The War Department has cancelled all further army draft calls after the announcement of the signing of an armistice with Germany.
Telegrams were sent to all local draft boards under the direction of Provost Marshal General Crowder, stopping the movement of 252,000 men under orders to start for camps between today and Friday.
“There will be for the present no additional men brought in under the draft, and to the extent that we can we will turn back those men who have been entrained and have not reached training camps,” Secretary Baker said.
More than 300,000 men were ordered to camps before November 20.
Some soldiers started for camps before hearing word that the draft was cancelled, reports suggest.
“Wherever possible, their immediate return to civil life would be arranged,” Baker said. All men are to be honorably discharged from the army and paid accordingly, the Provost Marshal General’s office said.
No new calls are permitted excluding the navy and marine corps. A few thousand men are already set to be inducted to the navy, the Provost Marshal General’s office reports.
Physically suitable men ranging from 21 and 31 years of age in Class 1 are currently in the service.
Men who were to be drafted this month newly registered September 12.
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