The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-27
PLANN|NGFOR
DRAFT ARMY
GOES AHEAD
Called Out In Groups From
Each District
FIRST CALL VERY SOON
Men VIII All Be in the Training
Camps Probably Soon After
October tst.

Washington, Aug 26.-America's
first mobilization of her citizen man
hood for war will begin within ten
days.
War department officials today de-
tailed at length each step of the vast
process which will bring $4,000 men
to the colors before il is complete.
The first move will be made early
this week. Approximately 4.500 10.
cal boards will notify five per cent Of
their quotas to present themselves on
Monday, September 3, or Tuesday,
September 4, for military service.
The men called will be selected
from among the quota first called in
the draft, because of their special
qualifications through previous mill
tary service or their ability to cook,
They will appear at the Office Of the
board in their district. There they
will be given instructions when and
where to appear for entrainment to
the mobilization camp to which men
in their district are assigned.
They will be given railroad and
meal tickets. The men will travel in
day coaches, as the mobilization
camps are so located that there will
be few long hauls. except in the
west and southwest
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
the man who has worked out every de
tail for the draft army from the
first day 1t was propos, /, is now
preparing train schedule for the quo
tas as they are ordered TO camp. He
viii wire them this week to the var
ious boards.
Al 1.-The boards will do is to intrust
the men about trains and give out the
tickets A representative of the
board will be at the station to see
that the men report and entrain. II
a man fails TO show up a military
guard will arrest him as a deserter
The men will be permitted to take
with them these things: Extra under
| clothes, tooth brush, tooth paste
comb and brush, handkerchiefs. They
will not be allowed to have any more
| baggage, nor bring any food.
On September the movement will
begin. At the camp will be the line
and staff officers of the division
There also will be subordinate Off
GERS assigned to the draft regiments
1t probably will be late in the ever
ing when the draft men begin to re
port to camp. Before leaving thei
home station each group will be Civ
en- telegraph blank with orders L
wire to the camp commander th'
time he expects to arrive. Thes'
kilograms will be sent from stations
ahead
In this way, the camp commander
will be able TO ascertain II full quotI
has arrived and that no one escapes
by getting off at some way station
Full lists of the men will be wireI
ahead.
| This process will continue for flv,
days-Septembe 5 to 8 inclusive A
the end of that time FIVE per cent o
the quota OF each local board vii
have been forwarded.
When man gets on the train 70
camp, he enters another life. Iii
entire other world is left behind
Everything he is to do has bee
worked out in advance; he Is unde
orders every minute.
| He reports TO the camp. There h
is assigned to tent and told to tax
bath. He is given something to ca
and goes to bed. That is the end {
the first day.
Next morning the military III
starts. After breakfast, the man
brought before army surgeons fC
physical examination. II he is phys
cally qualified for military service
as II is expected in ninety per cent
, he will be given a uniform and a rlf
and assigned TO a company.
The men rejected will be give
Y tickets and sent home. instruction
: will be wired to the draft boart
c from which they were drawn to 4
= their places
5 The men chosen will go TO u
3 baths the first morning in muf
They will emerge In khaki In cas-
r of slight physical deformity spoci
y exercises will be prescribed. n
$ men will be put through these ex,
e cises under drill master
/. The men will be "brohen in"
, camp life. cleaning up, and the hu
It dreds Of little daily labors for 4
g | soldiers.
!. The next movement will be
a September 10, when forty per cent
n each districts quota is called ol
It Army officials believe the men
e ready under training will be able
e. assimilate this influx and there "
r. be no confusion.
a The third quota OF forty per &c
Ie comes on October 3. A fourth lfte
per cent, completing the mobilizati
will be called for.