Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
PART OF NATIONAL
ARMY WILL START
TRAINING SEPT. |
PROVOST MARSHAL cRoWDER
OUTLINES PLANS FOR DISTRICT
eoARDs-MARRIEe MEN. WITH
OUT CHILDREN, WILL HAVE a
HARD TIME CLAIMING EXEMP.
TON.

Washington. Aug. 9.-0nethird o
the men drafted into the Unite,
States army will entain for canton
ments September /.
A formal notice to this effect il
being mailed to all local and district
boards by Provost Marshal General
Crowder
The first call to service of the
drafted men will thus total $4,000
men.
Just how they will proceed to their
cant0nments. twenty pages OF rules
and regulations drawn up by Provost
Marshal General Growder and dp-
proved by Secretary of War Baker
will direct them. giving them six
hours for leave takings then telling
them what train To take, how they
shall live enroute and what they shall
do ON their arrival at camps
The men who are drafted in the call
for the first one-third Of the quota
will be notified Via the adjutant gen.
eral and the district aud local boards
II Is believed at the provost mar
shall generals office that the rules and
regulations have been worked out in /
such complete detail that the unpre-
cedented mobilization of the man
power Of the country will proceed I
without bitches anywhere.
In general, the system of calling
the men will be uniform all over the
country. transportation details, while
arranged for according. more or less
TO local railroad conditions, have had
the benefit of expert railroad adj
vice as the provost marshal's office
could commander
1t was said at General Crowder's
Office that mobilization of men be.
tween September / and would be
the greatest passenger movement in
the history of ralroadlhg in this coun.
try.
by the time stipulated, about 1928
Illinois fighters. of which Chicago
win furnish S,32S. will be assembling
ut Camp Grant cantonment near
Rockford. The following table shows
the divisions of Illinois quota
Sept Full quota.
Chicago .,,,....... > 32S "a gS2
Cook Go. towns -. 953 1858
Down state ........ 1888 23,S13
illinois total ...17,219 81 653
Ii your Wifes relatives are able
ready and willing" to support her the
local draft board will refuse you ex-
emption, pursuant to ruling from
Provost Marshal General Crowder to. \,
day Boards may reopen cases where
exemptions have been allowed.
This step nearer rigorous restric.
ton of exemptions to the physically
unfit was taken by General Crowder
after consultation with the approval
OF Secretary Of War Baker
The ruling informs the local boards
and the district boards, to which auto
all cases of claims for ey.
emptlon go up on appeal, that they
may ascertain whether or not a wife's |
relatives shah be willing to take care
81 her, and thus eliminate her de. [
tendency on her husband
The ruling also applies to depend. {
mt children and TO mothers, sisters G
ma brothers. In short to all classes
" dependencies for which exemption t
s claimed by drafted men. $
As explained by General Crowder i
asst night il is further effort prob t
IDLY The final one-to make clear 10 il
ocal boards exactly what constitutes il
n
oeheral crowder says II had been IL
inspired by the enormous number Of n
equests received from local boards n
or further light on depndency. Point.
ny To the words ready and willing"
ne provost marshal general said
ersely; q,
rms Is our state of mind" m
Inc result Of It's application will +,
~ thousht, cut down the DISCHARGES 81
euYily p,
u "tIl be up 10 the local board to ID
aY' but according TO this ruling it Fl
oeSn TOOK very favorable for him. q,
fhe circumstance That parents or
5l'ef relatives are under no legal
piltatloh 10 support a wife after her
'soahd mas been listed in the army
an III no way be allowed to handicap
le governments latest ruling ON ex.
ioptons for dependents, said Gen.
raj Crowder.
Is Spirit OF War.