Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-21
LOCAL BOARD NO. | WILL
SUMMON 100 MORE men
Still Thirteen Shy Of Its Quota of 181
Although II Total of 1872 Men
Have Been Examined.
OTHERS CERTIFY THEIR LISTS
Next Call Expected to Be for Colored
Men, Both Calls Up to This Time
Aggrcgnting 40 Per Cent, Having
Been for White Men.

! An additional 100 men will be sum-
moncd by Local Exemption Board No I
this week in an effort to bring it's initial
| quota OF men up to the required num-
Der. -Four hundred and cighty-two men
nave already been called by this board,
and out Of this number there have hceu
certified 10 the district board 1iS men.
However, the initial quota from this di-
| vision is lGl men, thus leaving the di-
VISION thirteen men shy. Officers in
charge of this board are confident that
, by summoninE an Additional 100 men
they will be able to secure their first
quota. Nearly 1000 men were regis
tered in this district and 49, of these
have been examined by the board
Division No. .. of which II. Watkins
tlierson Is chairman. has secured more
than enough men for it's initial quota
The quota of men from this division
was III. and 100 have been certified TO
the district board. II was necessary for
this division TO summons $40 men in
order that it might se' the i7l men.
lnerc are stiil 3.o35 men on the list or
this board for future calls.
1t was necessary for Division No. 3
to call $40 men in order to secure it's
initial quota of men, However. the
quota from this division was only 1875.
hut l47 men were certified to the dis
trict draft board. thus leaving over
1000 men in the division.
Division No. 4 called 572 men in order
! that IL might secure 166 men This is
more than the quota assigned To this
DIVISION Three thousand three and
| scvcnty-four men were registered in
this division, which has o,7Io men re-
ma lining.
Division No had s.275 mon and
certified to the district board 1914 mon.
the quota being 159 II was necessary
Tor 6lS men TO be summoned in order
That this division would be able to Sc
cure its initial quota. There are left in
this division 1851 men,
while all of the local exemption
boards have certified to the district
board more than is necessary for Rich
mond's hrst call. this does not mean
/. mat the number Of men in traininr
from this city Is as large as il shouId
he Only 10 per cent of the men arc
supposed TO be in training at this time.
though the local quota does NOT roach
! 'hat mark. owing to tho fact that there
were large number of negroes drafted
IN the various divisions throughout tho
'''E. Inc next call may be for colorcd
men only, the Two calls aEgre-atinp
10 per cent, having been for white men
coI.ORED MEN ARE
PREPARING FOR SERy1CE
Colored soldiers from the 6vo dir,-
slons scattered throughout the city arc
using all OF their available snare tim.
IN drilling daily in order that they ma,
he better prepared for the long siege or
orillihE, which they Will encounter
! once th"y set foot upon Camp Leo
petersburg. The colored men hav,
entered into their work with ius, ~
huch VIM as the white soldiers ana
nose In charge OF drilling them al.
hishiy pleased with the results so far
Those men in Division No. : se.r.
10 nave gotten the jump on the others.
ana arc drilling regularly under JONI
g. loahncy. The drills are held a.,
Leigh Street between Adams and Tbir1
streets. and great progress has been
made so far in Installing INTO the men
inc Importance of carrying themselves
III true military style. The drills las,
only ono and one-quartcr hours. ana
all men IN this division are rcoucsteo RI
come and participate in the drills
All rockies will be given careful, a.
tention.
ASIDE from the military prcpareoncss
the colored patrons are also plann1n.
several hanpuctS to be tendcped The
neer" soldiers before they leave FOR
petersburg. Rcbccca r. Mitchell chair
man OF the womcn's committees -,
working hard 10 perfect p,ans ror .
rousing scnd-off to the soldiers A band
concert and a banquet will be tendcre,,
the selected men