Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1917 — 40 Per Cent to Start On Sept. 19th to War Camps. [ARTICLE]

40 Per Cent to Start On Sept. 19th to War Camps.

Washington, Sept. 12.—Mobilization of the 40 per cent quota of the national army wiH proceed September 19, according to schedule all over the United States, the war department announced today, except for some 'of the districts whose recruits are assigned to Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. J., Camp Mead, Admiral, Md., and Camp Upton, Yaphank, L. I. Delay in cohstruction at K these camps together with the inability of the eastern railroads to transport large numbers of recruits under a rearranged schedule caused the provost marshal general’s -office to establish the new program. .Mobilization will start September 10, for the 40 per cent quotas. Throughout the country the mobilization will be in progress for five days, one-fifth of the quota moving d»ily to avoid overtaxing the railroads.