The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-05-25

, States having jurisdiction thereof, b,
punished by Imprisonment for no
more than one year, ur II subject 4
military law, shall be tried BY court
martial and suffer such pun.shmen,
as court-maritial may direct.
Call On State Officers.
Now, therefore, l, Woodrow WI.
son, president Of the United STATES
90 call upon the governor Of eacn
OF the several states and territories,
the BOARD Of commissioners Of the
District OF Columbia, and all Off
GERS and agents of the several states
OF Columbia, and of the counties and
municipalities therein, to perform Ger
tain duties in the execution c. the
foregoing law, which duties will be
| corlr.Lnlcatcd ID to them directly in
regulations Of even date herewith
| Ana | DC further proclaim and
give notice to all persons subject 10
regis Crat-on in the several states and
III the District Of Columbia in accord
ance with the above law that the time
and r.ace Of such registration shall
be between 7 a. m. and p. m. on
the fifth day of June, 1917, ct the
registration place in The precinct
wherein they have their perman.nt
homes. Those who shaIl have at
taineI their twenty-frst birthday and
who shall not have attained their
thirty-frst birthday on or before the
day here named are required to reg
ister, excepting only offices and en-
listed men Of the regular army, the
navy, the marine corps, and the na-
tional guard and naval militia Will
in the service Of the United States. .
and officers in the officers reserve
corps and enlisted men in the enlist .
ed reserve corps while in active ser
vice. In the territories of Alaska,
Hawaii and Porto Rico a day for reg /
istration will be named in a later
proclamation.
And l do charge, those who through
shall be unable to present
themselves for registration that they
apply on or before the day of regis
.ration to the county clerk, where
they may be for instructions as to
low they may be registered by agent.
Those who expect to be absent On
he day named from the counties in :
which they have their permanent
ZONES may register by mail, but
heir mailed registration cards must
each the place in which they have
heir permanent homes by the day
lamed herein. They should apply as
Don as practicable to the county
wherein they may be for instruc-
ions as to how they may accomplish :
heir registration by mail. In case
uch persons as, through sickness or
.bsence, may be unable to present +
themselves personally for registra-
ion shall be sojourning in cities Of :,
yer 10000 population, they shall ap- !
ly to the city clerk of the city where l
\ they may be sojourning rather
han to the clerk of the county. The :
Jerks of counties and of cities of il
yer 10000 population in which nu- T
lerous applications from the sick t
nd from non-residents are expected :
re authorized to establish such sub b
gencies to employ and deputize such d
ierical force as may be necessary to t
ccommodate these applications. e
The power against which we are b
rrayed has sought to impose its II
ill upon the world by force. To Il
MS end it has increased armament Il
ntil it has changed the face of war.
\ the sense in which we have been Il
ont to think of armies there are 0 O.
rmies in this struggle. There are
ltire nations armed. Thus, the men Il
ho remain to till the soil and man "
le factories are no less a part of h
le army that is France than the d.
len beneath the battle flags. 1t A
Iust be so with us. 1t is not an ar Fl
" that we must shape and train for
ar; it is a nation. To this end our
eople must draw close in one COM
act front against a common foe
ut thins cannot be if each man pur- n
les private purpose. All must y
lrsue one purpose. The nation
eeds all men; but it needs each man, v
1t in the field that will most pleas
-e him, but in the endeavor that
i'll best serve the common good.
nus, though a sharpshooter pleases
operate trip-hammer for the y
rging of great guns, and an expert -
achinist desires to march with the u
e, the nation is being served only III
1en the sharpshooter marches and 81
e machinist remains at his levers. st
le whole nation must be a team in IT
lich each man shall play the part ca
r which he is best fitted To this is
d, congress has provided that the fo
ton shall be organized for war by ~
lection and that each man shall be .. ,a
lssifed for service in the place to l
lich it shall best serve the general III
cd to call him. W
The significance of this cannot be w
erstated. 1t is a new thing in our w,
ogress. 1t is a new manner of ac- On
pting and vitalizing our duty to W
ye ourselves with thoughtful devo- =, ~
n to the common purpose of US all. no ~,
is in no sense a conscription of III
2 unwilling; it is rather selection Pc
I'm a nation which has volunteered gil
mass. 1t is no more a choosing Lin
those who shall march with the ed
ors than it is a selection of those ch
10 shall serve an equally neces- no
" and devoted purpose in the in we
strics that lie behind the battle tIoI I
The day here named in the time lea
on which all shall present them his
YES for assignment to their tasks. ma
is for that reason destined to be fat
nembered as one of the most con- mi