The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-08-17

quarters, set for $3.50 p. M, on the
day of reporting to the board will be
the first military ceremony the draft
ed men pass thru. The board men,
bers are directed to be present in
/ person and to inform the men of their
military status, impressing on them
/ the fact that disobedience of orders
is the gravest military crime. The
! light hand baggage, containing toilet
articles and a change of undercloth-
| ing, which the men are permitted to
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 head
quarters in addition to the men ac-
tually selected to fill the board quota.
They will be held at the assembling
point until train time to fill in vacan-
cies should any men of the levy fail
to report.
Will Determine. Command.
Exempt for retreat roll-calls, the
men will be given town liberty until
forty-five minutes before train time.
The board will, during this interval,
select one man from the levy who Is
deemed best qualified to command
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 men must be obeved under
pain of military disciplin.
The man in charge of the party will
call the roll at the board head
quarters just before train time. He
will then line up the draft and, 40
companied by the board members,
march them to the station to entrain.
There a final verification of the list
will be made and II any man of the
selected number is missing, an alter
nate will be sent forward in his place
The tickets, with meal tickets, all
papers relating to the party includ-
ing the copies of registration cards,
will be turned over to the man in
command, and the party will start for
its training camp.
Must Watch Over Men.
II will be the duty of the COM
mander OF each party to watch over
his men during the trip, to see that
none are left behind at any station,
that all are fed regularly, and that
no liquor is furnished to the men en-
route. When within six hours of
the camp he will file telegram to
the Camp Adjutant General notify
ing him of the departure of the train,
the local board will send a similar
message. Every precaution has been
taken to meet any emergency in adj
vance. Should a train be delayed by
accident, the commander of each
party will have proper telegraph
blanks to report the fact to the Camp
Adjutant General and ask instruc-
tions.
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 orders,
the offender 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 on to the
camp with an explanation and rec
ommendation as to his degree of
culpability.
Arrived at the camp, the party will
undergo final physical examination
by army doctors. II any are reject
ed the local board will be notified
and an alternate sent forward for
each such case. The net quota of a
board will be regarded as filled only
when the full number of men called
for, have been finally accepted.
Provision is made, also, for a strict
accounting as to quotas, between the
Federal Government and the Adult
ant Generals in the first instance and