The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-18
MANY UNITS
TO RECEIVE
.DETROITERS
Draft Contingent to BE
Divided Among
Service Arms
Bv HAROLD ' WILCOX


CAMP CUSTER, BATTLE
CREEK. Mich Sept. ls.-Ihe DC
trolt Times Is permitted 10 announce
today the exact manner IN which
the second draft quota from each
local division or Detroit and High
land Park viii be assigned 20 ser
vice IN the National army TINS
second draft quota viii arrive IN
camp within the next FIVE days, be
aiming Wednesday, and will include
a. uer cent OF the entire FIRST oraft.
This means that within I'VE days
approximately 1900 enlisted men
will come TO Camp Custer OF these.
spproximately 5000 Will come from
Detroit and Highland Park
Twenty-seven men from Tho mrs.
local draft division OF Detroit viii
be assigned 10 the depot brigade, p
10 the Forty-ninth company and 10
20 the Fiftieth company Ten men
from this division viii 20 70 Com
pany d. Three Hundred and Tenth
regiment OF engineers. Sixiy'touF
will be sent 10 Company 3 OF inc
Three Hundred and Twenty-ninth
machine gun battalion, and II more
10 Company c Of tho same battalion
Five will 60 10 the sanitary com
many OF the Three Hundred and
Twenty-eighth field artillery Bat
terry A. OF the Three Hundred and
Twenty-ninth field artillery, vii
draw 50 OF these men. Two will go
20 the signal corps. i've TO The am
munition train, FIVE 20 he supply
train, and two TO the military po-
lice. Motor ambulance company No.
1. Of the sanitary train. VIII get ~
men from the Detroit First.
The F1fty-Arst company OF the De
pot brigade-the infantry training
brigade-will draw l45 men from
the second local draft division OF
Detroit. The Three Hundred and
--rer, .--.s So
from the second. Company c, Of The
Three Hundred and Twenty-ninth
machine gun battalion, will get 81
OF these men Battery A. % The
Three Hundred and Tventy-ninth
field artillery. will draw 80 men
from the second division The sig
nal corps will get two, the ammu-
milton train six, the supply train
three and the military police one.
Ambulance company No I, Of the
sanitary train. will take half dozen
from the Detroit Second.
Twenty men from the third local
draft division Of Detroit viii be as
signed 10 the depot brigade. the
Fifty-second company drawing IS
and the Fifty.third company getting
1--WE men. The Three Hundred and
Tenth engineers Will take eight
Company c. OF the Three Hundred
and Twenty-ninth machine gun bat
talon, will draw three dozen. Twen-
ty.two men from the Detroit third
the Three Hundred and Twenty
ninth field artillery, and g viii 70
TO Battery 3, OF the same regiment.
The signal corps will get four. the
ammunition train 10. the supply
train four. and the military police
two men. Nine will be taken by the
ambulance company No. sanitary
train.
Thirty Ave men from the fourth
local draft division OF Detroit will
be assigned 70 the depot brigade.
Company 50 Will get 10 % these
men. Company "a Will get 10. and
Company IS will draw the other 10.
Thirteen will go 10 the engineer
regiment. The Three Hundred and
Thirty-ninth infantry regiment will
draw 1876 men from the Detroit
Fourth this week. Company a will
get 10, Company p Will take 103 and
Company c will snare 20 men. To
Battery p, OF the Three Hundred
and Twenty-ninth field artillery, Will
be assigned 50 youths from the
Fourth Detroit division. The signal
corps Will take four, the ammunition
train II. the supply train six and
the military police one. Eleven will