The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-05-09
.AQUARTER MILLION
CALLED THIS MONTH
EVERY EXISTING CANTONMENT,
IN THE COUNTRY is TO BE
GREATLY ENLARGED.
FIFTEEN BILLION FOR ARMY
over Eight Thousand Men c,i,.d
From North Carolina Go to
Camp jackson,

Observation-Disclosures with
.he announcement that 232,O 900 men
from 40 states had been called to-
JON the colors in May, Secretly Baker
indicated the scope of the govern
ments plans for increasing it's fighting
strength by stating that Congress had
peen asked to appropriate approxi-
mately $l5,00O,000 900 for the army for
the next fiscal year. That amount is.
exclusive Of funds provided in the for
tifications bill which not only covers
coast defenses, but as a rule provides.
the bulk Of heavy field ordnance.
me call for a quarter of a million
men during May, goes to all states ex-
cept California, Oregon and Nevada.
when with the District Of Columbia
already have supplied so large a part
OF their quota that it was decided not
to include them this time. The move
ment in most states will begin May Is
and will be completed in five days. By
this order the war department aban-
dons Its plan of assembling men in
even monthly increments Of approxi-
mately 100000. Under the original
program it was intended to call ont
no to exceed 100000 men during 1918.
II call for 10 700 in April and $685.
600 this month will bring out in two
months half Of the number originally
contemplated for the year. Officials,
made 1t clear that it is now the pur-
pose to mobilize all the mon for whom
equipment and training facilities can
be provided.
Need All Camps.
In preparation for his tremendous
increase in the army. the hua-a mill
tary committee was told ,uuay that
every existing cantonment in the
country will be enlarged and eyery
natlonal guard camp utilized to it's
luli capacity 1t is regarded as prob
able that some new cantonments must
be built, but in the interests Of speed
ana economy Of effort and material,
pressure will be placed upon expand.
ingg existing facilities. Ground has
already been obtained in the vicinity
or several environments for the expan-
sion and details Of the new construc-
ton are being worked out by the gen
eral staff.
The men called out his month will
be modified generally at the canton
ments to which the men from the
same states have previously been
sent. In many cases they will find he
divisions originally created at those
camps gone. Some Of the camps will
nave been converted into replacement.
divisions, and the new men will be
redistributed in accordance with their
qualifications.
To Fill Divisions at Home.
1t Is regarded as likely that the
April and May drafts will be used
largely to fill up divisions at home
while the seasoned personnel from
those divisions is sent overseas to FIJI
ne APPS Since the number of d.
Visions on the other side is rapidly
and steadily increasing, the flow of
replacement troops must increase pro-
p~ortionately.
The apportionment among the states
OF the men called today include:
Alabama, $500 to Camp Sewer.
s. G.
North Carolina, STA to Camp
Jackson, S.. G.
Pennsylvania, 7,7O0 to Camp Mead,
Md, 1000 Camp Lee, Va; 5000 Camp
Humphreys, Va; 1898 Camp Green
leaf, S. c..
South Carolina, 1000 Camp Jack
son. S. c.; 2SS Camp Wadsworth,
s. G.
Tennessee, 4.130 Camp Pike, Ark.
Virginia, 6,135 Camp Lee, Va.
West Virginia 4,797 Camp Lee, Va.
New York, $500 Camp Dix, N. j.;
$3.50 Camp Hancock, Ga; 1000 Camp
Upton, N. Y; 300 Camp Wadsworth,
8. c.; 1880 Camp Sewer, s. C.