The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-19
Every Man VIII Find
His Quarters Ready
For Him
TO GET KHAKI
TAGS AT ONCE
Officers Hope To Elimi-
nate Delays Former
ly Experienced
Nv HAROLD ' WILCOX

f-taE a. ~ lrl.t sept W. an
Custer ls ready for the l4000 rookie
soldiers who viii mobilize here this
week Whether the camp will be
ready for The October draft quota
Is something else again. but there
are plenty ~ accommodation for
the tptember contingent
Ample barracks are available.
Every man viii And single cot
ready Tor him he viii also find a
sleeping bag several blankets. a
poncAC, toilet necessities and every
thing essential 20 his comfort laid
out Tor him he VIII be served
piping hot chow "a soon as he has
made himself comfortable. and the
y ~ & a viii provide facilities for
writing that letter home the nrst
night The newcomers are Ia camp
That letter home is imperative
within - hours after arrival
The newcomers will ger the same
cordial welcome from the ono ers
that greeted the vanguard last
week They probably viii get their
physical examination within -
hours OF their arrival Then they
will be uniformed ar once. instead
OF waiting until the second week
as did the early birds The uni
forms viii promptly follow the SEES.
sion with the doctors Immediately
after their physical examination. the
men will be inoculated with vaccine
for smallpox. typhoid fever and
para-typhoid II present plans carry
thru. the men Of the second con.
tingent viii be fullfedged soldiers
uniformed. Quilted and vaccinated.
within IS hours after they get here
When the men due this week sre
here, every military unit 70 be
trained at Camp Custer viii have
al least a working nucleus, except
the trench mortar battalion and the
headquarters detachments for the
division and four brigades
These units will be formed by
the transfer OF men from the depot
brigade Regimental headquarters
companies are being formed now
the end Of the week. line infau
try regiments those actually with
in the divisiOn-will have so per
cent OF their full strength under the
present form OF organization. and
the line artillery regiments VIII
have az least so per cent OF their
full strength The Three Hundred
and Thirtieth regiment OF heavy ar
tillery will possess much more than
so per cent % its full strength. The
ranks OF the other divisional units,
such as the machine gun battalions
and the trains. will be similarly
filled After Saturday night, com
manding officers will be able 20
throw the training machine OF the
Eighty-hfth division into high speed
The depot brigade. which will have
nearly hundred companies Of in
fantry. will have Saturday night
training nucleus such as the division
has had for the past week
The manner in which the drafted
men will be received can best be de-
scribed by a concrete case. For
instance. the men from the Wayne
county districts--exclusive OF the
city OF Detroit and Highland Park
will assemble IN a booth at the
receiving station as soon ~ INV!
arrive. Ofcers in charge OF this
booth will have chart on which
is indicated the number ~ second
draft quota from each OF these dis
tricts 10 be assigned 20 the Wayne
county companies In the various
branches % the service Arranged
in column form are blanks for not
ing just how many men actually ar
rive and are assigned Working
with these charts. the officers will
arbitrarily I'll up the units as fast
az Wayne county men arrive, keep
ing close tab on the assignments.
AS soon rs the depot brigade. the
engineers and the infantry allot-
ments are complete. the next In or.
probably the artillery or ma
chine gun battalions viii get their
men. So on until al ~ the second
draft quota from these boards IL
here In case The quota runs short
the line regiments Of infantry and
artillery viii be locked 10 the *
tent % the shortage