Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1918 — DRAFT CALL FOR 200,000 [ARTICLE]

DRAFT CALL FOR 200,000

Men Are to Be Mobilized In Large Numbers Early In November. Washington, Nov. 1. —Men of the new draft age will first be mobilized In large numbers early in November under a draft call now In preparation at Provost Marshal General Crowder’s office. It calls for the entrainment of more than 200,000 men qualified for general military service. They will be furnished In proportionate numbers by every state in the Union. Draft caffs suspended during October because of the Influenza spidemlc have been renewed in sections where the epidemic has moderated, and entrainment of all men under the October calls probably will be completed before the November quota is started to the cantonments.