The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-10
Ten BRIDGEPORT men
win COMMISSIONS AT
J. End OF 3 MONTHS WORK
NATIONAL ARMY
WILL BE CALLED
WITH FORMAL|TY
Drafted Men to Act Like
Soldiers When Leaving
Home.

The Provost Marshal General has is
sued the specific regulations under
which 700 Bridgeport men as well as
one-third Of the national army quota
for the. whole. country will be mob
ilized for duty between September 1
and 5. Regulations addressed to the
boards, are in customary military de-
tail of many thousand words with nu-
merous subesections. and paragraphs
OF interest to the men who will be
called, the following facts are given
from the official regulations:
District boards will daily certify
Back to local boards men held for SER
vice. Such men will be. those orig
inally certified to the district boards
and others whose appeals from local
boards or Industrial exemption claims
have not been allowed.
Local boards will then instruct men
whose names are returned from the
district board. to hold themselves in
readiness for a call to service at a
time and place to be announced at a
subsequent date.
The mailing on posting OF the above
notice to the men will he sufficient
and those not. reporting will he held
for military action.
On notice from the Provost Marshal
General, the sAdjutant General of the
State viii notify local boards of the
number, time and place of men called.
The local boards will fix the time
and place for assembly and will issue
r call to the men. The men living at
distance will be recorded and pro-
visions will be made for their lodging
and meals between the hour Of ..re.
treat roll cal" which viii be at $50
p n-, on the day before entratning
for camps, and the actual time Of en-
training. All of the men will report at
retreat roll call at $50 the day before
entraining- The roll Will lbe caIlkxi and
'tHe men VIII receive final instructions.
Fhe board will grant town liberty
for the night to those desiring to spend
the time at home. Others viii ba
taken to the places assigned for their
lodging and meals All men viii be
advised Of the hour of entraining on
the following day and must report
promptly at the office OF the board.
The assembly on the day Of entrain.
ing will be s46 minutes, plus the time
required to get to the station from the
Office of the board, earlier than the
actual leaving time of the train on
which men depart-t
Men will be allowed to take with
them only light bundles consisting Of
toilet articles and a change of under
clothing. This is strict rule and
must be observed
Five men more than actually called
viii be summoned as altArnates but
Will not be considered in the military
service until they have actually taken
the places of abSentees
One person will be placed in COM
mand of the men for each division and
will be responsible to the ad1utant
at the camp for which the men are
destined 1t will be the duty of this
person to see that the men have prop
er accommodations; that they do not
leave the train enroIte to the camp;
that they are not supplied with LIQUOR
and In general to carry out without
military forfnality, such duties as
would fall to any company fcc mnasd-
er. Such person must have advised
the camp headquarters six hours in
advance of arrival and must deliver
to the adjutant the men in his charge
together with required reports.
All of the meal tickets. lodging tick.
cts and railroad tickets will be D. o.
vided by local boards for their own
men.
AT camp the phys. al examinations
will be held and no board win be cred.
tied with having filled its uota until
the number forwarded and accepted is