Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-26
RED CARDS. TO Be MAILED
men SELECTED FOR ARMY
Five Per Cent. OF Virginia's Quota
Ordered to Camp Leo on
September &.
40 PER CENT ON September 10
Instruction Given to Men as to What
Baggagc They May Bring to Camp.
Under Military Orders From Dato
OF Their Call.

The red cards' which will be used
20 order the men selected for the ma
tional army to report for military duty,
and TO make all necessary preparations
to depart for their designated canton
ments, have been received In Rich
mond. ard tho work OF preparing for
the mobilization OF the first third of
inns cfty's quota has already begun.
Inc fVe exemption boards arc under
orders TO be ready to have tho cards
properly filled out the moment the word
mobilize" is flashed from the Office
OF northumberland Crowder,
In Washington.
September has been tentatively uet
as the date for the mobilization of
the first increment of the selected
men. General Crowder yesterday not-
NED Governor Stuart that per cent
OF Virginia's quota would be ordered
10 tho cantonment on that date, 40
per cent on September IS. 40 per cen.
a snort tiruo later and the remaining
10 per cent as soon thereafter az prac-
ticable This latest order means that
The frst lot OF mon to be called into
service 10 considerably less than first
planned.
Tho red cards" Will name tho date
on which men arc TO report for sery-
ice, and on that date the recipients
VII automatically pass from civil TO
military life, and will be subject only
70 tho orders OF their military su-
periorn. Tho cards for tho first Of
tichmonds quota will be addressed
At once. and held In readiness for the
moment when the order TO report for
duty Is Issued by General Crowder
WILL FIRST DE- PUT on
NOTICE BY "GREES CARD,
Tho men selected to make up the
M rf
viii first be notified that they have
been accepted. for service by means of
n green card" Thene cards will be
mailed out to the men In the next few
days. and notify them TO hold them
selves in readiness 10 report on TWEEN
ty-four hours notice.
Tho green cards" serving notice that
red cards" may be received within
very short time. read as follows:
You are hereby notified that lou have
been selected for military service as
part OF the quota from local board
- You will, therefore, hold your
self In readiness to report for military
duty at the office OF this local board
at time to be specified by notice post.
cd at the office of this board in tho
near future. Notice Will also be mailed
you. but the posting OF notice at tho
Office OF tho board will charge you
with tho obligation to report. From
the date 20 specified for you to report
YOU will be in the military uervice q
the United States and subject to mill
tary Law.
While as much time as possible will
bc allowed you. you are hereby eau
toned that the necessities OF tho SER
vice may require you to be called on
very short notice. You SHOULD. there
fore. put your affairs in order to report
upon twenty-four hours notice.
EXPLICIT DIRECTIONS ARE
J GIVEN TO DRAFTED MEN
Explicit directions arc given the
drafted men on the cards. as we'll as
all instructions and information neccs-
sary for them to arrange their at
fairs.
The red cards" read:
BY direction OF the Secretary Of War,
you are hereby ordered to report to
the office OF this local board at 80. NJ,
on the -. day OF ......, 49,. for
military duty and for transportation
TO the army mobilization camp at
From the date herein specified for
YOU to report. you will be in the mill
tary service OF the United States and
subject TO military law. Failure to
repoH<or unpunctuality are grave MILL
tary ofrenses punishable by court-mar-
tial. willful failure to report with in
tention to evade military service con-
stitutes desertion. which is Il capital
orfense in time OF war. Present your
self at the precise hour specified in
order that you may not begin your
military record In the service OF your
country with a delinquency.
You will be held under the orders of
this board until the hour OF departure
OF your train. During this period the
local board viii furnish you food and
lodging. II you live within one hours
travel OF the ONCE OF tho local board.
you may obtain permission to sleep and
eat at home. but only II you I'LL out
and forward to the Office OF the local
board at once tho printed application
for this permission at the end OF this
sheet
You will not be permitted to take
with you on the train anything but
hand baggage. You do not need bed
ding or changes of clothing except as
specified below. You may take with
you only the following articles: soap,
shaving accessories. comb and brush,
toothbrush and tooth powder. towels.
underclothinG and socks. and, II you
desire, change OF collars and shirts.
but you will have no use for these
after arrival at tho mobilization camp.
Since you will not be permitted to
retain any trunks after your arrival
at the railroad station. the articles
listed above should be brought in a
hand bundle.
II you desire to do 80. you may re-
turn the civilian clothes you are wear
Ing when you arrive at the mobiliza-
ton camp to your homo by express or
otherwise, but II you desire to make
no such arrangement II will be better
to appear in civilian clothes that you
do not care to keep.
FAILURE TO RESPOND Is
CLAssED AS DEsERTIoN
With the Official notification the men
will also receive a return postcard
which they will fill out and return to
their boards. On these cards they will
notify the boards whether they wish to
remain at their homo during the pc
riod I will be under the orders Of the
local board prior to entrainment." The
selected man will also inform his board
how ne can BIO reached by telephone.
and will certify that at no time will he
be more than an hours journey from
the Office OF the local board"
Tho names Of the men who have fall
ed to report for examination, or who
have appeared and refused to be ex-
Amined, are now being placed on what