Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-18
ADJ. GEN. F. S. DICKSON
ANNOUNCES QUOTAS
FOR NEXT CALL
ESQ FROM COUNTY
OTTAWA NOR OTHER CITIES AND '
TOWNS WILL NOT HAVE TO !
FURNISH MEN TOWARD FILLING
SEPT. 27 CALL FOR DRAFTGRS.

DRAFT board quotas Tor the.O Oct. lz-lb
increment of men were announced
this morning at Springfield by A1ju-
tant General Frank S. Dickson, OF
tawa and the remainder OF District
No. will, under the adjutant's call,
have TO furnish eighty selects as their
share of the 5000 impressed into
service from Illinois.
The county will supply 260 selects
divided as follows.
District (Ottawa)n SO.
District Tia Salle), 100
District (Streator), so.
All OF the 260 La Sale County
draftees will be sent direct to Camp
Grant. where they will enter intensive
training, probably as members of re
placement regiments OF infantry
There Is no certainty about this. how
ever. but as Camp Grant is being
turned over almost entirely to re.
placement units. military authorities
believe that the new men will be as.
signed to that training.
The local board has received moth.
ing official from Gen Dickson as TO
it, quota. the figures being given out
today to the Free Trader Journals
OF the size of the call II is expected
that large portion of the men sum
moned for service will be from the
1918 classes, with the balance being
made up of the remainder of the
1914 class yet uncaled.
Date of entrainment has not been
announced to the Ottawa board,
Ordered by Crowder.
Washington. Sept l7.-Draft boards
have been ordered by General Grow
der to begin mailing questionnaires
today to all men between 10 and Sc
years of age, inclusive, who registered
last Thursday, except British and
Canadian subjects, who have thirty
days to voluntarily enter the British
and Canadian armies.
Ten per cen. of the questionnaires
are to be mailed each day until all
have been sent out, General CroWder
announced Each registrant is given
seven days to return the document
Urges Early Return.
TT Is. however the earnest hope of
this Office that the registrants will not
require so much time" General Grow.
der said and that the questionnares
will be returned promptly Under
the minimum time allowed all the
Questionnaires should be back with
In three weeks from today"
approximately G,o000c0 are in the
10 to 36 year classes to whom ques
tionnaires go, it was said. Some
10000 additional men, between q anL
81 years of age, who were added tt
the draft rolls Thurs lay, registering
for tho first time, also will lie elias
shed
The date for the drawing to deter
mine the order of calling the mel
will be announced soon.
No Oct, Quota.
As yet no quotas have been re
ceived In Ottawa for the La Sail
County District No. | in the call 70
5000 Illinois men on Oct, I, issue
recently by Provost Marshal Crowdei
Yesterday Adiutant General Dickir
son issued a partial list of quotas.
August Class Examined
Forty.iour of the young men VIII
registered on Aus "a, having a
tanned their majority after the Jun
registration, appeared at the Ottaw
Township High School at | o'cl0c
today for their physical examination
This number represents the entil
lot of men who were placed in elias
upon the classification of their que
tlonnares. The cards calling thes
men fer examinations were MALE
ont by the local board last week,
The physical examinations wei
made by DR.. J w. Petit. men
hor oGthe local exemption board a
sisted by Or. s. +. Parr DR.. w. |
Pike and Dr, Il, =. Hathaway.