Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1917 — To Pass On Farmers Taken In the Draft. [ARTICLE]

To Pass On Farmers Taken In the Draft.

The entire 687,000 men composing the first increment of the army draft forces will be under training early in October. At least thirty per cent of the quota of each district will begin entrainment for. cantonments on September 5, and the next thirty per cent September 15, and another 30 per cent September 30. The remaining ten per cent will be mobilized as soon after that date as possible. In farming, communities local boards will now arrange the lists of those to fill the first increment with local crop conditions in mind. Harvesting is in progress in many sections. Drafted men engaged in that work and who otherwise would go with the first third of the district quota, will be passed over to the second or third if necessary. The plan to assemble the new forces in three increments distributes the task of furnishing supplies and equipment through September. It will also prevent serious shortage in camp and will give the new officers from the training camp time to familiarize themselves with their’ duties gradually. The order issued means that about 12,000 men will reach each of the 16 cantonments soon after September 5. They will be examined physically by army doctors and finally accepted or rejected;