Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-05-25
June 5 Set as DAY
to Register.
DUTY IS MADE PLAIN
President Wilson Issues Patri.
otto Proclamation.


} and 9 p. M, as the date for registra
ton of all male citizens of the Unite,
States between the ages of twenty ON
and thirty years, inclusive, Presi
dent Wilson issued a sweeping proc
lamation declaring the selective draf
provision of the war army measure IL
operation.
i The proclamation recites the penal
ties for failure to register, classification
in registering, refusal of state OF
county officials to follow registration
orders and many other penalties as
provided under the measure.
Provision is made for the register
Ing Of absentees and men within the
limits who are i'll. The proclamation
follows. in part:
Nov, therefore, I, Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States
do call upon the governors of each OF
the several states and territories, the
board of commissioners of the Dis.
| trict Of Columbia and all officers and
agents OF the several states and terri.
tories, of the District of Columbia and
of the counties and municipalities
therein to perform certain duties in
the execution of the law, which duties
will be communicated to them directly
in regulations of even date herewith.
Sets Date for Registration.
ID f,,rt lo;,
notice to all persons subject to regis.
tration in the several states and in
the District of Columbia in accordance
with the lay, that the time and place
of such registration shall be between
a. m. and p. M. on the fifth day of
June, 1917, at the registration place in
the precinct wherein they have their
permanent homes.
"Those who shall have attained their
twenty.first birthday and who shall
not have attained their thrity-first
birthday on or before the day here
named are required to register, ex-
cepting only officers and enlisted men
of the regular army, the navy, the ma
rine corps and the national guard, and
naval militia while in the service of
the United States, and officers in the
officers reserve corps and enlisted
men in the enlisted reserve corps
while in active service. In the terri
tories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico day for registration will be
named in later proclamation.
'"The power against which we are
arrayed has sought to impose it's will
upon the world by force. To this end
it has increased armament until it has
changed the face of war. In the
sense in which we have been won't to
think of armies there are no armies
in this struggle. There are entire ma
tons armed. i
Every Citizen Can Assist.
THUS, the men who remain to till |
the soil and man the factories are no |
less part of the army that is in |
France than the men beneath the bat
lie flags. 1t must be so with US.
1T is not an army that we must
shape and train for war; 1t is q ma
lion. To this end our people must
lraw close in one compact front
against a common foe. But this can.
not be If each man pursues a pri.
rate purpose. All must pursue one
purpose.
"The nation needs all men: but It
leeds each man, not in the field that
will most please him, but in the en-.
leavor that will best serve the com.
non good
"Thus, though sharpshooter
'leases to operate a triphammer for
he forging Of great guns and an ex-
'ert machinist desires to march with
he flag, the nation Is being served
My when the sharpshooter marches
nd the machinist remains at his
evers.
Nation Should Work In Unison.
The whole nation must be a team
n which each man shall play the part
Or which he is best fitted.
ITO this end congress has provid-
d that the nation shall be organized
Or war by selection and that each
ian shall be classified for service in
he place to which it shall best serve
he general good to call him.
"The significance of this cannot be
verstated. 1t is a new thing in our
fstory and landmark in our prog
ess. 1t is a new manner of accent
lg and vitalizing cur duty to give {
urselves with thoughtful devotion {
} the common purpose of us ALL
at is in no sense a conservation of
lie unwilling; it is rather selection
ON a nation which has volunteered
mass.
ut is no more a choosing of those {
no shall march with the colors than
is a selection of those who shall
'rve an equally necessary and de- J
oted purpose in the industries that
e behind the battle line"