,-
600 young Americans just turned 81
were registered today for service in
the war for world freedom, orders
went out from the Office of Provost
Marshal General Crowder to the gov
ernors OF all states except Arizona for
the mobilization between June "a and
June % Of 100000 more, registrants.
This was in addition to 10000 negro
men requisitioned today from 20
states and brings the total of selec-
tive service men called to the colors
to 1,595,704, and when they are in
camp the nations army will number
we'll over 100000 imen.>
The registration today apparently
was attended by, the perfect order that
marked the enrolling a year ago TO-
100000 men. Military authorities esti-
mate that from the number registered
today there will be had 100000 men
fit for active duty.
While an act Of congress requires
that the new registrantsr be placed at
the bottom of the class to which they
are assigned, many of them soon may
be called to the colors, as today's req
uisition upon governors probably
will exhaust the first class in some
states. While no formal explanation
was made, this was believed to have
been the reason why Arizona was
not included in today's call.
Troops Moving Rapidly Overseas.
Registration days for men becoming
2l years Of age probably will be fixed
every three months hereafter. 1t is
estimated that 100000 men become
of age yearly and the new registrants
are expected to go far toward keeping
up the first class in each state from
which thus far all men for the ma
tional army have been drawn.
Assignments for the men called to
the colors under todays order indi-
cate the rapidity with which troops
now are moving overseas. In nearly
every instance the registrants under
today's requisition are assigned to ma
tional army cantonments, whereas re-
Gently when calls were made, it was
necessary to send the men to national
guard, regular army and other camps,
because the cantonments were filled.
Illinois is directed to furnish 28,500
men under the latest call, more than
double the number called from New
York, which is second on the list.
Pennsylvania is to furnish 10000 and
Minnesota 10000. 49,.
The house military committee to-
day reported a resolution by Chair
man Dent, making retroactive the bill
basing the draft quotas on the num-
Der of men In Class so as to legafize
any exceeding of authority as to the
number or quota which may have
been made in the first drafting Of
men. The resolution was recon-
inended by the War department,
Chairman Dent announced.
Standardized Examination Proposed.
Chicago, June Standardization
of physical examination to avoid the
annoyance of having physically unfit
men sent to cantonments and re-
turned home after rejection at the
expense of the government will be
discussed by medical aides to the vari-
Gus governors at the annual meeting
next week of the American Medical
association, it was announced tonight.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has issued orders to all gubernatorial
medical aides to attend the meeting
at the expense Of the government, and
it is expected that a uniform method
of accepting and rejecting drafters