Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-08-15
FIRST ORDERS TO
NEW ARMY GIVEN
BY GEN. CROWDER
Drafted Men Are Told How to
Report for Duty.
BOARDS IN CHARGE OF MEN
Recruits Will Be Summoned to the
coIors on September and Sent to
the Camps Within Four Days
New Exemption Rules.

Washington, Aug. 1O.-ReViSed regu-
lations 10 govern physical examina-
tion of men registered under the selec-
tive draft were issued by Surgeon Gen
raj Gorgas of the army and commUni-
Gated to the governors of the states
for information of local boards, The
changes deal for the most part with
questions of proportionate weight and
height, but may result in the recall of
some men rejected heretofore on ply
steal grounds.
Boards in Charge of Men.
Local exemption boards win be in
full charge of assembling the men
called to the colors September /. They
will give the new fighting force its
actual induction into military life,
provide the men with meals, shelter
and transportation. and escort them
personally to the train for the mobili-
zatiOn camps. The civilian control of
the men will &C ntinue up 10 the time
they march through the gates of the
cantonments and report TO the COM
mandants.
Explicit regulations under which
the first segment of the national army
will be modified were issued by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder at
Washington. They came on the heels
of a series of rulings cutting down
the physical requirements and urging
the boards to be circumSpect TO the
last degree in granting exemption on
account of dependents.
In some districts as high as so per
cent of the men called for examina-
ton are filing claims for discharge on
the ground of dependent relatives.
indication Of Strikers.
The war department says this indi-
Gates that shirkers are taking unfair
advantage of the regulations and that
it actually threatens to interfere seri-
ously with the raising of the national
army. General Crowder's latest direc-
ton to boards is:
Reduce discharges for dependency
10 far more restricted class and
clearly defined circumstances
General Crowder's message. which
was telegraphed the governors of all
states for distribution to local boards,
says all registered men are imperiled
BY the improper claims that have been
fled II puts it emphatically up TO
the local boards to serve as a barrier
and to choke off all false and exagger-
ated claims.
The new regulations grant an I'M
derweight allowance of from five to six
pounds for men between sixty-four and
sixty-seven inches in height, seven to
nine pounds between sixty-seven and
sixty-nine inches. nine to ten pounds
between seventy and sever ty-four
inches, and twelve pounds above sew
nty-five inches. The effect of the in
structions is TO reduce the normal
weight requirements for tall men.
Details of Program.
The details of the program for mobil-
izing the first 100000 men called to the
colors September l and forwarded to
their camps before September are as
follows:
The actual call will 90 from the
provost marshal general to the state
adjutant general, stating the number
of men to be supplieth Each local
board will be at once informed of how
many men it must furnish and the adj
jutant general will fix the day for en-
training the men.
The local board at once will make
out the list of men to fill the call from
the roll of accepted men, and will fix
the place of entrainment and time Of
departure.
Orders to the men will be posted
and also sent by mail. The men will
be directed to report to the local board
at it's headquarters not less than Il
hours nor more than "a hours before
the time of departure for camp.
From the time specified for report
ing to the local board for military
duty each man called to the colors
shall be in the military service of the
United States"
Plans Up 10 Boards.
Before the men arrive at board
headquarters the board members must
arrange for their accommodation, find
clean and sanitary sleeping places at
hotels and lodging-houses, arrange for
their meals and provide lodging and
meal tickets to be taken in payment
and be redeemed for cash later by a
government disbursing officer. In its
discretion a board may give the men
permission to remain at their homes.
At board headquarters at the hour
fixed for reporting the men win be
drawn up, the roll called and agents
will take them personally TO their quar-
tiers. remaining with them until every
arrangement for their comfort has
been made. Emphatic notice is given
that the quality of food shall be good,
and the board is held liable for see
Ing that meals are adequate.
Retreat roll call at the board head
quarters, set for $50 p. m on the day
of reporting TO the board. viii be the
first military ceremony the selected
men pass through. The board men,
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