Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Citiea and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. DRAFT CALL ON FEBRUARY 23 I Last Quota of First Call to Bring Man-Power Up to 685,000. Washington, February 4. —Provost Marshal General Crowder today announced that the movement of the last increment of men selected in the first draft will begin on February 23 and continue for a period of five days. This will complete the operation of the first draft, as all states will have furnished their full quotas. The imtivement will bring the strength of the national army up to the 685,000 men contemplated in the first draft. The number of men who will be started to the cantonments on February 23 include 6,284 to Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, where Indiana men are in training.