Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-20
CALL FOR 1000
| MEN CANCELLED
Those in Limited Service
Classification Will Not be
Called for Police and Fire
Duty as Announced Early
in Week.

Practically every class | registrant
in Idaho qualified for special or linn
tied service will be sent into the
national army during the five-day
period beginning July 20.
A call for 1000 men to go to SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, to act as guards and fire
companies for ports of embarkation
was received by the governor and the
adjutant general Tuesday morning,
and start was made on apportion-
ing II to the various counties. How
ever, the call was cancelled by tele-
gram to the governor from the pro-
vost marshal Wednesday evening, and
the men will not be notified until
further orders are received
It Is thought that the call will be
renewed at a later date and the men
/ who failed to qualify for a trip 70
the firing line will be given a chance
for service.
This number Is more than present
figures at the adjutant generals
office show to be available. A check
last May showed about 1900 special
or limited service men, but voluntary
inductions and special call for Its
to go to Vancouver, Wash, last
month have reduced the eligibles In
the state to less than 1000.
In order to get an accurate basis
upon which to make appoftionments,
the adjutant generals staf Tuesday
afternoon made a call upon local
boards for reports to date OF the
special or limited service registrants
under their jurisdictions. A few re-
ports received Tuesday afternoon
showed higher number OF men In
charge of the boards reporting than
the states records show This fact
leads the adjutant generals staff TO
believe sufficient men may be avail
able; however the surplus, II there
is any will not be large.
Current calls upon the state are
for 1000 men-io0O to leave begin
ming July %, 1000 to leave July 2s,
and 2000 to leave August s. A call
for 1000 men was filled june "a, and
special call for l79 men issued the
same month, making q total drain
upon the state for period OF six
weeks OF more than 6000 men.
The provist marshal generals tele-
gram regarding the special or limited
service men received Tuesday Is In
part as follows.
During the five-day period begin
ming July 20 complete the entrain-
ment for Syracuse, N. r., OF 1000
men to report to commanding ofiicer
at Syracuse recruiting camp.
"Only white men. and men physi-
cally qualified for special or limited
military service are to be inducted
under this call. Men inducted under
this call are intended for guards and
fire companies for ports OF embarka-
tion. and should be selected with q
view to suitability for this work. All
should be able to read, write and
speak English, and the contingent
from your state should include three
men qualified as cooks,
"The number of men asked for nn-
der this call must be actually en-
trained
There are at the present time sew
enteen men in the limited service
class in Gilmore county, all OF whom
, will probably be included In this cali
There may be few names added 70
this list when the examination OF
1918 registrants is completed, OF
from the list Of men transferred from
deferred classes to class / In the re-
cent re-examination of the question
naires.
The present list Is as follows:
1S3. LLOYD A. Brace.