Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-31
ONLY TWO MEN WILL
 GO NEXT WEDNESDAY
Official Mobilization Order Received
 by the Local Exemption Board

the war department only two men will be sent from Norwich to Camp De- ven, Aver, Mass, next Wednesday, on September 5. On the 9th one man will go. on the Sth one more and on the 5th. the sixth man will be sent to camp. This will comprise five per cent. of the local quota which is 120. camp. in lots throughout the month. The order is official and comes from the war department through Adjutant General George M. Cole, Hartford. The order reads follows
 State of Connecticut.
 Adjutant Generals Office,
 Hartford, Aug. 29, 1917. To the Local Boards, State of Con
 necticut:
 By direction of the governor. and in accordance with the provisions of sec ton 4, mobilization regulations, and of instructions from provost marshal general, local board, division No. 10, state of Connecticut is hereby notified and directed to assemble for transpor- tation to the mobilization camp at Aver, Mass six selected men as fol- lows:
 Sept. 5, 1917. two men. Sept. s. one man; Sept. ', one man; Sept. s, one man: Sept. g, one man.
 In the selection and forwarding of these men attention is invited to para graphs and f, provost marshal gen erals telegram to the governor. dated Aug. 25, 1917. copy of which has been furnished you.
 The entrainment of the quotas as given above will be arranged for by the local board concerned as provided in regulations at the N Y, N H &, where tickets will be issued in ex- change for transportation requests furnished the local board. which re- quests will be made out for the exact n nj fnr ff noII IrI This office will be glad to advise wi h and assist the local boards in the transportation of the men when so re- quested.
 Arrangements for feeding persons oD the train will be such that parties en- training after a. m. after l D. m or after 6-30 D. m. will be expected to have had their breakfasts, lunch or dinner
 The difficulty of handling the ms ss of men tRat will pour into the mobiIi- zation camp promptly will be greatly relieved if each local board will pro- Vide a tag for each man and a similar tag for each piece of hand baggage carried by the men of it's contingent On this tag should he written the name of the contingent. as Hartford No. l." the number referring to the number of the local board. These tags should be put On the hand bag gage and issued to ;he man in charge with instructions that, before arrival at the camp, each man of the party should fasten the tag to a button on his coat or shirt The man in charge of the local board contingent should be instructed to hold his men in a single group after they arrive at the mobillzat1on camp and keep this group stationary somewhere opposite the car on which they arrive, and on no ac- count allow the group to separate or nlX With other groups until an officer Of the camp can take charge of the group and conduct it to it's barracks.
 In order that there may be no error Tn the forwarding of quotas of selected mer. the instructions of the provost marshal general as given ir. mobiIfza- tion regulations, form 31. will be i'm followed by all local boards.
 G. VI. COLE.
 The adjutant general of the state drafted men. according to q telegram received by Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb rom Provost Marshal General Crow der. The telegram follows:
 In order to provide for the segrera ton of races in regiments and other rrga nizations, and to arrange for com pllance with state laws requiring the races to travei in separate coaches if has been found that it will be neces- sarN Tor the ad1utant general of each state 10 know the mum bere of coIored ana white men certified from districts to local boards and adjutaut generals Tn Tn form 164. Hereafter the notification white or "colored" will be made on poslte the name of any person certified rom local to district boards on form l46 or from district boards to local boards mad adiutants general on forn, ib4. and the total white and total col pred borne on the list will be entered on the margin thereof The adfutanf general should call on local boards for ! statement of the number of white anG colored men contained on the lists already certified to local boards and idlutants general on form 1884 This nforma cion should be gathered | promptly and be kept up to date to the | ,nd that the adjutan- general will al | ways Know the numb bere or colored and | ne number of white men who are on | ne Va"ahle lists of selected men in ach !oca hoard 'n the state who haSe lot yet been sent to mo- amps. On Saturday of each week. 'esinninS Sept. s, adjutants general 1 will report by telegram to the provost marshal general the number of white nd the number of colored men in their ta tes who have been certified to local 'oards on form 164, but who have not | 'et been sent to mobilization camps.