Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05
BIG DRAFT MOVEMENT
FROM HERE IS BEGUN
Vanguard of 10000 Who Will
Leave State This Week
Started
MRS. ALDEN LEE


men from Philadelphia districts to various
National Army cantonments since the war
began was we'll under way today with the
departure this morning of 664 white men for
Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg, S. c.; 312
for limited-servce training at Syracuse y.
Y, and 1885 negroes for Camp Sherman. O.
These contingents constituted the vangua rd
of 10000 drafted men called for from Penn
sylvania during the present week. Five hum
dred and forty negroes left the city yester-
day for the Ohio camp.
Tomorrow morning virtually every draft
district in Philadelphia will contribute men
to contingent of 500 white draftees who
will be sent to Camp Wadsworth. Spartan
burg, S. c. Others will follow in the next
few days.
Affecting scenes marked the departure of
draftees leaving today. Great crowds gather
ed at the stations to bid them farewell and
godspeed More interest than usual was at
ached to their departure because of the
doubt whether any of the men will be per-
mitted to return to their homes here on leave
before they are sent overseas Contngents
recently sent from Philadelphia in some in
stances have been embarked for France after
very short training period.
March to Early Trains
The negroes sent to Camp Sherman today
entraned at the North Philadelphia station
OIL tHe feHTSylNdHld RdllrOdu, Wnere tnOu-
sands of their race cheered them as their
special train pulled out. White men drawn
for limited service left from the Reading
Terminal at 8:3Q o'clock. Others bound for
Camp Wadsworth and full active service de-
parted over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
from the station at Twenty-fourth and
Chestnut streets. In the case of each con-
tingent. members Of the draft boards marched
with them to the places of ertrainment, as
we'll as relatives and friends. Bands enliven-
ed tagging spirits and hushed the sobs of
weeping mothers, wives and sweethearts.
Among the drafted men themselves there was
. apparent a spirit Of confidence and an abid-
ing faith in the ultimate triumph of the
cause whose banners they were taking up. Z
Tomorrow's contingent of white men for
Camp Wadsworth will leave from the North
Philadelphia station of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at 10:40 o'clock and will arrive at
the cantonment at 9:40 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
Quotas To Go Tomorrow
The following districts will send men to
Camp Wadsworth tomorrow:
Local Board No 81, se44 Lansdownes avenueS %;
s. So No u ssia ssrmsntoGn avenue. !; No. Is
tuS q wet s1 and bGS5
-: No: a. Has pagPhtn; asi 10; as twsnts;;
Oxford. Is; No as, Firth and Collins %; No 90
1000 North Twentieth 81 NS soS 80 500 East Ale
No e Il Rch@@ond @ and Ai KirkSr,ds sn ss; No, S.
No q. sssI Germantown avenue. aS;, No. IS.
3447 Germantown avenue. 3; No, So Nineteenth
.lss &C. s9aS 10 So Seventh Third and ssa s
No. 8 second and Christian. %; No, s, Fourth
nS nd NG S ans nf ana a. SS
wood SO: No. o. twentieth and Buttonwood. 81
No
ss Thrtytseeond snd @ woodland vs~ s"enue g. No
Scrth Sha NS S. eoi7 Market s
No. s5, 6s4l Lansdowne avenue. So; No. SO Fourth
aea deT 81 No a. and woodland
s. No. AZ Sxty-hfth and Woodland avenue, a:
10 4s FSr.y:.sh,n and Wsaissns syes9s t1
Snyder avenue and Dorrance. 20.
White men sent to Syracuse today for
limited service were selected as follows:
NJ Local a Beard ca No & Ho a. aNsS 7sk S%s & z:
NJ NJ Ms Ss & s No. 81 n so Ne @ a. No T.
n; II: Il &. {. Ss D. s.Ss ss. q Il: r. s$ ]:
No. g. g. g; g: Nc % 3, Ne ii ii. 81 No. T. ); s.
NJ 8 Nc No. Is ! t. Ne No q o. Il Ne No g 3d. II
Negroes left for Camp Sheridan today as
follows:
No Ios.l p goiss fo N sS g. = e. rs No g.
r. II e. 4 Ns &. 81 81 no N a 81 81 No. S 's
Other negroes will 60 to Camp sherman
tomorrow from, the following districts:
-. sss' = 4 4 =, = = 4 8 - y