The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-08-24
MOBILIZATION REGULATIONS FOR
DRAFTER MEN RECEIVED

Mobilization regulations, prescribed
by the president under authority OF
the selective draft service law (act
of May IS, 1910. have been received
by a majority Of the local selection
boards.
In connection with these regulations
it is important to state that the
boards have been notified By the pro-
vost marshal general that local and
district boards will be called upon to
furnish one-third of their quotas on
September /, 1917
1t is further stated that every per
son concerned in the execution of the
law will feel a prompt and accuarteI
response to this call of the nation is
the precise result for which he has
labored so long. 50 arduously. and
with such unselish devotion"
With reference to this call the pro-
vost marshal general has supplied
each board with a set of rulings To-
point the way to expedition. and in
order to insure that no state ana no
local board shall BE placed IN the
"unenviable position" Of not being
able to answer here with a full
third Of its quota on the day named.
study Of the mobilization regula-
tions tmpresses one that when the
local boards have formally notified
those selected TO 20 forward to the
cantonments nc time viii be lost il
letting the men know that they are
soldiers Of the republic
Adjutants general Of various states
viii cali upon local boards to send
selected men to mobilization camps
The local boards viii nv the time Of
assembly. and from the time specified
for reporting to the local board for
military duty each man in respect Of
whom notice to report has been post
ed or mailed shall be in the military
service Of the United States
The boards ara charged with the
resp possibility Of making arrange
ments with hotels, restaurants or lodg-
/ ing houses in the vicinity Of the office
Of the board for the accommodation
Of the selected men who are under or
dars to the local board during the Pc
riod preceding the hour of entrain-
menc. and who have not received per-
mission from the local board to
spend that time a. home
At the first assembly Of the selected
men. the Board Is required to give
them the following Instructions
l. That they must report in per
son at $50 p. m, TO the local board
for retreat and roll call
: That they are to report in per
son to the local board at specified
hour on the day Of entertainment. which
hour shall be fixed by the local board
at least forty-five minutes before train
time plus a sufficient time to reach
the railroad station from the office of
the local board
,. That they are now in the mill
tary service of the United States. and
that unpUnctuality and failure to re-
port are grave military oEenses in
time OF war
4. That after they have been con-
Quoted to the assigned lodging house
they are at liberty until the hour Of
retreat roll call. at $50 p. n, when
all must Be present at the Office Of
the local board
Not until the selected men arrive
at the designated mobilization camp
will they come in contact with mill
itary officer Of the army, as each par
ty viii be placed in charge OF its own
members. selected by the local board.
which entrains the party
The rest of the regulations on the
mobilization chiefly concerns the man
ner IN which the local boards are to-
discharge their obligations in the f.
nal steps of formally delivering the
selected men to the army authorities.