Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-08-10
Two Hundred Thousand Of
Levies Will Be in Training
Camps Before September s.,
According to Plan,
LOCAL BOARDS TO HAVE
CHARGE OF ASSEMBLING
They Will Provide SoIdierS-to-
be With Food, Shelter and
Transportation to Training
Camps,


Washington Aug. Regulations
army viii be called to the color be-
ginning September ], We're issued to-
night by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. They map out in detail
the whole program to be followed |
until every soldier of the selective !
draft army has been accepted by the
adjutaLt general of the training can
tonment to which he is assigned.
Two hundred thousand of the first
GS7, 900 men will be called up Septem-
ber |, and forwarded to their camps |
before September 3. The whole busi- /,
ness of assembling the leVies at en- |
training points, providing them with !
shelter, food and transportation aud !
giving them their actual Introduction
into military life, is entrusted TO the
civilian 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.
VIII BE Called by State.
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 in |
formed of it's proportion in the cail
and the adjutant general will fix the
date when men from his state shall
cntrain for the cuInrls. !
Immediately the local board Will
make out the list of men to I'LL the
call from the roll Of accepted men
and 1t will also fix the place OF en-
trainment and the exact time of de-
parture.
orders to the men will be posted
and also be sent them by mail. They
will be directed to report to the local
board at its headquarters not less thah
twelve hours or more than "a hours
before the time of departure Tor !
camps.
Then in Military Service.
From the time specified for re-
porting to the local board for military |
duty" the regulations state. each |
man in respect of whom notice to re- /
port has been posted or mailed shall
be in the military service of the
United States.
Prior to the arrival Of the men AT
the board headquarters, board MEM
bers are instructed to make arrange
ments for their accommodation, 10
find clean and sanitary sleeping places
at hotels and lodging houses, TO ar
range for their meals providing lodg-
ing and meal tickets to be taken In
payment and redeemed for cash later
by a government disbursing officer
In its discretion, the board may grant
permission for the men to remain az
their homes
Must BE Well Cared for.
Arrived at the board headquarters
at the hour fixed for reporting, the
men will be drawn up, the roll called
and agents of the board will take
them personally to their quarters, re-
naming with them until every ar
rangement for their comfort has been
made. Emphatic Instructions are
given that the quality Of food fur
nished 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 $40 p. m. on the day
of reporting to the board, will be the
first military ceremony the men pass
through. The board members are di- |
rected to be present in person and TO
inform the men of their military
status, impressing on them the fact
that disobedience Of orders Is the
gravest military crime. The hgnt
hand baggage, containing toilet ar
ticles and q change of underclothing,
which the men are permitted to take
with them to camp, Will be inspected
by the board and the lists of men sent
forward made out and copies or orig
inal registration cards prepared.
Will Summon Alternates.
For each district five alternates VIII
be summoned to the board head
quarters, in addition to the men ac-
tually selected to fill the board quota
They will be held at the assembling
point until train time to fill in va
cancies should any men of the levy
fail to report.
Except for retreat roll call, the men
will be given town liberty until 40
minutes before train time. The board
will during this interval, select one
man from the levy who 1t deems best
qualified to command, and place HIM
in charge of the party for its trip.
He will name a second in command
TO aid him and the other men VIII be
told that orders of these two men must
be obeyed under pain Of military dis-
cipline.
The man in charge of the party
will call the roll at the board head
quarters just before train time. He
will then line up the draft, and. ac-
tompanied by IRE board members,
march them to station to entrain
There final alton OF tne nst
will he made any man of the
selected number is nssssng, an alter
nate will be sent forward in his place
Great Care EnjOined.
1t will be the duty of the command
or of each party to watch over ms
men during the trip, to see that none