The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-24

referred to in sections and ; aereo:
which have been posted by the local
board as prescribed in section ; here
of A list OF names of the enact number
of men required by the adJutant gen
eral to be furnished as prescribed n
section 4 hereof. This list shall con-
tain an order to the selected men nam
ed therein to report to the local board
for military duty at the Office OF the
board and at an hour and date named
by the local board in the notice,
h naried hour shall be between
s a. m and p. m. and not more than
"a hours nor less than II hours n
advance of the hour of entrainment On
the date specified by the adjutant gen
eral of the state for entrainment.' etc.
''From the time specified for re-
porting to the local board for military
duty each man in respect of whom no.
tice to report has been posted or mail
ed shall be in the military service Of
the United States,' says the regula-
tions.
Either the posting at the Office OF
the local board of notice of orders to
~eport for military duty to the local
board or the mailing Of such notice as
herein provided shall constitute the
giving of notice and shall charge ev-
cry person named with notice that he
is IN the military service of the Unit
States from the time specified for
reporting to the local board for mill
tary duty"
AS to subsistence and lodging, the
regulations say:
Section 6. Local boards to arrange
for subsistence and lodging.
"In ample time prior to the date up.
on which selected men are ordered 3v
the local board to report for military
duty, the local. board should make ar
rangements with hotels, restaurants
or lodging houses in the vicinity Of
the office of the board for the accom-
| modation OF the number of selected
men who are to be under the orders
of the local board during the period
preceding the hours of entrainmen.,
and who have not received permission
from the local board to spend that
time at home Meal and lodging tick
cts will be furnished local boards for
this purpose and the arrangements
should include an agreement on the
parts of such hotels, restaurants or
lodging houses to accept, in payment
for subsistence and lodging, meal
tickets redeemable in cash at the Of
fee OF disbursing officer of the War
Department.
Some of the men so ordered to re
port will apply for permission to
spend this period at home, and we
will not desire subsistence or lodging.
The mailed notice prescribed in sec
ton will require sucn men to ap-
ply to the local board for such per-
mission Immediately upon receipt OF
the order to report by the local board.
The board may grant such permis-
sion in its discretion. For all those
who do not receive such permission
the locs loard must provide subsis-
tence ID lodging
Alternates
Certain alternates will be called. un-
der the following provision:
The Local Board Will, except on the
last installment of the quota, in add
ton to the men notified on Form 164A
as prescribed in section 5 hereof, per-
sonally notify at least five other Sc
lected men to report to the Local
! Board at the hour and on the DAY
specified. These additional men are
intended to serve as alternates in
case any of these men notified as pre-
scribed in section fail to report as
directed and in order that the Local
Board may not be placed in the po-
sition of failing to entrain the exact
number of men called for with the
promptness and precision that should
characterize all matters relating 10
the formation of the armies OF the
United States. The names of these
alternates will not be entered on the
/ lists at time of notification and the
alternates will not be in the military
service of the United States by reason
of personal notification, but they will
be in the military service if (on fali-
| IRE of any Of the regularly notified