New-York tribune., 1917-08-26
o.,v E Per Cent To Be In
,hded in Order From
War Department
Camps Are Not Ready
otber Equipment, Too, 1t Is
Said, Will Not Be Finished
=, the Time Specified

uASUINGTON, Aug. ZO'-Nauie
,.,,. in the previous orders in regard
= .' -. mobilization of National Army
..,uits at the cantonments were an
.,,.d to-day by the provost marshal
generals Office.
r,d.r the new rule, only . per cent
~. men will be sent to camp on sep
..h,rb Under the former order, 80
=, cent of the men were to be sent.
p, +b;s new Older 40 per cent OF
,usn will be sent on September 49,
- % ,.r cent more on October B. and
y. otber 5 per cent as soon thereafter
As possible
IN. reason given by the provost mar
- GENERALS office for this delay IN
a.. mcbilization Of the new Natior al
lymv is that under the old order rail
...s congestion would have ensued
v,ieb it would have been hard 10
sdjust. ,1
a, matter Of fact, it is learned
A,t the reasons for the delay are
these: -,
The cantcnment camps will not
u ready by September ., as promised
Full equipment for the new Ma
s.,. Army will not be ready by the
.r. Il WAS hoped to have it ready.
Hinder the new order the ruling in
,.r,rd to the first 5 per cent of the
Nan will be understood to mean that
n, board may have FIVE days in which
"a send this 5 per cent to camp.
|. may send only l per cent OF It's
men on September 5, l per cent on the
following day, and so on. However,
N. full per cent must have been sent
BY September TO-
The order specifies that the follow
ing classes of men shall have prece-
d,n.e in the frst per cent: White
r,n, cooks. bakers, men with some mil
it,ry experience, men with engineering
,rperienee, men with medical expert
,nse.
Tie purpose in sending these men
tat will be to get the camp in shape
hfore the arrival OF the first large
,osHngent Of 40 per cent. The local
kUaS, if they cannot make up the o
NJ cent out of the classes Of men
peeihed above may choose any other
men in their draft lists to make up
d. total. They may take the men at
random or they may take them in the
order in which they qualify for the
National Army.
The text of the order sent to the
Governors to-day is as follows:
"The congestion Of traffic that will
be entailed in the early part Of Sep
.smber BY the movement Of the Ma
tional Guard into training camps
makes IL inadyisable to attempt to
move any large percentage of the Ma
tiOnsl Army on September 5. For
this reason, the War Department has
communicated the following schedule
Of movements Of the National Army
10 the provost marshal general:
Five per cent Of the quota of each
Itsts beginning September s, 20 per
cent beginning September 19, 40 per
cent beginning October 3, the remain
ing Is per cent as soon thereafter as
praetiesble. Our Telegram 1865 and
=oslizstion regulations detail the
nttsods for sending large contingents,
b.. are not altogether applicable to
q, call and movement of the first per
urt
The object Of calling per cent is
e lace in the camps enough to form
ieleton organization TO assist in
'sarng and assimilating the large
t',an2ents. For this reason il is re-
asrsd that local boards send only
siie men, and, so far as practicable,
isii they send men with some mill
ary experience or cooks. In making
1n selection order numbers are not
soalolling, but great care must be
1Esn rot TO send men whose order
'H.eall is so late that they will not
: within the quota Of the boards.
ne careful selection Of these men
NJ be Of great assistance TO the
Gaerly organization Of the National
hny, and il is hoped that local
wards will act with this end in view"