The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-15
LOCAL BOARDS
HANDLEDETAlLS
Civilian Control Of Seleetive Draft
Effective Until Training Camp
10 Reached
100000 CALLED SEPTEMBER ,s..

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100000 CALLED SEPTEMBER ,s..
Orders to the Men viii be Posted and
Notices Maiied-Report to 10.
cal Board Twelve Hours Later
WASHINGTON, D. c. Aug. 9. =
Regulations under which men OF the
new national army will pe called to
the colors. beginning September l.
were issued tonight by Provost Mar
shal General Crowder. They map out
in detail the whole program to be
followed until every soldier OF the
selective draft army has been accept
ed by the adjutant general OF the
training cantonment to which he Is as
signed. .93
Two hundred thousand of the first
687 900 men will be called up to Sept.
1 and forwarded to their camps be-
fore Sept. s. The whole business OF
assembling the levies at entraining
points. providing them with shelter
food and transportation and giving
them their actual Introduction into
military life is entrusted to the civil.
Tan local boards which selected them
for service.
Until the men reach the camps
they will not be In contact with uni
formed officers. Tho civilian control
is carried forward through every stage
of the draft, to the very gates of the
military camps, where the making of
soldiers will begin. to be completed
within sound of the guns in France.
0oards Fix Details
The actual call for men will 60 in
each case from the provost marshal
general to the state adjutant general.
stating the number of men to be sup
piled at q specified time by the state.
Each local board will be promptly in
formed of its proportion in the call
and the adjutant general will fix the
date when men from his state shall
cntrain for the camps. .l
Immediately the local board will
make out the list Of men to fill
the call from the roll Of accepted
men and 1t will also fix the place Of
entrainment and the exact time Of de-
parture.
Orders to the men VIII be posted
and also be sent them by mail. They
will, be directed to repOrt to the l. \cal
board at Its headQuar.ers not lehen Ian
twelve hours or more than fish Ity-
four hours before the time OF uepart-
ure for camp.
From the time specified for re-
porting to the local beard for military
duty" the regulations state each man
in respect of whom notice to report
has been posted or mailed shall be
in the military service Of the United
States"
Provide Food and Beds
; Prior to the arrival of the men at
the board headquarters, board mem.
bers are instructed to make arrange
ments for their accommodation, to
find clean and sanitary sleeping
places at hotels and lodging houses, to
arrange for their meals and provide
lodging and meal tickets to be taken
in payment and redeemed for cash la
ter by government disbursing Off
Ger. fas s'
In its discretion the board may
grant permission for the men to re-
main at their homes. @
Arrived at the board headquarters
at the hour fixed for reporting. the
men will be drawn up. the roll called
and agents of the board will take them
personally to their quarters, remain
ing with them until every arrange
ment for their comfort has been made.
Emphatic Instructions are given that
the qIality9of food furnished shall be
good and the board Is held liable for
seeing that meals are adequate!
!. . ~ Retreat First Ceremony.
Retreat roll call at the board head
quarters, set for $3.50 p. M, on the day
of reporting to the board, will be the
first military ceremony the drafted
men pass through. The board mem
bers are directed to be present In per-
son and to inform the men of their
military status, impressing on them
the fact that disobedience OF orders is
the gravest military crime. ss
The light hand baggage, containing
toilet articles and change of under
clothing which the men are permitted
to take with them to camp, will be in
spected by the board and the lists of
1nen sent forward made out and copies
of original registration cards prepar-
ed.
FOR each district nVe alCernates VIII
be summoned to the board headquar.
ters. In addition to the men actually
selected to fill the board quota. They
will be heldtat the assembling point
until train time to fill in vacancies
should any men of the levy fail to re-
port. Except for retreat roll call, the
men will be given town liberty un-
til forty-five minutes before train
time.
Select One to Command
The board will, during this interval.
select one man from the levy who it
deems best qualified to command. and
place him In charge of the party for
it's trip. He will name a second In
command to aid him and the other
men will be told that orders OF these
two men must be obeyed under pain
OF military discipline.
The man in charge OF the party will
call the roll at the board headquar-
ters just before train time. He will
then line up the draft, and, accom-
panied by the board members. march
them to- the station TO entrain.
There final verification of the list