In a telegram from Gen. Crowder, federal provost marshal, to Adjt. Gen. Rhinow, Minnesota was called upon to entrain 6,750 registrants during the five day period beginning Oct. 21. The call fulfills Gen. Crowder promise that registrants of the new class would be called to service in Oct.
While many of the men to be taken in the two parts of the call will be 21-year-olds who registered June 5 and Aug. 24, 1918, there are not enough of these youths left to supply such a large number of men.
The call is for 3,500 men to entrain to Camp Forrest, Lytle, Ga., and 2,250 to Camp Cody, Deming, N, M. Minnesota never before has sent drafted men directly to these camps, although, many Minnesotan draftees were transferred to Camp Cody from Camp Dodge earlier this year.
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “First Call Is Issued Under New Registry: 6.750 From Minnesota”; Oct. 08, 1918; p. 1.
Major General Enoch Herbert Crowder, Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, WWI
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