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Show 10,000 FOR DAFFT CAMP IS READY IN CHICAGO Washington, Aug. 9. Tho regular army Is at full strength. When recruiting re-cruiting began today only 593 enlistments enlist-ments woro needed to make tho to- tal in this branch 313,898, tho authorized au-thorized strength, 1194 recruits hav-I hav-I Ing been gained yesterday. Since April 1 over 181,000 men have enlisted. Pennsylvania led In yestorday's recruiting with 138, New York was second with 11C and Illinois third with 94. Connecticut completed Its quota with exactly tho number allotted, allot-ted, 2228. Washington, Aug. 9. Hundreds of slackers wero rounded up by federal agents today and hustled In wugons to tho federal building for arraignment arraign-ment before- United States commissioners. commis-sioners. At noon a high mark of 1000 had been listed In tho four-day drive. Thoso men wero being arrested as rapidly at patrol wagon? could mako tho roundup. Chicago, Aug. 9. Major D. M. Chiperfield today wired Provost Marshal Mar-shal General Crowder that Cook county would havo 10,000 mon ready to send to tho cantonment camp at Ilockford, 111., Monday, If ho wanted them. Hoards have already begun sending send-ing notices to accepted men to be roady to report for training. Tho vigorous opposition of tho government gov-ernment to defiance of tho draft wa3 Indicated today when a man called on Major Chiperfield and told him ho had been drafted, but "would not servo." Tho major called a policeman police-man and the man was turned over to tho federal authorities. Emory, Tex., Aug. 9. Moro than a score of men from various towns nnd farms in this Bectlon havo been arrested hero during the past twenty-four twenty-four hours In'connectlon with a general gen-eral movement to resist the army draft. Eighteen were brought In last night In Rains county and turned over to federal officials of the northern north-ern district of Texas and six more this morning. San Francisco, Aug. 9. Daniel O'Connell, organizer of tho American Patriots, nn nntldraft organization, and author of the "O'Connell form" of draft exemption affidavit, was released re-leased today on $10,000 fall furnished furn-ished following his arrest on a fed-oral fed-oral warrant charging conspiracy to thwart draft. Warrants aro out for thirteen other persons, Including two women. O'Connell was arrasted at a meeting meet-ing of the People's Conference, where David Starr Jordan nnd former United States Senator Works were speakers. |