The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-17
TO START TRAINING
HALF MILLION SOON
Thirty Per Cent VIII Be Called Into
Service on September 5, With Re.
manning Sections Coming in at
Short Intervals Thereafter,
War Department Announces


War Department Announces
Washington, Aug. 13.-The entire
6s7 900 men comprising the first 1ncre
ment of the army draft forces Will
be under training early in October
Under orders issued today the nrst 81
per cent of the quota of each district
will begin entrainment for canton
ments September ;; the next 80 per
cent. September Is, and another 80
per cent. will be modified as soon af.
ter that date. as possible.
The plan to assemble the new forces
in three incremeats distributes the
task of furnishing supplies and equis-
ment through September. 1t will also
prevent serious shortages m any
camp and will give the new officers
from the training camps time to
familiarize themselves with their da-
ties gradually before responsibility
for great body of men falls one
theM. : !
The order issued today means that
about 12,eoe. men will reach each OF
the Is cantonments soon after Sep
tember 5. They will first be examin-.
ed physically by army doctors and
finally accepted or rejected. This will
take some time and the men will have
to be furnished with temporary quar-
ters. and rationed while awaiting ex-
animation. If the full quota were as
sembl<i at one time, great conrusloa
would result.
To Take In Recruits
Presumably the first increment will
have been organized into skeleton
companies, battalious or regiments
before the second arrives. The new
comers can be quickly absorbed by
going concern in that case, and the
third lot can ne taken into the war
machinery with even less disturbance.
In farming communities local bsards
will arrange the lists Of those to n,
the first increment with local crop
conditions in mind. Harvesting is In
progress in many sections. Drafted
men engaged in that work, who other
wise would go with the frst third OF
the district quota will be passse ovee
to the second or third as may oe nee
essary.
Reviewing the question of discharge
for dependent relatives. Proyos,
Marshal General Crowder issued a.
supplemental ruling today holdins
that persons should not be discharged
because of dependents resident abroad.
"The object of the law permitting a
person to be discharged provided he
has a person falling within any OF the
classes of dependents dependent upon
him was to prevent such dependents
becoming charges upon the American
people" the ruling says. GA dependent
residing abroad could not become .
charge" ~
That conscientious directors to war
are not to be excused entirely from
serving the country was made clear
in another ruling by tue provost mar
shall, holding that such persons should
be sent to the mobilization camps
along with the others drafted, to De
assigned later to noncombatant
branches Of the service.
Few Clerks Exempt
Only in rare cases are railway mail
clerks to be exempted The postotace
department announced today that pub
ished reports of blanket exemption
for this class of postal employees were
based on misinterpretation of the ee-
partment order covering postal ex-
emption. Only scheme clerks, Chief
clerks and assistant chief clerks of
the railway service will be given e1-
emptions and most of them are above
military age.
The postofflce department announc-
ed also that it would certify exemp-
tions for postoftice inspectors, ou, no.
for postmasters Postmasters OF the
first, second and third classes, how