Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-14
Entrainment for Canton
ments Ordered for Sep
tember 5, Is and 30.
THIS DISTRIBUTES TASK
OF FURNISHING SUPPLIES
Also Will Give New Officers
Time to Familiarize Themselves
Gradually With Duties.
EXEMPTIONS MORE DIFFICULT.
Governments Only Consideration In
Applying Draft Law Is to
Raise Army.

WASHINGTON. August I3-The en-
tire $4,000 men composing the first
increment Of the army draft forces will
be under training early in October. I'm
der orders issued to-day. the first 80
per cent Of the quota of each district
will begin entranment for canton
! ments September S: the next 80 per cent
September Is. and another 80 per cent
September 80. The remaining 10 per
cent will be modified as soon after
| that date as possible .-
The plan to assemble the new forces {
| in three increments distributes tho
| task Of furnishing supplies and equip
ment through September 1t will also
prevent serious Shortages in any camp,
| and will give the new officers from the
| training camps time to familiarize
themselves with their duties gradually
before responsibility Of a great body
| Of men falls on them.
The order issued to-day means that
| about $4,000 men will reach each of
the sixteen cantonments soon after
September S. They will first be ex.
amincd physically by army doctors and
| finally accepted or rejected. This Will
| take some time. and the mon will have
to be furnished with temporary quar-
ters and rationed while awaiting ex-.
animation. II the full quota were as
semoled at one time. great confusion
would result.
| Presumably. the first increment will
have been organized into skeleton
companies, battalions or regiments be-
I tore the second arrives @
LOCAL CROP CONDITIONS t.
WILL BIZ CONSIDERED
In farming communities. local boards
| now Will arrange the lists of those TO
fill the first increment with local crop
conditions in mind. Men engaged in
harvesting work and who other wise
would go with first third ofthe district
quota will be passed over to the second
or third. as may be necessary.
only In rare cases are railway mail
| CLERKS to be exempted. To-day tho
| fost Office Department announced that
published reports of blanket exemption
Tor this class of postal employees were
based on a misinterpretation of the
department order covering postal ex-
| emptions. Only scheme clerks. chief
clerks and assistant chief clerks Of
| the railway service will be given ex.
| emptions, and most of them are above
| military age.
The Post Office Department an.
nounced also that 1t would certify ex.
emptlons Tor post-office inspectors but
| not for postmasters Postmasters OF
the first, second anc third classes. how
| ever, are exempted specifically under
| the law
PUBLICITY IN DISCRETION
OF CAMP COMMANDERS
plans to provide publicity facilities
at camps of the national army and the
Nationai Guard are to be left entirely
10 the discretion Of the camp COM
manoers' who will be authorized to
permit newspaper correspondents To
establish Offices within tho camp limits
and to maintain private telegraph or
telephone lines there If deemed ad.
visable No such privileges will be
granted until the camps actually ara
| established and the commanders on the
ground.
1t became increasingly evident to.
day that the government is Influenced
by only one consideration in applying
the selective service law. That con.
s'deration is raising an army
Here are some OF the new rulings
'hat came from the provost t-marshal-
general and the Secretary Of war:
/. Conscientious obJectors will be
drafted. and assigned to duty which
the president will class as noncom-
batant.
.. If abuses OF exemption privileges
| continue. all exemption privileges will
be withdrawn.
3. The first increment of the ney
| army will move practically as scbed
uled, on September S. There may be
delay OF few days. but no serious
delays through shortages OF clothing
and equipment All three increments
Will be in camp by October l.
| l. Persons whose dependents are
abroad will not be permitted to claim
exemption on their behalf. because such
dependents cannot become a burden to
the United States.
5. Drafted men will not be per-
mitted to enlist In the navy after they
have been called. as enormously an
nounced some days ago by the Navy
Department.
WILL DE COMPELLED
TO RENDER SOME SERVICE
General Crowder's ruling on the
conscientious objectors means that
members OF sects and individuals who
claim that their beliefs do not permit
| them TO engage in war or killing, will.
nevertheless, be compelled to render
service to the nation II exempted on
no other grounds .8A3l
The ruling says they will be drafted.
forwarded to a mobilization camp. and
will make up a part OF tho quota from
the State and district from whence they
come. and will be assigned to duty IL