Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-06-15
100000 CALLED
| MILLION REGISTER
New Draft to Put Nations Army
Well Over Two Million.
new REeIsTRARTs GO SOON
Three.uuarters OF Youna Men Who
Have just Turned Fl Expected To
Be Found Physically Fit
For Active Duty.

Washington. - While million
young Americans just turned 81 were
being registered for service in the
war for world freedom, orders went
out from the Office of Provost Marshal
General Crowder to the governors Of
all States except Arizona for the mo
bilization between June "a and % OF
100000 more registrants. This was
in addition to 10000 negro men requi-
sitioned from 20 States and brings
the total number of selective service
men called to the colors to 1886, 704,
and when they are in camp the ma
tons Army will number we'll over
10000 men.
The registration apparently was at
tended by the perfect order that
marked the enrolling a year ago Of
100000 men, who form the great
reservoir upon which the nation is
drawing to furnish the balance of
power on the western front to crush
the German war machine.
The men who appeared before the
$500 local boards over the country
have become of age since the first
registration day, June s. 1917. Mill
tary authorities estimate that from
their number there will be had $780,.
600 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 they
are assigned, many of them 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 the days CALI
Registration days for men here
after becoming Fl years of age, prob
ably will be fixed every three months.
1t is estimated that 100000 become
of age yearly, and the new registrants
are expected to go far toward keep
ing up the first 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 the order indicate
the rapidly with which troops now
are moving overseas. In nearly every
instance the registrants under the
requisition are assigned to National
Army cantonments, whereas recently,
when calls were made it was neces-
sary to send the men to National
Regular Army and other
camps, because the cantonments were
filed.
Illinois is directed to furnish 28,5OO
men under the latest call, more than
double the number called from New
York, which is second on the list.
Pennsylvania Is to furnish $4,000 and
Minnesota 10000.
The quotas and camp assiguments
follow, in part:
Alabama, 1000, to Camp Pike, Ark;
1900, to Camp Meade.
Nd; Delaware, $50, to Camp Meade,
Nd; District of Columbia, 800, to
camp Meade, Md; Florida, 1000, to
Camp Jackson, S. c.; Georgia, 1000.
o Camp Gordon, Ca; Kentucky.
1000, to Camp Taylor, KY; Louisi-
ina. 1000, to Camp Pike, Ark.
Maryland, 2,150, to Camp Meade.
Nd; Mississippi, 1000 to Camp Pike.
Ark; New Jersey, 5000 to Camp Dix.
'. j.; New York, 10000 to Camp
Upton, N. Y; 1000 to Camp Wads-
worth, S. c.; North Carolina, 1000 to
lamp Jackson, S. c.; Ohio, 5000 to
lamp Sherman, o.; PENNSYLVANIA.
1000 to Camp Lee, Va; 5000 to Camp
Ca; Rhode Island, 1900 IT,
amp Meade, Md: South Carolina.
800 to Camp Jackson, s. c.; Ten
lessee, 5000 to Camp Gordon, Ca;
Virginia, 5000 to Camp Lee, Va:
Vest Virginia, 5000 to Camp Lee.
"a.
The House Military Committee re.
orted resolution by Chairman Dent
1aking retroactive the bill basing the
raft quotas on the number of men
a class one. so as to legalize any e.
eeding of authority as to the number
r quota which may have been made
the first drafting of men. The
esolution was recommended by the
Var Department, Chairman Dent an.
ounced.