The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-01
TWENTY-FIVE MEN
. REPORTED TODAY
MAHAsKA CO. COMPLEMENT FOR
CAMP FORREST, GA.
WILL BANQUET TOMORROW
Call Practically Exhausts Glass One
For This county-Quota For Iowa
Will Be About Two Hundred
Men Short

twenty-five men, who leave Wed
nesday at 1920 on the regular NJ &
st. l.. passenger train from the north
for Camp Forrest, Lyle, Ga, reported
at the court house at one-thirty o'clock
this afternoon. They We're given in
structions in regard TO their conduct
and time of their departure and were
released until tomorrow "wednesday
afternoon.
Wednesday evening at six O'Clock
the boys will be given a send off by
tho Oskaloosa Commercial Club at
the Downing hotel. Judge M. A.
Roberts of Ottumwa will be present
and deliver the address of the occa-
sion. The boys will be marched di-
rectly from the hotel to the depot as
was the case of the contingent leav.
ing last week for Camp Pike.
Will Deplete Glass One.
The movement of the first contin-
gent of the 1926 Iowa men going to
Camp Forrest, Lyle, Ga, began
Monday The balance of the men
that the boards have been able to fur
nish under this call will depart on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
This is the first call in Iowa that
will not be completely filled during
the days designated for movement to
camp.
According to Maj. Frank Lyman,
chief clerk in the adjutant generals
department, it will probably be about
200 men short.
"The reason for this" said Major
Lyman, lis that it has been impossi-
BILE up to this time for this depart.
ment to keep track of the changes
in the number of men in each of the
112 local districts in the state from
day to day.
Heavy Loss From Glass I.
About two weeks ago when the
confusion arose as to allotments to
Camp Pike and Camp Gordon, at
which time the quotas had been based
on figures furnished from Washing
ton, Adjutant General Logan asked
each board to report by wire its num-
Der of class l men.
According to the figures thus fur
nished us by the boards there was a
sufficient number of class l men left
to fill not only the large calls to Cor
don and Pike but also enough to fill
the call to Camp Forrest and the call
for 800 to Jefferson Barracks on Aug
ust 5.
"Since that time, however, it ap-
pears that we have lost lot of men
in class / as a result of the recent
change in physical qualifications
which threw many men into deferred
classification. Also, the boards have
been permitting numerous enlistments
in the navy and marine corps, and the
district exemption boards have grant
ed many registrants deferred CLASH
fication on occupational grounds.
"The result is that a number Of
boards report that they are unable to
fill the call for Camp Forrest with
men of the 1917 class"
Supplemental Call Likely.
Major Lyman says the state will
furnish such number under the call
as can be secured at this time. The
boards have not been authorized to
call any of the 1918 registrants for
Camp Forrest. They will use these
new recruits in filling the call for
Jefferson Barracks, however, if they
find themselves short of a sufficient
number of the men of the class OF
1917 to fill this call.
So far as the shortage of men I'M
der the call for Camp Forrest is con
cerned, it is probable that supple
mental call will be issued to make
this up. 1t is likely that it can be
filled by calling on boards still hav
ing on hand a number of class men
of the 1917 registration, of which
boards there are several.
In order to avoid confusion of this
kind in the future, the adjutant gen
eral now requires every local board
in the state to make a report to him
daily, stating exactly the number Of
class l men on hand, the number lost
since the previous report and the
number gained