The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-14
SELECT SERVICE
MEN MUST HOLD,
SELVES READY
Orders to ,Entrain for Des Moines
May Come to North Dakotans
At Any Time

May Come to North Dakotans
At Any Time
Select service men who have beel
finally accepted by their local board
who have passed the required physical
examination, have no dependents AM
have not filed claims for exemption
on other grounds, may hold them
selves ready to entrain on short motto,
for Fort Dodge, Des Moines, Ia., wher'
the select service recruits of NOrtl
Dakota will train.
The district board adjourned afte
its preliminary meeting yesterday un
til next Monday. In the meantim,
$50 registrants who have filed CLAIM
for exemption on agricultural ground.
will be notified Of the course to pur
sue in proof of their claims. Wher
the district board begins grinding il
will mail out daily to local boards g
certified list Uf persons accepted fol
service. These lists will contain 6
notification to the persons named
thereon that they have been selected
for military service, and a direction
to them to hold themselves in readi
ness to report for military duty at a
time and place to be thereafter spe
CITED in notice to be posted at the
Office of the local board. A copy OF
this list also goes to the adjutant
general. It is the duty of the local
board to notify men of their selection
for service, either by a personally
mailed notice or by the posting of the
Call for Service.
The call for service will come from
Adjutant General Fraser, who will re-
ceive notice fro mthe provost marshal
general to furnish at a specified time
the net quota of the state or any pro-
portion thereof. The adjutant general
will issue his instructions to the local
board, calling upon it to assemble for
to the mobilization
camp at Des Moines specified num-
Der of selected men at a convenient
point of entertainment upon a certain
date. Specifications of the mobiliza-
ton camp to which the local board is
to furnish men, and detailed instruc-
tons concerning routings and entrain-
ment will be communicated to the gov
ernor from time to time.
Short Notice.
Men designated by the local board
will be directed to report in Bismarck
not more than "a hours nor less than
~ hours in advance of the hour spe-
Gifted by the adjutant general for en-
trainment. From the time specified
for reporting to the local board for
military duty each man so notified
shall be in the military service of the
United States.
1t is the duty of the local board to
provide lodging and subsistence for
the men called for service, meal and
lodging tickets being furnished the 10.
cal board for this purpose, and the ar
rangements including an agreement
with hotels, restaurants or lodging
houses to accept such tickets, redeem.
able in cash at the Office of the local
disbursing officer of the war depart.
ment. Men who live in town and de-
sire to spend this time at home may
do so, and no subsistence or lodging
allowance will be made on their &C.
count. For all others the local board
must make provision.
These sleeping and eating places
must pass federal inspection; the food
must be wholesome; the beds clean
and sanitary.
Duplicates of all records in connec.
tiOn with each man summoned, show
ing every step taken with respect to
his enlistment from the date of regis.
tration, 60 with the men to mobiliza
ton camp as a passport. Five alter
mates are to be held in reserve by
the local board to supply the places OF
delinquents.
Board Members Generals.
Military regulations prevail from
the date upon which registrants re-
port to the local board for service
The local board must require these
men to report in person at $3.50 p. m
each day for retreat roll call. AS.
sistants to the local board placed in
command of the men summoned arc
given military authority. 1t is their
duty to conduct the men in their
charge to lodging houses assigned.
see that they are properly fed and
housed and otherwise look after their
welfare.
When the time comes for entrain-
ment, group transportation is provided
by the local board, and the assistant
in charge of the party is made respon-
sible for transportation and meals en-
route. 1t is his duty to deliver his
party intact to the adjutant in charge
Of the concentration camp and to re-
ceive his receipt for the same. Ar
rived at mobilization camp, the lists
are retained until physical examina-
lions are completed, and a record
made Of the men accepted and reject
ed, A record of the quota furnished
by each board is kept at the mobiliza-
ton camp, and at state headquarters,
and the local board receives credit
only for men accepted at mobilization
camp. g.,
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