Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-05
10000 DRAFTED
MEN ARE ON WAY
$ TO CAMPS TODAY
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important cogs Of the American war
machine.
Locations of the six environments
in the central departments, the num-
Der Of men to be trained at them, and
the states from which they were
drawn are:
Camp Grant, Rockford, MISSES
men. Illinois will send 31,714 and
Wisconsin 7,181.
Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia.--45,-
166 men. Illinois will send 1896 men,
Iowa 1919, Minnesota 17,77S and
North Dakota 5,272.
5 1886 men, Michigan viii send so,-
291, and Wisconsin $685..
Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky.-42,
319 men, Illinois will send 1858. In
diana 1850, and Kentucky IA, 236.
Camp Sherman, Chillcothe. Ohio
1902 men, Ohio will send 38,773, and
Pennsylvania 1900.
Camp Funston, Fort Riley. KAN
46,419 men,, Missouri will send 49,
$50, Nebraska 8,1S6, South Dakota
2,717, Colorado 4,76S, Arizona 3,472,
Kansas 6,438, and New Mexico 1922.
h war department plans that in
addition to the five percent Of the
above quotas reporting today, forty
per cent shall report on September 10,
q second forty per cent on October 8,
and the remaining fifteen per cent as
soon as possible thereafter.
Start Training Immediately.
Training will be started immediate
ly. According to the general program
a week, with Wednesday, and Saturday
afternoons off for recreation. Those,
however, who fail to keep step with
the march of instruction, will be
obliged to give up their two afternoons
Of play.
Arizona and New Mexico are the only
two states outside the central depart
ment Of the army that will send troops
into the department for training. They
will be quartered at Camp Funston,
Fort Riley, Kansas. When New Mex
ico's quota Is complete, 1t will have
sent 2,292 men into camp, and Arizona
will be called upon to send 8,472.
Army officers do not expect that all
cent Of the states quotas will reach
camp today as a five day period has
been set aside for the movement OF
the men. AS some of the men will
have to travel. several hundred miles
to reach camp, 1t is regarded as pos
sible that the entire first quota will
not be in camp until Saturday or pos
6AUAy 0h1lOoys O. q $500 E5 .=MtE..
Move Men to Camps Quickly.
Railroad officials anticipate that the
men will be moved to their respective
camps without the slightest interfer-
moe to military or normal traffic. The
program for transporting the men was
mapped out weeks ago. Oficials fig
ure that within the next few days ap-
proxfmately $4,000 mer will be trans
ported to the sixteen environments
scattered throughout the nation.
When the next quota starts for camp
September 19, however. the railroads
expect to transport about $4,000 men
a day for Ave days.
Sites for the environments were Sc
|lected with regard to water supply,
sanitation and transportation necessi-
ties. There is q general similarity to
all cantonments. Zach camp cover
approximately 5000 acres and has
training grounds to permit maneuvers
Of all military units.
The barracks In each of which ESQ
men will be quartered, are two story
structures. The second floor will be
used for sleeping and the first for
mess and assembly halls. All of the
environments, with the exception Of
Camp Taylor Of louisville, will be
steam-heated and equipped with iron
beds, shower baths and lockers.
Already most OF the camps have
the appearance Of modern cities. The
number Of buildings in the canton
ments range from 250 to 500.