The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-09-22

10 a southern Michigan road and sent
on Immediately to Battle Creek at
which point II will be turned over TO
the Michigan Central TO be switched
out to Camp Custer.
AL Go In Coaches.
A rulini OF the war department pro-
vides that where men are on the road
"a hours or longer, tourist sleepers
Will be provided for them. SO. the
contingent that leaves from here will
have TO sleep In the seats for ono
night which they will be on the train
as will all the other contingents, in
cluding the Gogebic boys.
II Is figured that not more than so
men will be placed in coach, so that
two special coaches will be used to
accommodate the Crystal Falls con-
tingent and three for the Gogebic
boys.
The Delta and Schoolcraft bunch
will call for three coaches and the
Menominee one or two so that the
train after 1t leaves Menominee will
contain eleven coaches besides bag
gage and other cars necessary TO the
accommodation OF the crew and par
aphernalia.
At Stager 2l7 box lunches which
will be prepared before hand by the
lunch counter man. will be distribut-
ed to the Gogebic and Iron county
men. These lunches will be placed in
the baggage car In market baskets
and distributed by details selected for
that purpose.
Mr.. HOLSTER, district travelling pas
senger agent for this section, will
start with the train at Bessemer and
attend to all matters Of convenience
and feeding and he will supervise the
distribution OF the lunches.
Breakfast will be served at Chica-
go where the train will arrive In the
morning and dinner will be served at
South Bend, Indiana The boys, bar
ring accident. will be at Camp Custer
for supper the following evening
Big Job For Railroads.
The Transporting OF the the men TO
the several cantonments will give the
railroads bigger job than II looks to
be at first sight
II will take all OF the / 800 tour
list" sleeping cars available and s.
900 coaches to transport the 274 900
men who constitute 40 per cent OF the
citizen-soldiers selected for military
service, and who will travel from their
homes this week.
Publication IL prohibited OF any OF
the routes schedules OF military
movements. but 1t can be said that the
government and the railroads have co
operated in making every possible pro-
vision for the safe, comfortable and
prompt transportation OF the citizen
soldiers.
Generally speaking, the tourist
sleeping cars will be used by those To-
Gated farthest from the cantonments,
while the day coaches will be used
for the shorter trips. All arrange
ments are made for stops for meals
enroute, wherever necessary.
Unlike movements Of the regulars"
or national guards. the citizen-sold
iers will not be accompanied by Of
GERS. The various examining boards
throughout the country have notified
each man the exact date he Is to trag
ell, where he Is to take a train, the
number OF the train and its time Of de
parture. These boards have also de-
signated one man who will be IN
charge Of each lot OF men entraining
at each place during the iye-tlay per-
iod. The number OF men to assemble
daily a each place Of entrainment
ranges from two to several hundreds
The men from the smaller places
will be carried on a regular train. PIX
ira coaches viii be added as more dc
tachments are picked up. when the
extra coaches reach a number they
will be detached from the regular
train aud made up into special trains
Each tourist sleeping car will car
ry 80 men and the average IN eacn
day coach will be 80 men. From the
larger cities tie men will travel ali
the way IN special trains, as a rule
In transporting men from their
homes 70 the environment who have
been chosen to go forth to war for
all that we hold most dear, the rail-
roads feels it not only a duty. but n
pleasure to give them the best service