Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1917 — Conscripted to Move September 1. [ARTICLE]

Conscripted to Move September 1.

A new order has been issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder changing entirely the mobilization arrangements previously made. Congestion of rail traffic and the necessity for making better arrangements for the reception of the soldiers at the training cantonments made the change necessary!. The first five per cent »of the Indiana conscripted men that will help to make up the new national army will be sent to Louisville, Ky., Sept. 1, instead of thirty per cent as was originally ordered. They will go in five daily detachments of equal size. The next forty per cent will go forward September 19, when the second thirty per cent was originally scheduled to go. A second forty per cent will go October 3, instead of the third thirty per cent, and the remaining fifteen per cent will be called as soon thereafter as possible. Local boards will disregard order of liability numbers to some extent in selecting the first five per cent as men of experience, such as cooks, and former soldiers, are desired for forming the nucleus of the new camps.