The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-24
COUNTY SEATS
TO Be POINT OF
MOBILIZATION
Net Quota For State is s.
272 of Which 1882 Will
Be Called Sept. 5
TO CONCENTRATE
AT FORT DODGE
Case of Many Aliens PUBL
ing to Members of Dis
triet Board

Bulletins received at the adjutant
generals office in Bismarck today
convey instructions for the move
ments of North Dakota's quota OF
the national army and specifically
name Fort Dodge, at Des Moines, as
the concentration camp for troops
from this state and designate the
county seat in each county as the
local mobilization point. The net
quota of each county Is given and
complete details of the mobilization
are presented for the first time.
The net quota for the state Is o.
272, of which 80 per cent, or 1852
men, will be called into service Sept.
5, one week from next Wednesday.
These men will be notified to report
at their respective county seats for
entertainment In Burleigh county the
first call will bring out 116 men. The
county already has certified more
than this number of registrants who
have passed the physical examina-
ton and have made no exemption
claims, and all is set for the first To-
cal troop movement of the great ma
tional army.
Mailing Out Cards.
Cards notifying registrants that
they have been selected for service
are being mailed out to registrants
from the adjutant generals off1ce.
These cards read:
You are hereby notified that you
have been selected for military SER
vice as a part Of the quota from To-
cal board for ------------ coun-
ty. 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 you, but the posting of notice
at the office of this board will charge
you with the obligation to report.
From the date 80 specified for you
to report you will be in the military
service of the United States and
subject to military law. While as
much time as possible will be allow
ed 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"
Alien Cases Puzzling.
The alien who has been voting oc-
casionally holding Office, even, and
otherwise availing himself of the
privileges of citizenship but who now
seeks to avoid paying the penalty OF
American citizenship by representing
himself as an unnaturalized alien,
presents a problem to the local ex-
emption boards of North Dakota.
A number of instances of this
kind have been reported to the dis
trict board. In many cases, 1t is
stated, the claimant for exemptions
as an alien has succeeded in amass-
ing a tidy fortune during his resi-
dence here; his rights as a citizen
never have been questioned, and he
never has hesitated to avail himself
of such rights, but now that he is
asked to do his bit for Uncle Sam
he suddenly discovers that he is
subject of some other country.
Burden of Proof on Alien.
The practice in such cases seems
to be to place the burden of proof
on the shoulders of the alien. I'm
less he can satisfy the board that
he is not a citizen, he is considered
an American, and if accepted, is GER
titled to the district board as such.
In any event affidavits of such regis
trants cannot be easily verified.
The board has completed certify
ing lists of accepted registrants for
the present to county boards and the
adjutant general, and the next two
days will be devoted to preparations
for, the consideration of agricultural
and occupational claims and of APP
peals. Next Monday it is anticipated
more names will be ready to cer-
tify.