The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-08-31
Fourteen Men, A~ted From First 27e, Will Leave for
Mobiza ~ Camp on September s.
Othe. Will Come Later.
INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED TO GUIDE DRAFTED SOLDIERS
Green and Red Cards Will Notify Those Drafted Liability
Posting of Notice is Sufficient Warning Appear At
Time Specified. Neglect Means Desertion
Under the Military Law.

brush, toothbrush and tooth powder,
towels, underclothing and socks, and
if you desire changes of collars and
shirts, but you will have no use for
these articles after arrival at the
mobilization camp.
"Since you will not be permitted to
retain any trunks after your arrival
at the railroad station, the articles
listed above should be brought in a
hand bundle.
"1f you so desire, you may return
the civilian clothes you are wearing
when you arrive at the mobilization
camp to your home by express or
otherwise, but if you desire to make
no such arrangement it will be better
to appear in civilian clothes that you
do not care to keep.
Local board for Valley county,"
Request for Delay.
Attached to this message is sep
arate card, which the drafted men
may fill in and send to the exemption
board should they desire to remain at
home until the departure of the troop
train. It follows:
II hereby make application for per-
mission to eat and to spend the night
at home during the period l will be
under the orders of the local board
prior to entrainment. During this
time a message can reach me at
(blank) or by telephone at No.
(blank). will at no time be more
than an hours journey from the Of
flee of the local board. do not de-
sire food or lodging furnished me by
the local board during this period"
Further Details.
Further details which will be of in
terest to the men who are soon to quit
civil life to don the olive drab are
contained in a notice from Provost
Marshal General Crowder, outlining
the procedure they will be expected
to follow when the day arrives for
them to go into the army. This pro-
cedure may be summarized as fol-
lows: Each district board shall give
notice to the members of each quota
as early as possible to hold them
selves ready to report at a certain
place at certain time. These boards
will mail copies of this notice to each
man, post notice in the office of the
boards and turn copy over to the
newspapers. But the posting of the
notice in the office of the board is
legal notice, and failure to appear will
not be excused on the ground that the
mail was not delivered or the selected
man neglected to read that posted no.
tice.
The adjutant general of the state
will notify the local board when it is
desired that the quota for which the
board is responsible shall entrain for
camp and to what camp they are to
be sent. 1t will be for the local board
to fix a place and time for the en-
training. Every man in the quota
shall be notified by postal notice and
by mail to report at the office of the
board between 8 i nthe morning and
3 IN the afternoon on the day set. The
hour for reporting shall not be more
than "a hours before the time set nor
less than 12.
Board and Lodging.
On reporting the men will be held
together and formed in line. The
board between s in the morning and
Of assistants to assist the new
it will also have made con-
tracts with lodging houses, hotels and
restaurants in the neighborhood of
The offices so that tickets issued by
the board will be accepted for the
food and lodging of conscripts, these
tickets to be cashed later by a dis
oursing officer of the government.
In the discretion of the board men
living in the neighborhood of the Of
ices will be allowed to sleep and eat
at their homes. Each man is to be
Notified that from this moment on he
S a soldier and subject to military
discipline.
The Entraining.
Conscripts will be accompanied to
heir lodgings by members of the
BOARD and assistants, who will see to
t that there is bed for each man and
hat he is assigned to it. The men
will be notified to appear for retreat
oil call at the office of the board at
$50 in the afternoon. They will be
old when they are to report to en-
rain. The hour for reporting to en-