The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-13
REGULATIONS UNDER
WHICH MEN WILL BE
CALLED TO COLORS

100000 of the First $4,000
Will Be Called September
l and Forwarded to Their
Camps Before September
5.--Local Boards VIII Give
Men First Induction Into
Military Life.
Regulations under which men of the
new national army will be called to
the colors, beginning September l.,
were issued Thursday night by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder.
Two hundred thousand of the first
$4,000 men will be called September
l and forwarded to their camps be-
fore September 5. The whole bust
ness OF assembling the levies at en-
training points, providing them with
shelter, food and TRANSPORTATION and
giving them their actual induction
into military life is entrusted to the
civilian local boards which selected
i them for service
they will not be in contact with unin-
formed officers. The civilian control
! is carried forward through every
stage Of the draft, to the very gates
i of the military camps where the MAX
i ing of soldiers will begin, to be COM
pleted within sound of the guns in
France.
The actual call for men will go in
each case from the provost marshal
general to the State adjutant gener-
al, stating the number of men to be
supplied at a specified time by the
State.
Each local board will be promptly
informed of its proportion in the
call, and the adjutant general will
fix the date when the men from his
/ State shall entrain for the camps.
Immediately the local board will make
out the list Of men to fill the call,
fix the place of entertainment and time
of departure.
Orders to the men will be posted
and also be sent them by mail. They
will be directed to report to the local
board at it's local headquarters nc
less than twelve hours nor more than
"a hours before the time of depar-
ture.
Prior to the arrived of the men at
the board headquarters board mem.
bers are instructed to make arrange
ments for their accommodation, tc
find clean and sanitary sleeping
| places at hotels or lodging houses, tc
arrange for their meals and to pro
| vide lodging and meal tickets to be
taken in payment and redeemed fol
| cash later by a government dlsburs
| ing officer In it's discretion, the
| board may grant permission for the
men to remain at their homes.
Arrived at the board headquarters
! at the hour fixed the men will be
drawn up, the roll called, and agents
of the board will take them PERSONAL
w to their quarters, remaining with
them until every arrangement fol
their comfort has been made. En-.
| phatic instructions are given that the
quality of food furnished shall bf
good and the board is held liable fol-
seeing that meals are adequate.
Retreat roll call at the board head
quarters, set for $50 p. m. on the
day of reporting to the board, vii
| be the first military ceremony thu
| drafted men pass through. The boarc
members are directed to be presen
in person and to inform the men O.
their military status, impressing OF
| them the fact that disobedience O.
orders is the gravest military crime
The light hand baggage, containing
, toilet articles and change of under
clothing, which the men are permlte'
. to take with them to camp, will b
inspected by the board.
Alternates to Be Summoned
For each district, five alternate
will be summoned to the board head
quarters in addition to the men &C
tuallv selected to fill the board quota
They will be held at the assembling
point until train time to fill in va
cancies should any Of the men fal
to report. =,
Except for retreat roll call, tn
men will be given town liberty unit ant
Is minutes before train time. Tn
board will, during this interval, Sc
lect one man from the levy who
deems best qualified to comman
and place him in charge of the part
for it's trip. He will name a secon
in command to aid him and the 9th
/ err men will be told that the order
| of these two must be obeyed unde
| protection of military discipline.
| The man in'charge Of the party wi
! call the roll at the board headqual
! tiers just before train time. He Wi
then line up the draft, and accom-
panied by the board members mare
them to the station to entraln.
Then Start for Camp
1 There. final notification CT the lis
/ will be made and if any man Of tn
L selected number is missing, an alter
| nate will be sent forward in his place
The tickets, with meal tickets, a
papers relating to the party, nclut
ing the copies Of registration card
| will be turned over to the man
| command, and the party will sta1
for it's training camp.
| 1t will be the duty of the con
mander of each party to watch owe
his men during the trip, to see thu