East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-18
OREGON DRAFT ARMY
WILL BE Modified
WITHIN THE STATE
MEN CALLED OUT IN FIRST
DRAFT DIRECTLY UNDER
SUPERVISION LOCAL.
BOARDS.
VIII Be Gathered in -Four Install
nlentS During september and Early
October, According to Plans of War
Department.


PORTLAND, Aug. 1S.--The men
/ ca led out in the first draft from
| Oregon will be mobiized within the
state directly under the supervision
of the local exemption boards in each
county
Each local board will attend per-
sonally to the assembling subsistence
and finally, the entrainment for the
mobilization camp. of all the men
called to the colors from its county
or district.
Plans of the war department pro
vide for the mobilization of men
drawn in the first draft. in four in
stallments during September ana
early October.
Thirty per cent of the net quota of
each county will be called out on
September S. Another 30 per cent is
to be called on September IS, a third
80 per cent on September 80. and the
final 10 per cent as soon thereafter
as practicable.
Notification First step.
The first preliminary to actual mo-
hiliZation will be the notification by
local exemption boards Of the men
in their Jurisdiction who have been
certified as called for service and not
exempted or discharged
In this notification they will also
be directed to hold themselves in
readiness to respond to a call soon to
be made by the board to report for
mi itlry duty at "A specified time and
place.
The next step will follow notice to
the boards from the adjutant general
Of the state to assemble al a conven-
lent point of entrainment for the mo-
bilization camp, a specified number
of men from their draft quota
Immediately, each local board will
post a list of the men who must re-
spond at this first call for mobi!iza.
ton. AT the same time each board
will send out mail notices to each OF
these men, directing him when and
where to report.
Fsilure to receive this mail notice,
however, fill not be an excuse for
failure to report. From the time
specified by the local boards for the
men to report, they will be in the
military service of the United States
and subject to the orders of the mill
tary authorities.
After the men have reported at the
point designated by their respective
local exemption boards, they will be
fed and provided with sleeping accom-
modations by the boards, at the ex
pcnse of the federal government.
They will lbe subject to the orders
of their board until they are actually
entrained for the mobilization camp.
Disobedience will be punishable as Sc
verely as disobedience to the orders
of a military officer.
So far as possible they will not he
ca led to assemble more than "a
hours prior to the time set by the To-
cal board for their entrainment
Transportation viii lbe provided by
the board.
If any men notified to report do not
appear for duty, or it appears that
they have abscOnded or wilfully fail
ed TO report. the local board is di-
rected by the REGULATIONS ITO call
upon the police to arrest thFm as de-
-erters from the army and to deliver
them to the nearest military station
as prisoners"
To Name Temporary OFFICERS.
Before the men take train for tn"
mobilization camp. the local board is
directed to designate one of them
preferably the one best fitted for il
by reason Of his age. experience and
character. to take charge of the party
until they arrive at the mobilization
camp.
He in turn VII appoint another of
the drafted men to act as his second
in command The men must obey the
orders Of these temporary officers.
The foregoing procedure will be
followed by the local boards in the