Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-10

SdlIIeu lOTWdTu through every SIdSS
of the draft, to the very gates of the
military camps where the making of
soldiers will be given, to be complet-
ed within sound of the guns in
France.
The actual call for men will go
in each case from the Provost Mar
shall GeneraI to the State Adjutant
General, giving the number of men
to be supplied at specified time by
the state. Each local board will be
promptly informed of its proportion
in the call, and the Adjutant Cen
eral will fix the date when men
from his state shall entrain for the
camps.
Boards to Issue Calls
Immediately the local boards will
make out the list of men to fill the
call from the roll of accepted men,
and it will fix also the place of en-
trainment and the exact time of de-
parture.
Orders to the men will be posted
and also will be sent to them by
mail. They will be directed to re-
port to the local board at it's head
quarters not less than twelve hours
or more than twenty-four hours be-
fore the time of departure for camp.
From the time specified for re-
porting to the local board for mill
tary duty" the regulations state,
leach man in respect of whom no.
tice to report has been posted or
mailed shall be in the military serv-
ice of the United States"
Prior to the arrival of the men at
the board headquarters, board men,
bers are instructed to make arrange
ments for their accommodation, to
find clean and sanitary sleeping
places at hotels and lodging houses,
to arrange for their meals and to
provide lodging and meal tickets to
be taken in payment and redeemed
for cash later by a government dis
| bursing officer. In their discretion
the boards may grant permission for
the men to remain at their homes.
Arrived at the board headquart-
ers at the hour fixed for reporting,
the men will be drawn up, the roll
called and agents of the board will
take them personally to their quar-
ters, remaining with them until
every arrangement for their COM
fort has been made. Emphatic IN
structions are given that the quail
ity of food furnished shall be good,
and the board is held liable for see-
ing that meals are adequate.
First Military Ceremony
Retreat rollcall at the board head
quarters, set for $50 p. m. on the
day of reporting to the board, will
be the firts military ceremony the
drafted men pass through. The
board members are directed to be
present in person and to inform the
men of their military status, i'm
pressing on them tho fact that dis
obedience of orders is the gravest
military crime. The light hand
baggage containing toilet articles
and change of underclothing,
which the men are permitted 20
take with them to camp, will be in
spected by the board and the lists
of men sent forward made out and
copies of original registration cards
prepared.
For each district five alternates
will be summoned to the board
headquarters, in addition to the men
actually selected to fill the board
quota. They will be held at the as
sembling point until train time 10
fill vacancies should any men of the
levy fail to report.
Except for retreat rollcall, the
men will receive town liberty until
forty-tive minutes before train time.
The board will, during this interval,
select one man from the levy and
place him in charge of the party for
it's trip. He will name a second in
command to aid him, and the other
men will be told that the orders of
these two must be obeyed under
pain of military discipline.
The men in charge of the party
will call the roll at the board head
quarters Just before train time. He
companied by the board members,
will march them to the station 10
entrain.
There a final verification of the
list will be made and, IL any man of
the selected number is missing, an
alternate will be sent forward in his
place. The tickets, with meal tick
cts, all papers relating to the party
including the copies of registration
man in command, and the party will
start for it's training camp.
Party Commanders Duties
1t will be the duty of the COM
mander of each party to watch over
his men during the trip; to see none
is left behind at any station; that all
are fed reg gularly and that no liquor
is furnished to them enroute. When
within six hours of the camp he will
file a telegram to the camp adju-
tant general, notifying him of the
time of arrival. Immediately upon
the departure of the train the local
board will send a similar message.
Every precaution has been taken
in advance to meet any emergency.
Should a train be delayed by acci-
dent, the commander of each party
will have proper telegraph blanks
to report the fact to the camp adju-
tant general and to ask instructions.
After the departure of the levy for
camp the local boards will turn TO
gathering up stragglers. If there is
evidence of wilful violation of or
ders, the offenders will be reported
to the Adjutant General of the Army
as a deserter and the local police
will be asked to arrest him on sight
and turn him over to the nearest
army post for trial. Where there
was no intention to desert, however,
and the missing man reports of his
own will, the board will send him
into the camp with an explanation
and a recommendation as to his de-
gree of his sulpability.
Final Examination at Camp
Arrived at the camp the party
will undergo final physical examina-
ton by army doctors. II any are
rejected the local board will be noti-
fed and an alternate will be sent
forward in each case. The net quota
Of board will be regarded as filed
ONLY when the full number of men