Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-29
GOVERNOR SENDS
INSTRUCTIONS TO
CITY REGISTRARS
Orders Already Carried Out;
Points to Remember in
Enrolling

ceived by Mayor Charles A. Miller.
chairman of the city draft-registra-
ton board. signed by Governor
Brumbaugh, to prepare for action
after the registration is completed on
June 5.
While the orders submitted by
Governor Brumbaugh have already
been carried out in Harrisburg. it
Is understood they were given with a
view to prevent any delay in COM
pleting the draft work and picking
the men for the first call.
The communication from the Gov
ernor follows:
For conscription purposes and in
dependent of your registration duties
proceed at once to divide your city
into subdivisions of approximately
10000 population in each. Having In
mind not to divide any precincts,
ward. or other political unit of gov
ernment, state or local. The census
indicates that you should have three
subdivisions as nearly equal in pop
ulation as you can, having in mind
above requirements.
Send me by quick mail the units
OF government or ward or wards in
cluded in each subdivision, number
ing them one, two, etc. Give me the
approximate population of each sub
division and indicate the subdivision
In which each of you reside.
MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH."
To Keep Office Open
To accommodate a number of per-
sons employed in the city who will be
unable to call during the day at the
office of City Clerk r. Ross Seaman.
and register, so that their blanks can
be sent to points outside the county
where they reside, the office will be
open this evening from to 10
o'clock.
A meeting of the city registration
board and the members of the three
sub-boards to arrange all minor de-
tails for the work next week, will be
held on Friday evening in the City
Council Chamber. Next Tuesday
when the draft roll is taken the City
Clerks office will be open from Z
o'clock in the morning until mid
night.
Registrars Sworn In
City Clerk Seaman presided last
night at the meeting of all city reg
istrars in Court Room No. 2, giving
them complete instructions and dis
tributing all necessary blanks. The
men were sworn in by Alderman
George A. Hoverter.
Not one OF the registration places
will be in a saloon. Changes were an
nounced as follows: Seventh ward,
Second precinct Globe hotel, Sixth
and Cumberland, to Alderman ]. Fl.
Shaner's office, 1902 North Seventh:
Third ward, Second precinct, Central
hotel, to Bowman's cigar store, 5
South Market square; Ninth ward,
First precinct, Washington hotel, to
412 Market street; Second precinct,
Mt. Pleasant hotel. to Stephens res
taurant, Thirteenth and Market;
Third precinct, Paxton hotel, to l. r.
Lyme plumbing shop, 1915 Market
street; Eighth ward, Second precinct,
Frye hotel to Shammo store, COS
State street.
The following additions to the list
of registrars already published, were
Second precinct, Second !
ward, Richard Chellew. 1922 South |
Cameron street; Fourth precinct, |
Eighth ward, David c. Burris, 632
Primrose street; First precinct, Thir- |
teenth ward, r. l.. Hauer, 2253 Derry |
street; First precinct, Seventh ward, |
William German. 613 Boas street; |
Third precinct, Tenth ward, r. A.
White, 2301 North Sixth h,street; Third
precinct, Eleventh ward, w. II. DEF
fenderfer, 1916 Green street; First
precinct, Twelfth ward, James A.
Parfet. 1541 North Fourth street.
In the county practically every reg
istrar has received instructions from
Sheriff w. w. Caldwell, who is see
ing each one in person.
Seven Points to Remember
The War Department has issued a
m EN- morandum emphasizing the seven
principal points TO be remembered,
by men between the ages
of 21 and 80 inclusive, who will be
required to register. The memoran-
dun follows:
There is only ONE day for reg
June 5, 1917.
EVERY male resident of the I'm
tied States who has reached his twen-
ty-first and has not reached his thir- |
ty-first birthday MUST register on
the day set, June 5, 1917.
The only exceptions are persons
in the military or naval service of |
the United States. which includes
all officers and enlisted men of the |
regular army, the regular army re-
serve, the officers reserve crops, the |
enlisted reserve corps, the National
Guard and National Guard reserve, |
recognized by the Militia Bureau of |
the War Department.; the navy the |
marine corps, the coast guard and the
naval militia, the naval reserve force,
the marine corps reserve and the ma ,
tional naval volunteers, recognized by
the Navy Department.
Public Duty
3.-R egistration is distinct from
draft. No matter what just claim you
have for exemption, you must reg
ster.
Registration is a public DUTY.
For those not responsive to the sense
Of this duty, the penalty of imprison-
ment, not fine, is provided in the
draft act
5.-Those who through sickness
shall be unable to register should
cause q representative to apply to the
or city clerk for a copy of the
registration card. The clerk will give
as to how this card
should be filled out. The card should
hen be mailed by the sick person,
)r delivered by his agent, to the reg
strar of his home precinct. The sick
person will enclose a self-addressed
envelope for the return to
lin of his registration certificate.
6.-Any person who expects to be