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Show FUST DRIFT TO BE COMPLETED JBFF115 Final Quotas From States Which Have Not r ur-nished ur-nished Full Strength to Be Sent Forward. ORDERS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED Date of theSeccnd Call Depends De-pends Upon How Soon the Troops Now in Training Are Removed. By WDCDSOK K. HARRIS, Staff Correspondent of International Xfews Services WASHINGTON. Ft-b. Ih The tut draft army will be completed on February Feb-ruary 15. The final quotas from those states which have not furnished their full strength "Mil be sent to camp on that date. Orders to this effect have gone out (rom Washington, it was understood un-derstood tdnfght. Advance supplies of equipment for the new contingents now are being assembled assem-bled at the camps and cantonments' in arlous sections of the country. Secretary Secre-tary of War Eaker has Insisted on the accumulation of ample stocks of clothing and other r.ecessarv stir plies before the additional men reach camp. The work is beinr rushed. Advices that clothing and supplies would be ready in time were received re-ceived be: ore the provost mars hut general gen-eral decided on the order requiring the induction of the final quotas into military service. Aggregate .75,000 Men. An aggregate of about 75.00 men will be sent to camp under the new orders. The date of the second draft call is dependent upon the removal of troops now in tiaining'. it was learned tonight. There is no plan under considerat ion which calls tor the construction of cantonments can-tonments or extensive enlargements of the existing camps. The second draft apparently will not apply to all states simultaneously. Transfer Trans-fer of the men of the firt national army is regulated by the availability of shins. As transports become available, contingents contin-gents which have completed their home training wiU be sent abroad. Registrants Regis-trants to be called under the second draft will be ordered into military service ser-vice as 1 camp space becomes available. Fresh Troops at All Tirries. This would provide a-period of continuous contin-uous training. - Fresh troops would be readv for service in Europe at all times under tis plan. Secretary of War Baker is understood to be favorable to ibis scheme. Secretary Baker has" stated that there Is 'egal authority to call as many as a million men under the second draft. He hardly thought it would be necessary to call that many, however. Officials of the provost, marshal gen- eral's effice are now working out a; scheme for the registration and classification classifi-cation of the men who have reached the age of 21 years since June 5. The bill placing these men under rhe selective j service regulation is expected to be pushed with but little delay, it is pending pend-ing in congress now. Plan Not Made Public. No details of the proposed plan have been made public. It is understood that it Is the tentative idea to have these men register with the loal draft boards in their respective districts. Thev will be classified under the questionnaire system. sys-tem. Whether those who have become -1 will be registered on a specific date, as was the case in the original, registration, is not known. It is considered as probable prob-able that a time limit of severaT days in which they may register will be fixed, rather than allowing but a single day. ; A method of determining their order of ; liability 3 causing the draft authorities some concern. It is not believed there will be a general drawing in Washington. A plan bv which the local board can handle- this is believed to be the aim. Men who reach the draft age in the future will bo allowed a certain number of davg in which to register. Their order of liability will be regulated by the date on which they become 21. The order of liability under the questionnaire ques-tionnaire svstem applies only to the particular par-ticular classes in which the registrants are divided. The new registrants will not become liable until registrants have been exhausted, it is understood. A definite plan will be perfected before the law is parsed. The order above referred to does not affect Utah, as the quota from this state under the first draft has been 100 per cent filled and the men are already in camp, according to Captain K. V. Fitz Gerald, United States draft disbursing agent for Utah- |