The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-16
RULES FOR CALLING
BIG ARMY TO C0L0RS
CRoWDER ISSUES ORDERS FOR
DRAFTED MEN TO ASSEMBLE
SEPTEMBER FIRST.
TO Be IN CAMP SEPTEMBER s
Local Boards to Make Out Lists Of
Men and Orders Will Be Mailed to
Them.-Start Training Here and
Finish In France.

Washington. - Regulations under
which men of the new national army
will be called to the colors, Begin
ming September l, were issued by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Two hundred thousand of the first
$4,000 men will be called September
and forwarded to their camps be-
fore September g. Tho whole bust
ness Of assembling the levies at en-
tanning points, providing them with
shelter, food and transportation and
giving them their actual induction into
military life Is entrusted to the civil
ian local boards which selected them
for service. Until the men reach the
camps, they will not be in contact
with uniformed officers. The civilian
control is carried forward through
every stage of the draft to the very
gates Of the military camps where the
making Of soldiers will begin, TO be
completed 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 general,
stating the number Of men to be sup
piled 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 dates when men from his
state shall cntrain for the camps.
Immediately the local board will
make out the list of men to fiji the
call. fix the place OF entrainment and
time OF departure.
Orders to the men will be posted
,I,< l,> 1,N at
will be directed to report to the local
board at its headquarters not less
than twelve hours or more than TWEEN
ty-four hours before the time Of de.
parture
Prior to the arrival Of the men at
the board headquarters members arc
instructed to make arrangements for
their accommodations, to find clean
and sanitary sleeping places at hotels
or lodging houses, to arrnage for their
=, meals and to provide lodging and
= meal tickets to be taken In payment
and redeemed for cash later by
government disbursing officer. In it's
J. discretion, the boards may grant per-
II mission 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 personally
to their quarters remaining with
,, them until every arrangement for
their comfort has been made. Elm
, phat1c instructions are given that the
, quality Of food furnished shall be
good and the board is held liable for
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, will be
the first military ceremony the drafted
, men pass through. The board mem
, bers are directed to be present in
!, person and to inform the men Of their
military status, impressing on them
: the fact that disobedcnce OF orders is
the gravest military crime.
For each district. five altcrnatcs will
be summoned to the board headquar-
: ters in addition to the men actually
, selected to fill the board quota. They
> will be held ut the assembling point
until train time to fiji IN vacancies
> should any OF the men fail to report.
Except for retreat roll call, the
men will be given town liberty until
forty-fvc minutes before train timo.
The board will during this interval
: select one man from the levy who II
deems best qualified to command and
J place him in charge OF the party for
f its trip. He will name second In
command to aid him and the other
, men will be told that the orders OF
, these two must be obcycd under pain
: Of military discipline.
The man in charge OF the party will
: call the roll at the board hcadquar-
: tcrs just before train time. He will
then line up the draft and accom-
panied by the board members. march
!, them to the station to entrain.
;, There. final verification Of the list
will be made, and IL any man OF the
selected number is missing an alter.
y nate will be sent forward In his place.
g The tickets, with meal tickets. all pa
i pers relating to the party. including
Y the copies Of registration cards. Will
:. mand. and the party will start for its
training camp.
1t will be the duty OF the COM
mander OF each party to watch over
}. is men during the trip, to see that
none are left behind at any station,
q state all are fed regularly and that no
II liquor Is furnished to them en- route.
g When within six hours of the camp,
l. he will file telegram to the camp
s. adjutant general notifying him OF tho
q time of arrival. Immediately upon