OCR Text |
Show I CROVVDER CALLS I men TO COLORS Order Sent Out for Mobilization Mobiliza-tion of 200,000 More Men r Nation's Army Two Millions. I WASHINGTON, June B. While a million young Ampricdns just turned twentyone were registered today for service In (ho war for world froodom, orders went ou1 from t lie office of Provost Pro-vost Marshal General Crowder io the sovornors of all States except Arizona for tho mobilization boiwoon .Tune 24 and 2S of 200,000 more- nT.isi r:mi -. This brines the total Dumber of selective selec-tive service men called to the colors to 1.595,704, and when they arc in camp the nation's army will number well over 2,000.000 men. The registration today apparontly was attended by the perfect order thut marked the enrolling a ycai ago of 0, 000. 000 men. The men who registered today have become of ase sinre the first rcpistra-tion rcpistra-tion day, June 5, 1017. Military author-jtips author-jtips estimate that from then number 1 there will bo had 760,000 men fit for ! i f active duty. While an act of congress requires , that the new registrants he placed at the bottom of the class to which they are assigned, many of them may soon i ho called to the colors as today's re qulsition upon governors probably Will exhaust the first class in some states. ; While no formal explanation was made, this was believed to have bon the reason why Arizona was not included in-cluded in today s call. Registration days for men becoming 21 years of age probably will hr fixod every three months hereafter. Ii Is es limated that 1,000,000 m'en become of age yearly and the new registrants are b expected to go far toward keeping up the Brst class in each state from which thus far all men for the national army havo been drawn. AssiBuments for the men called to the colors under today's ordr Indicate tho rapidity with which troops now are moving overseas. In nearly every instance the registrants under today's requisition are assigned to national army cantonments. National army cantonments whereas where-as recently when calls were it was neeossary to send the men to national guard regular army and other camps because ili" cantonments worn filled. Illinois Is directed to furnish 28 BOO nu n under tho latest call more than double the number called from Now York, which Is second on the list. Pen -n yh ania is to furnish 12, oho ;ind Minnesota Min-nesota 10,000. Western Statea Assignments. Tho quoias and camp asignmenls for we stern stains follow: California G000 to Camp Kearn . Cal. Colorado 1500 to Camn t ody. V M. Idaho 2000 to Camp Lewis. Wash. I Iowa, 3000 to Camp Dodge. Iowa. Kansas 5000 to Camp Funston, Kan.; 1000 to Camp Cody. N. M. Missouri 6000 to Camp Pike, Ark. Montana inuo to ( amp Lewi., Wash. N. braska 2000 at Camp Funston, Kan ; 2000 to Fort Riley, Kan. j Nevada COO to Camp Lewis, Wash. New Mexico 500 to Camp Cody, N M. North Dakota 2000 to Camp Dodge. I Iowa. Oregon 2000 to Camp Lewis, Wash. South Dakota 5000 to Camp Funston. Kan. Texas 9000 to Camp Travis. Texas. Ut4fa 50n to Camp Lewis. Wash. Washington 2200 to Camp Lewis, Wash. Wi-consin 1000 to Tort Riley. Kan Wyomins 1000 to Camp Lewi Wash. The toouse military commlttoo today reported, a resolution by Chairman Dent makinc; retroactive the bill basins bas-ins the draft quotas on the number of men in class one so as to legalize any exceeding of authority as to the number num-ber or quotas which may have been nirtdp in the first drafting of men Th resolution was recommended by the I war department, C hairman Dent an- nounced. |