Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — To Call 200,000 of Draft Force On September 1. [ARTICLE]

To Call 200,000 of Draft Force On September 1.

Washington, Aug. B.—More than 200,000 men of the selective draft forces will be called to the colors September 1, to go immediately to their divisional training cantonments. This will bring the strength pf the United States army on that date up to practically 1,000,000 men. Brigadier-General Crowder, pro-vost-marshal-general, dispatched the following telegram to the governors of the states today cautioning them to make certain that the first onethird of their quota of the first jncrement of registered men is ready in time: . ■ “New regulations governing the mobilization and the certification of men from district boards to adjutants general will be mailed to you on August 9. “In the meantime, local boards should certify to district boards daily those who have been called and who lave not been exempted or discharged either because they failed to file any claim or because their claim has been decided adversely. •' “Strict compliance with this rule is necessary since on September 1 the war department will call for not to exceed one-third of the quota from each state to be entrained for mobilization camps between September 1 and September 5.”