Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26
NATIONAL ARMY ID ENTER CAMP
 IN TWO WEEKS
Provost Marshal General CroWder Makes State
 ment of Full Details.
SELECTIVE BOARDS
 TO BE IN CHARGE
Men in Beach District Will Gather at Call of Boards, Which Will Provide Transportation and Other Things
 Needed Until Camp Reached.

Needed Until Camp Reached.
 Washington, Aug. 25.-In less than two weeks from this date, according to present schedule, the first con- tingents of the great draft army are to, start from their homes for the training camps. September is the date set for putting into the army 50 per cent of the quota in each district in the order in which they were call ed for examination. Another 50 per cent is to be put into the army on September 15 and 30 per cent on Sep tember 30, with the remaining 10. per cent to follow later.
 With the near approach of the date when they must quit civil life and put on the khaki the drafted men through out the country are naturally curious as to the procedure they will be eX- pected to follow, when the day arrives for them to go into the army. This procedure, as outlined in orders from Provost Marshal Crowder, may be Summarized as follows:
 Each district board shall give mo- tice to the members of each quota as early as possible to hold himself ready to report at a certain place at a cer- tain time. These boards will mall cop ies of this notice to each man, post notice in the office of the board and turn copy over to the newspapers. But the posting of the notice In the office of the board is legal notice and failure to appear will not be excused
 T 1.,A nf U- cred or the selected man neglected to read that posted notice.
 The adjutant general of the state will notify the local board when it Is desired that the quota for which the board is responsible shall entram for camp and to what camp they are to be sent. It will be for the local poard to fix a place and time for the entraln- ing. Every man in the quota shall pc ., notified by posted notice and by mall to renort at the office of the board be- tween 8 in the morning and in the afternoon on the day set The hour for reporting shall not be more than 2A honrs before the time set nor less than 12. ,,
 On reporting the men will be held together and formed in line. The hoard will have employed number ot assistants to direct the new soldiers; ;s will also have made contracts with lodpine houses, hotels and restaurants in the neighborhood of the offices SC that tickets issued by the board will he accepted for the food and lodging of conscripts, these tickets to be cash cd later by disbursing officer of the government.
 Tn the discretion of the board mer living in the neighborhood of the of fees will be allowed to sleep and ea' at their homes. Each man IS to bt . notified that from this moment on CT is a soldier and subject to military dls cipline.
 Conscripts will be accompanle' to their lodgings by menrcbrs of th' hoard and assistants who will se to if that there is bed for each maj end that he is assigned to it. The mel will be notified to appear for re treat roll call at the office of the boar' at 5:3O in the afternoon. They will b. told when they are to report to en train. The hour for reporting to en train shall be 45 minutes ahead O the time when the train is to depart nlus the time it takes to move tn men from the office to the station,
 When the men are assembled at tn office for ,ntrainment one ot thel number shall be selected by the boar as "the man in charge" He shall SC lect an assistant. The men will be In structed to obey all instructions fror "the man in charge" The quota, ac companied by the board, will the move to the station. The board wi present transportation requests an receive tickets for the men and als food tickets for tlrcir meals en route
 "The man in charge" will care to the tickets and will also have in hl custody all the papers. roll and tn like which accompany the troops an which are to be turned over to tn adiutant of the training camp. soon as tho train has left the locs board will telegraph the adjutant, the training camp, stating the numoe of men who have been sent, the tim of their departure, their route an tb, probable time of their arrival. the journey is of more than 12 houl sthe man in charge" will send tel' gram to the adiutant six hours befoi the arrival, telling when the quota to be expected.
 Tre smallest republican state regard to population is Tavolara,
 little-known island about five mile long with an average width Of Ia mile situated off the north coa!