The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

: VI uVC A1CiA al 2 CApCSCCu " Ni1ibi "a
emption from selective service. This
announcement comes from Provost
General .Crowder's Office. A much
smaller per cent will be exempted.
Small towns in country regions are
expected to show a larger percentage
of men willing to accept service thall
big cities like New York." said one OF
the high officials in charge OF the mat
ter.
1.-THE foreign born population OF New
York is opposed to compulsory mill
tarv service, many of them having
left their countries to avoid it. We are
rot surprised at the number OF claims
for exemption fled
The question whether to exempt a
physically fit man is up to each local
board. The board is required to certi-
fv the quota required from its district,
and if the board excuses the first men
who present themselves, they must-re-
fuse to excuse those who later pre-
sent themselves, Somebody must
serve.
Work of physically and otherwise
examining drafted men will probably
continue 80 days. General Crowd
'ers's office is hoping to have a COM
plete roster of $4,000 men ready by
the time the cantonments are ready.
. The cantonments are promised for
Sept. l; as matter of fact they will
not be ready by Sept l. General Eittell
talks hopefully and quite enthusiast
ically as to what has been accomplish
ed up to date, but has not really prom
ised that the soldier cities will be
ready at the end of the next thirty
days.
1--WE have accomplished Miracles"
said he, "but promising is risky. A
lot depends on whether the last ship
ment of lumber, water pipe or sewer
pipe comes through. Delay in soce es.
din pIoq }QS!m 1uamu5!suoo 1gnuss
completion of any of these projec.
tions."
Probably most of the cantonments
will have water systems in operation
and be under roof by Sept. Is. BY Oct.
1 they may have their other fixings in
place, including some pavement. 1t is
doubtful whether the men called for
selective service will be actually put
in these camps before October, since
Secretary Baker has repeatedly an
nounced he would not crowd lot Of
new recruits into unfinished barracks.
General Goras as chief of sanitary
arrangements must pass on any army
camp before it begins to house men.
If everything is completed to make
the camp sanitary, the men may as
semble even if the final trimmings are
not completed. But, if necessary to
wait until November, the men are to
be made comfortable and kept ready.
General Crowder will probably need
the six weeks for getting his men, just
as much as General Littell will need
this time to build his soldier cities.
Local exemption boards are working
slowly When they have finished, there
is still a job to be done by the district
exemption boards. There are 1852 of
the latter one for each federal judicial
district 1t falls upon these boards to
pass on all questions touching the ex-
emptiOn of men on the ground that
they are needed for certain industries.
Bismarck, Aug. 6.-The status of the
Second regiment: North Dakota ma
tional guard, was cleared tonight by
the receipt of a telegram. from Senator
P. ]. McCumber at Washington stat
ing that eleven letter companies
would be extended federal recognition
and that the twelfth company would
be filled by drafted men.
The telegram, however, makes it
clear the Second North Dakota regi-
ment will go to the front as a unit.
Major Douglas Settle, mastering Of
ficer for North Dakota also stated to-
night that his orders had been amend
ed to include the mastering of II
letter companies of the Second ,regi-
ment.
r. Mccumber's Message
This conforms with the information
conveyed to the adjutant generals Of
fee through Senator McCumber and
settled once and for all the disposition
of the regiment Senator McCumber's
message to Adjutant General Fraser
follows .E
"Saw General Mann of militia bur.
eau, who admitted that first telegram
requiring IS men which was inadvert
emily sent should have read 100 men
per company, but since the telegram
was sent that way the regiment will
be recognized. One company short
will be filed with drafted men, Be
cause the regiment did mot have re
quired strength before Aug. 5, officers
will be appointed by president, who
assures recommendation of governor
will have weight in selecting the Off
GERS"
L Company Alone Short
Company L of Hankinson is the only
company of the Second regiment tc
which federal recognition was not ex
tended. Despite the concerted efforts
of the state military officials to dc
recruiting in the Hankinson district
only 80 men could be mustered for the
company.
Objection to some of the other com
panies because they were under the
required leo men strength was elm
mated late Saturday night by Ad
jutant General Fraser, who just ar
hour or two before the troops passed
from his jurisdiction, ordered the
! transfer of men from the strong com
panies to the weaker ones.
In regard to the officers of the Sec
ond regiment, Adjutant General Fras
er is confident that the commissions
of Governor Lynn J. Frazier will be
recognized by the federal government
insofar as they comply with regula
ton "a of the regular army. which