The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-08-31

On Wednesday, september ., VdIley
county will send it's first quota of Il
men, five per cent of the quota, tt
the training camp at American Lake
Washington. Each county will supply
men in the same proportion, amount
ing to 393 men for the state.
Owing to the congestion of traffic
entailed by the movement of troops
the government thought it advisable
to move only a small percentage Of
the draft quota on September 5. Or
Septembr 10 the next 40 per cent will
be move, 40 per cent on October
and the remaining Is per cent as soor
thereafter as practicable.
The per cent which will go to thu
big cantonment at American Lake
September will place in the camr
enough men to form a skeleton or
ganization to assist in receiving ane
assimilating the larger contingents
The local boards have been asked t.
send cooks, or men with military
training in the first bunch. The loca
board here will probably select such
men from among the first 279 mer
certified for service.
The first 279 men who have beer
drawn for service, will, in a few days
receive green cards to be mailed by
the local board officially notifying
them that they have been drafted
Red cards will follow when the loca
board gets official notice of the tins
and place they are to report prepara
tory for mobilization. Men who fai
to respond Immediately after receipt
of the red card will be treated al
deserters under military law, the care
states.
Following is the notification con.
tained on the green cards:
"You are hereby notified that you
have been selected for military ser.
vice as part of the quota from local
board for Valley county. You will
therefore, hold yourself in readiness
to report for military duty at the
office of this local board at a time
to be specified by notice posted at the
office of this board in the near future
Notice will also be mailed to you, but
the posting of notice at the office OF
the board will charge you with the
obligation to report. From the date
so specified for you to report you will
be in the military service of the Unit
ed States and subject to military law
"While as much time as possible
will be allowed you, you are hereby
cautioned that the necessities of the
service may require you to be called
on very short notice. You should
therefore, put your affairs in order
to report upon "a hours notice."
Final Message.
The final message from the exemp-
tion board is contained on the "red
cards." as follows:
by direction of the secretary of
war, you are hereby ordered to report
to the office of this local board at
(blank) m., on the (blank) day of
(blank) 191...., for military duty and
for transportation to the army mobil-
ization camp at American Lake, Wash.
From the date herein specified for
you to report, you will be in the mill
tary service of the United States and
subject to military law. Failure to
report or unpunctuality are grave mil
itary offenses, punishable by court
martial. Wilful failure to report with
intention to evade military service
constitutes desertion, which is a capt.
tai offense in time of war. Present
yourself at the precise hour specified
in order that you may not begin your
record in the service of your
country with delinquency.
"You will be under the orders of
this board until the hour of departure
of your train. During this period the
local board will furnish you food and
lodging. If you live within one hours
travel of the office of the local board,
you may obtain permission to eat and
sleep at home, but only if you fill
out and forward to the office of the
local board at once the printed appli-
cation for this permission at the end
Of this sheet.
Baggage Limit.
"You will not be permitted to take
with you on the train anything but
hand baggage. You do not need bed
ding or changes of clothing, except
as specified below. You may take
with you only the following articles:
Soap, shaving accessories, comb and