Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-03
Large Part of Third Incre.
ment Being Mobilized at
CantOnments.
LOCAL CONDITIONS
CUT PERCENTAGE
General Average Reduced From 40 to
About 20 or Is Per cent-RaiIroads
Have Accomplished Big Task in
Moving 10000 Men to Various
Camps or Embarkation Points
Several Long HauIs.

: Washington, Oct. About 100000
men representing the third increment
to the national army today are on their
way to sixteen cantonments where half
the $4,000 called to the colors by the
/ president are already mobilized. Altho
tcday's quota should be 40 per cen: I'M
der regulations promulgated by the
provost marshal general, local condi-
t!ons in the various states has reduced
| the general average of the increment to
20 or Is per cent.
Coincident with the start of the third
division Of the new national army for
tIe training camps today the railways
wsr board issued a statement in con-
nection with the part which the rail-
ways have played in handling the big
gest troop movement ever attempted in
this country. !,
Roads Move 10000 Men.
Including the national guard, the
regular army and the new national
army, the railways to date have moved
approximately 100000 soldiers from
their homes to training camps or en-
barkation points," says the statement.
I! "The great bulk Of this army-all of
it in fact, except the 1858 men In
cluded in the first Ave per cent of the
national army that moved by regular
train on Sept 5-required special train
service involving the use 81 1850 pas
isenEtr cars, Including 1,6O0 Pullman
land tourist sleepers, 1000 baggage cars
land $500 freight cars
Several Long Hauls.
THE longest haul made in the new
national army movement to date was
that Of the special train which moved
the citizen soldiers from Yuma. Ariz,
to Fort Riley, Kan. a distance of 1,514
miles. The trip occupied forty eight
hours.
Practically all of the national guard
movements to date have been Of great
length. The longest one was that made
by battalion of California engineers
! from San Francisco Cal, to point on
the Atlantic coast This battalion in
cluded sos men and eighteen officers
They occupied a special train compris-
ing one standard sleeper, nine tourist
sleepers one baggage car, two kitchen
icars and three box cars. Their train
left San Francisco at p. m. on Sept i
duu dIIlSCu dt uCota1cItiOui az 4Vs4O
M, Sept. g."
More Officers to Be Trained.
A third series of officers training
camps. to be opened Jan. 5. wfl run
until April S, the war department an
Inounced today, primarily for the edu-
Tcation of enlisted men of the regular
army, national guard and national
army for commissions. In addition
I2,490 graduates or under graduates
from ninety-three specified schools and
colleges will be admitted.
A camp will be located in each of the
regular army, national guard and ma
! sionai army divisions. Additional
camps will be located in the Philip
pines. Panama and Hawaii and one
each at Fort Bliss and Fort Sam Hous-
/ ton. Tex, and Chickamagua, Ga.
The quota of each regiment or small
| er unit of the arr; to be selected te
attend the officers schools will bell
| per cent of the enlisted strength of the
! organization. +