The Washington herald., 1918-04-25
D. DRAFTEES
WILL ENTRAIN
NEXT MONDAY
Increment Of All Ordered
to Report for Journey
to Camp Meade.

washington men drafted under the
April call, to the number of le2. will
leave here Monday for Camp Meade,
admiral. Nd, the Provost Marshol,
General Crowder announced last
night in a statement designating the
camps to which the men called to
the colors under the April quota
would be assigned.
There viii be Sol white men who
will be sent to Camp Meade from the
District Of Columbia, Maryland. West
Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania un-
der the orders issued last night by
many of the States will be divided
washington's quota Of I92 will go to
Camp Meade, where local boys al
ready are in training.
Negroes Follow.
Negro men included in the quota OF
the District also will be sent to Camp
Meade for training as win others from
Tennessee and Pennsylvania, but no
Maryland negro drafted men will be
assigned to Meade.
The order issued last might simply
designates the various training camps
to which the men called under the
April quota, number 10000. shall be
sent. OF the total. 116,a7 are white,
and 1856 are negro men called to the
colors.
Advance train arrangements already
have oeen made and reports received
by the provost marshal general give
assurances that the movement Of the
men will proceed with greater east
and dispatch than any heretofore.
The All white men called from the
District have been ordered to report
at the City Post once Building. near
Union Station. at o'clock Sunday
night. when they will be formerly
inducted into the military service OF
the country and given final instruc-
tions as to where to report and when
for their departure for camp Monday
morning.
The negro drafted men have been
ordered to report at the City POST
Office on Monday night at o'clock.
when they too, will be inducted into
the service and given final inStruc-
ton for their departure to camp Tues
day morning.
Camp AssiEnmeRts.
Following are the names Of the
cantonments, the number of men 60
ing to each ami the States from which
they are called:
White men-Camp Devens, Massa-
chusetts, s,S+4 from Massachusetts,,
Maine and Vermont; Camp Lee, Vir-
ginia, s,311 from Pennsylvania; Camp
Sherman, Ohio, s,77 from Ohio and
Pennsylvania; Camp Dodge, Iowa,
$500 from North Dakota, Minnesota,
Iowa and Illinois: Camp Upton. New
York. S.564 from New York and Con-
nectirut; Camp Jackson, South Caro-
lima, 6.31S from Alabama, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina. Florida and
Tennessee; Camp Custer, Michigan,
7.s49 from Michigan and Wisconsin;
Camp Funston, Kansas, 9,675 from
Kansas, Missouri. South Dakota, Me-
braska, Colorado. New Mexico and
Arizona; Camp Dix, New Jersey,
Q, 1870 frem New Jersey, Illinois. Del
aware. New York. Rhode Island and
New Hampshire; Camp Gordon,
Georgia, 2,S57 from Georgia; Camp
Grant, Illinois. $500 from Wisconsin
and Illinois: Camp Travis. Texas, g.
524 from Oklahoma and Texas; Camp
| Meade. Maryland. 6,21 from District
of Columbia. Maryland West Virginia,
Ohio aid Pennsylvania; Camp Pike,
Arkansas. lisa from Arkansas. Lou
isiana and Mississippi; Camp Taylor,
Kentucky, S.1a from Kentucky and
Maryland; Camp Lewis. Washington,
$500 from Washington, Oregon, Cali
fornia. Idaho. Nevada Montana, Wy
oming and Utah.
Other Camps.
Negroes-Camp Devens, Massachu-
sets. SS7 from Connecticut. Massa-
chusetts. New Hampshire, New York
and Rhode Island; Camp ]. E. Johns
ton. Florida, 2,236 from Florida;
Camp Lee, Virginia. 1855 from Vir-
ginia and Tennessee; Camp Upton,
New York. 543 from New York;
Camp Jackson, South Carolina, 3,513
from North Carolina and South Caro-
lima; Camp Custer, Michigan, 2,O23
from Alabama: Camp Funston,
Kansas, sos from Oklahoma, Missouri
and Kansas; Camp Dix, New Jersey,
29S from New Jersey and Delaware;
Camp Gordon, Georgia, 34s9 from
Georgia; Camp Grant, Illinois. 800
from North Carolina and Illinois;
Camp Travis, Texas, 3,4s7 from Texas;
Camp Meade, Maryland. 26o4 from
Tennessee, District Of Columbia and
Pennsylvania: Camp Pike, Arkansas,
I,E4 from Arkansas. Louisiana and
Mississippi; Camp Taylor, Kentucky.
LIDO from Indiana and Kentucky;