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

ner to report their names are en-
tered on the lists as prescribed in sec
ton y thereof and from the time
their names are so entered.
Procedure Before Board
Following is the procedure outlln-
ed when the men called appear b.
fore the local boards:
Section 9. Assembly Of selected
men.
at tie time and place specified on
The lists for the selected men to re-
port for military duty, the local board
will itself be present and should te
attended by a number Of reliable as
Sistarts sufficient to perform the du-
ties hereinafter prescribed. Each as
sistant should be provided with
memorandum showing one lodging
house and the precise number Of men
TO be accommodated there.
CAS- the men report hey ill oe
checked off the list of those ordered
to report, and the hour at which eacG
man reported will be noted thereon.
Alternates will also be checked off on
a memorandum to be prepared by tbs
local board.
Gas soon as the number Of men %
be odged in any one house have re-
ported, the assistant who has lA-
memorandum for that house shall
note a memorandum of the names OF
the men assigned to that house anu
shall leave copy of the memorandum
with the local board.
"He shall cause the men whose
names are 50 noted to form a line,
and the local board shall instruct
them by order of tae Provost Marshal
General:
81. That they must report il per
son at $50 p. m. to the local board
for retreat roll call.
-. That they are to report n per
son to the local board at a specified
nour on the day Of entrainment
which hour shall be fixed by the loca
board at least * minutes before
train time plus sufficient time t.
reach the railway station from ths
office of the local board.
"3 That they are now in the mill,
tary service Of the United States ami
that unpunctuality and failure: to re-
port are grave military offenses in
time of war.
'4. That after they have been con-
Quoted to the assigned lodging house
they are at liberty until the hour OF
retreat roll call, at 5 80 p. M. when
all must be present at the Office OF
the local board
The rules regarding adbsentees are
as follows:
'"The local board will forthwith
make inquiry concerning the where
abouts of any men who have failed
to report to the local board of mill
tary duty or. who after reporting, have
absented themselves from the poin
OF entrainment and were not forward
ed to the mobilization camp.
''If such persons can not be found
or if it appears that any Of such
persons have abseonded or that the
failure to report or entrain was will.
full and made with intent to escape
military service, the local board will
report their names to the adjutant
general Of the army direct on Form
146C, inclosing with Form 146C the
registration card and report of ply.
sical examination Of each of such
persons, and will note thereon
whether any of the absentees ha1t
beer taken into custody by the po-
lice. If the whereabouts of such
persons is known, the local ooarj
will call upon the police to arrest
them as deserters from the army ani
to deliver them to the nearest mill
tary station as prisoners.
Similar reports will be made in
respect of persons reported as hav.
ing failed to reach the mobilization
camp unless their absence is prompt.
1y accounted for.
eff it appears that the delinquency
of persons who have failed to re,
port is not wilful, and if such per
sons present themselves for military
service, the local board, will imme-
diateIy send them to the mobilization
camp 80 far as practicable in thc
manner prescribed herein for the for
warding of other selected men to mo-