New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-06
No Friction Is Reported as
Assembling of $4,000
Is Begun
Only Two Barracks
Not Ready for Men
Upton and Meade Only
Cantonments Delayed, but
Soon To Be Completed

matcly 0O,UUU men, NHe Au'oh
Of the new National Army OF 6e'VVV'
slept last night in the barracks oil -FOUR
tosn Of the sixteen environments seat
tered from the Pacific TO the Atlantic
AIS o'clock this morning the actual
training Of "a citizenry sprung 70
arms will have begun. There was
qualification in Administration circles
here when the reports Of the mob.,i7s-
ton began coming in from all parts Of
the country.
From every village and town in the
land. with the exception OF those IN
N. vicinities of the two cantonmen's
not yet ready, young men set forth ior
IN. camps in which they are TO ne
trained for the battle against Prussisn
sutocrscy.
Parsdes and farewell demonstrations
Of q patriotic character marked the
denarture Of the men from every
mobilizinS centre. 1t was great re-
,non,s TO the call TO the colors, and
not one incident was reported that
would lend support 10 the ant-mih-
tarists who predicted widespread IN
Willingness TO submit TO the draft
system.
Pv late afternoon thousands Of men
Of almost every race, every trade and
profession were being put through inc
first PAGES Of military discipline, IN
dergoing physical examinations and
NEGOTIATIONS, trying on the new uni
forms and learning 90 keep step on
the wgv 20 the mess tables. No vol
vrteer army ever bado a more cheerful
farewell or trooped more happily to
its task.
The only two environments not yet
ready are Camp Upton, Long Island,
srd Camp Meade. at Admiral, Nd. The
first ) per cent will 60 to Camp Upton
on September 10, and the War Depart
mcnt expects that the second 40 per
cent Of the new army will be in bar
racks at al the camps by Septem-
Der 19.
Draft Advocates Pleased
There Is great qualification, partic-
ulsrly in the hearts of those members
Of Congress who supported the selec-
tive draft, that the National Army has
gone this far on its way TO the
trenches without the wild disorders
end riotings 80 freely prophesied
There has been little trouble, but most
Of that has been traced to local causes
and does not properly lie against the
sclective draft system.
In the Provost Marshal Generals Of.
fee to-day it was declared that this
was due to the conviction throughout
the country that the drawing Of lots
lad been done with absolute fairness.
Much credit for the lack Of complaint
is given to the system which provided
for the drawing Of all numbers at one
time at Washington, after the serial
numbers had been assigned TO the men
registered.
H. was realized that under this plan
there could be no favoritism. and. as
result, the only Complaints registered
have been against the appellate eXemp-
tion boards. II IS confidently believed
that if the drawings had been held in
each individual registration district
the charges Of Crookedness would have
swamped the War Department.
No Restriction on News
No restriction was placed on news Of
tho departure Of the first contingent q
the new army Tor camp, save that Sec
Rotary Baker requested secrecy re-
garding train schedules until the men
reached camp. Colonel !. ". Littell.
the officer in charge Of the cantonment
construction, reported 10 Secretary
Baker that some or the camps are
ready to receive the full quota of men.
His report, in part, follows:
Altogether sixteen military cities
have been built by the government to
house the $4,000 citizen soldiers Sc
lected for service by the draft. OF
these cities seven were ready to-day 20
receive their entire quota Of officers and
enlisted men. These seven included
Camp Taylor. at Louisville. Ky; Camp
Travis. at Fort Sam Houston. Tex;
Camp Lee, at Petersburg, Va; Camp
Lewis, 90 American Lake Washington;
Camp Sherman, al Chill'cOthc, Ohio;
Camp Deyeus. at Aver. Mass, and Camp
Grant. at Rockford, III.
"Seveu other environments we're ready
this morning to receive all the officers
and two-thirds or more Of their entire
quota Of enlisted men. These comprise
Camp Dodge, at Des MOincs, Iowa;
Camp Funston, at Fort Riley, Kansas;
Camp Custer, at Battle Greek, Mich;
Camp Pike, at Little Rock, Ark; Camp
Dix, at WrightstOwn, y. j.; Camp Jack
son, at Columbia, s. c., and Camp Cor
don, at Atlanta, Ga
The two remaining National Army
environments Camp Upton, a. Naphank,
long Island. and Camp Meade, az Ad-
n,iral. Maryland have already received
and are taking care Of more than their
full quota OF officers, and are ready to
receive the number Of enlisted men
originally ordered there on Septem-
Der ..
10000 Workers Employed
AN army OF approximately 100000
men was employed in the construction
Of the sixteen National Army canton
ments up TO the first Of September;
since that date the force has been grad
Ually reduced.
There are certain units in connec-
zion with each of the cantonments
which were added after the original
scheme was under way, and which are,
I'M some cases, not complete. These are
general hospitals in addition 70 the
rcgimental hospitals, and remount sta