Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
FIVE SLACKERS
REPORTED FROM
LOCAL BOARD
Next Call to Soldiers to be
Made Sept. 10 and Leave
on the TWenty-second.

on the lWenry-Second.
Five men, Thomas Bowman Of
Fordville, Christopher Hifstad OF
Northwood, Burt Frenne, Christiania
hotel. Elmer Nelson Of Mcintosh and
Jens Tennefoss Of the Park hotel, who
registered in Grand Forks county but
who failed to report for examination,
have been recorded as slackers and
their names will be turned over to the
United States district attorney by the
local exemption board.
No reports have been received from
any Of the men named and it is be-
ltevedP that they are attempting to
evade service. Their anne will be
turned over to the government au-
thorit1es as soon as returns have been
received from several transfers made
TO boards: It is probable that
more names will be added to the list
OF slackers from the first call.
The next contingent of draft sol
dters will report in this city on Sep
sember 10, but reports from Bismarck
indicate that departure will not be
aiken to Camp Dodge before septem-
Der 70: SEtghty-six men will COM
prise the 40 per cent of the quota to
depart. The Grand Forks county
1900 ~ ! u WILL SOlOl6TS ITOIl
Ramsey, Nelson, Cavalier, Pembina,
Walsh, Trail, Steele and Richland
counties. The train will leave Devils
Lake at 1850 p. M, arriving in Grand
FORKS at 8 p. M, and at Camp Dodge
at 3 p. m. September 20.
North Dakota will entrain 1866
candidates for the national army dur
Ing a ~three-day period, beginning Sep
TENDER 21st. Routing orders naming
rho "rIlnfa rrrnf1h ~o~L ~~,,-k. - =
supply as Its 40 per cent of the total
number included in the draft reached
the adjutant generals office at Bis
marck Monday afternoon, and letters
explaining in detail how and when
the troops are to be called and the
transportation provided for each
ycounty's contingent were sent out to
local boards In each Of the So coun-
ties participating in the draft.
1906 Men to Go This Time.
Schedules have been carefully
worked out by the American Railway
association and all connections by
which the 1866 drafted men can be
quickly and efficiently transported to
Camp Dodge. Seven schedules have
been prepared with first points Of en-
trainment respectively at Bowman for
the first schedule; New England, the
second; Williston, the third: Devils
Lake, the fourth Watford, the fifth;
Bowbell, the sixth, and Beach the
seventh. z,
The schedules in full, detailing
point of departure and quota Of each
county, r as follows:
Schedule No. 1 calls for the en-
trainment Of % men from Bowman
county, - from Adams. IL from
Sioux, 33 from Emmons and 80 from
Dickey, 121 in all, the most distant
contingent leaving Bowman at 1880
a. m. September 20, and reaching
Camp Dodge at 1856 p. m. September
23.
Schedule No. 2 includes only slope
county. whose 80 men will leave New
England at 11:l5i a. m. September 21,
and reach camp at IL midnight Sept.
%.
Schedule No. 8 takes in Williams
Vile SO, McHenry 6S, Bottineau 65.
Pierce 80 and Towner 81, Alb men In
all. their train leaving Williston al
1880 a. m. Sept. 10. and reaching
camp at s D.. m. September 20.
Schedule No. 4 is made up of Ram
sey 20, Nelson 55. Cavalier 40, Penn
bina AZ. Walsh 55, Grand Forks Sc,
Trail "a. Steele "a and Richland 2e,
a total Of Ais men leaving Devils Lake
at 1850 p. m. Sept. 20 and reaching
camp at 5 p. m. Sept. 20.
Mckenzie e%ntrains its men at Wat
ford at 2:10 p. M. Sept. 10. and they
reach camp at 1850 a. m. Sept. FL.
Schedule No. 6 calls for SO men
from Burke. 81 from Ward, ga from
| Mclean, rs from Wells. 10 from Fos-
ter, "A from Barnes, "a from Logan,
"a from Mcintosh and 48 from Sar.
gent, 375 in all. leaving Bowbells al
1919 a.. m. Sept. 10, and reaching
Camp Dodge at. 6 p. m. Sept. 20.
Schedule No. Z takes in all MAR
line territory on the Northern Pacific
Golden Valley 4, Billings 18, Stark IL
J Hettinger 16. Grant "a. Dunn 81. Mer.
i Ger 30. oliver IS. Morton 62, Burleigt
SO, Kidder "a. Benson 43. Eddy 16
Sheridan 26, Stutsman 66, Griggs "a
LaMoure 48. Ransom 31-552 men II
all, leaving Beach at 1925 a. M, Sept
~, and reaching Camp Dodge OF 6:3t
p. m. Sept. 20.
Names Not Yet Received. ~
The Grand Forks board is waiting
to receive from the district board IL
session at Bismarck the list Of name
Of registrants certified by the distric
board following the rejection Of ex
emption claims. When this Is receiy
ed, it. will be possible for the loca
J board to pick at once the men VIII
!, will constitute the next draft Of fort,
per cent to depart Sept. % for CAM
Dodge.
Although no official reports hav
been received as yet from the distric
board, 1t is thought that the regis
trants themselves have been notife
as to the rejection or acceptance Q
their claims. Three registrants VIII
appear to have secured the informa
ton that their exemptions were de
MED by the district board have apple
to the local board for af1davits an
claims blanks with the intention Q
appealing to the president OF tn
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