Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
Department Of Justice Cen.
tering Entire Effort on
Draft Law.
ARRESTS PROBABLE
ON REGISTRY DAY
Attorney General Gregory Issues Final
Warning Regarding lntsrfsrsnoe With
Work sf observation-disclosures at
Evasien Expected in Many commun.
itiss plans For Enroit-
ment il NM York. .-4F =

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asainst the evasion Of the registration
law tomorrow or attempts to induce
others to evade It were issued today
by Attorney General Gregory. He said
ne expected few men in each vicinity
to attempt to evade 1t.
Italians living in this country were
urged to register by Prince Udine. IN
an address to Q delegation Of his coun-
trymen who called on him at the em-
bassy.
1t was announced today that 1t was
the requirement OF the. new law that
the registration cards OF a;bsentees
reach home precincts by June would
not be enforced against Americans
now abroad.
The regulations provide that Ameri-'
cans returning to the United States
must register Within Ave days afte-
their arrival ct an American port.
-Registrztteo at consulates abroad y
purely FoaoHeAZy. 80
Energies csntsrsd Thereon.
All activities Of the department OF
Justice have been concentrated on the
enforcement ok the conscription law.
AL okl1er meIte1 Tor the time being.
said Attorney General Gregory. viii
IS subnrdfnatAd to the enforcement of
tha COZ eyiDtSon act. The officers an1f
~ II " IL dep xtlnent theuppt TIE
sCclnis hoRe H. aeeecds-
ittins mAGistrates win A.
asked q 6x AL as high as may seem
practical IN each case. Higher ball
will be asked IN case1 where tndi-
riduals have advised or aided other
personD to evade the law or who have
interfered with the registration offic-
ery IN the performance Of their duties"
first Draft Nearly 100000.
plans OF the war department to draft
from 100000 to 100000 men Of the
10000, 900 who II Is estimated will reg
lister tomorrow. for the now army. were
disclosed today by Provost Marshal
General Crowder to the senate military
AFFAIRS committee. Exemptions. he
said. probably would result In reduce
inx the number to $4,000 men for im-
mediate service.
Hours Of Registration.
"The hours Of registration will be be-
tween q. M. and p. m. Every male
person who IL eligible should go to the
registration place Of his home precinct.
s.If he expects to be absent from
home on June he should go at once to
the clerk Of the county where he hap
pens to be, or, IL In city Of over 10000
inhabitants, to the city clerk.
4If he ii sick he should send a COM
petent friend. The clerk may deputize
the friend to prepare the card.
Data On Exemption.
"The question, DO you claim e1emp-
ton from draft (specify grounds1' need
not be answered. The answer Yes TO
this question does not exempt from the
dratt and the answer No IL no bar to
make q claim for exemption later.
/ "The determination Of whether q par
ticular claim for exemption. exclusion.
or discharge from the draft shall be
granted viii be made by boards to be
appointed by the president These
boards will function under the law and
under regulations prescribed by the
president. The only regulations that
have az yet been prescribed are those
governing the registration alone. The
determination Of exemption. exclusion,
and discharges is q second step quite
separate from the registration.
Failure to register leaves the delin-
nuent liable 20 years imprisonment
and later TO enforced registration"
Prompt Rsprisal BY V. 8.
Attorney General Gregory announced
in the following statement his deter
minatiOn to prosecute all persons who
evade the registration law:
Il anticipate NO resort to force to
prevent nt-registration. II any individual