Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
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PREPARATIONS FOR
MOBILIZATION Of
NEW j. s. ARMY

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WASHINGTON, July Preparation
for the mobilization of the first con-
tingent, $4,000 troops of the new ma
tional army advanced another step to-
day when President Wilson promul-
gated the regulations to govern exemp-
tions from military service.
Local and appeal exemption boards
already have been appointed and the
issuance of the regulations viii permit
them to organize Immediately and pre-
pare for the concluding phases of the
task of getting the men under training
for duty in France.
In the order in which they must come,
there are three steps in the organiZa-
ton process Of the national army as
prescribed by congress. These are reg
istration, selection and exemption. The
first step has been carried through and
approximately 100000 men between
y and 81 years of age have been regis
tered. The regulations issued today
cover in detail the operation of the
third step, exemption.
Information concerning the second
step in the series, how ever, still is lack
ing and officials are guarding closely
the method by which selection is to be
applied
Inc exemption
that the boards will be advised of the
selection process later, a though none
of the steps prescribed except the or
ganization of the boards ear be carried
on until the selection machinery has
furnished the names of the men whose
fitness and desirabliity for army serv
ice the boards are to judge. There Is
one hint, however, as to how the Selec-
tion machinery is to work
The local boards are directed upoi,
organization to take over from the reg
istration precincts the cards and lists
of men registered on June 5. and as
their first duty, to provide a serial num-
, Der for each registration card. This
has given support to the belief that
the selection is to be by number Re-
ports were current recently that the
selection drawing was to be made i'll
Washington.
Presumably the process of selection
will be announced only short time be-
fore it is put into operation. When tina !;
will be known is not known. Septenr-
Der ] has been the tentative date set
for calling the 625, 900 of the first con-
tingent to the colors for training.
Progress with construction of the six
teen divisional cantonments for the
troops will govern that action, however
1t is believed there will be no serious
delay.
The exemption process will not take
a great deal of time. 1t is difficult to
calculate the time the local boards vii
need in passing on the cases that come
before them. The regulations provide,
however, that decision in any individual.
case shall not be delayed more than
three days by the local boards. The
whole process probably can be carried
through in less than thirty days
There were no surprises in the e~-
emption regulation. The task of pass
ing upon the individual cases is left en-
tirely to the local boards While the
president reserves the right to desig
nate industries necessary 1or the public
good, the question of whether retention
of any individual engaged in these in
dustries is left to the boards.
While these steps are being carried
out for getting together the men of the
national army, the war department is
making progress with the even more
difficult tasks of finding officers for the
force. Part Of these will come from the
sixteen officers training camps. The
first ten thousand of the forty thousanG
men at the camps will be selected for
commissions in the first increment OF
the new army That is less than han
the number of officers necessary. The
war department today approved recon-
mendations of commanders of regular
regiments which viii commission 5000
or more regular non commissioned or
ficers to be captains in the first 625,00C
of the national army. it is understood
that, more than fifty men from eac:l
regiment, in addition to those now al
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