Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-05

At noon to-day 1t was estimated
that more than 5000 men in the city
between the ages of 81 and go years
Inclusive had registered for the Sc
lective draft. Harrisburg. accordlng
to census figures from Washington
has 7,314rmen who must register Ihe
heavy enrolment this morning indi-
Gated the spirit of patriotism and CO.
operation of the residents of the city
In the county the enrolment was
practically as heavy. All morning
registrars in townships and boroughs
were kept busy with the exception
of those in small districts. In the
county census figures give the quota
of men who must register as 1872. .
Governor v lSltS IOhS
Governor Brumbaugh with Will
liam Jennings. chairman of the Dau-
phin County Public Safety Commit
tee, with members of the city boards
toured sections of the city visiting
many of the precincts during the
morning.
No trouble was reported in any OF
the city or county districts. Members
OF the subboards went in AUTOMOBILES
to the registering places in each ward
to give additional instructions about
the tabulation tonight after the en-
rollment is taken and for the return
of the district registration Tomorrow,
All licensed hotels closed at Z
o'clock this morning and will not, re-
open the bars until 9 o'clock tonight.
and many of the private clubs of good
standing also stopped the sale OF alco-
holfc liuuor during the hours of regis
tration.
Few Claim Exemption
At many of the city precincts the
registration places were croWded
shortly after Z O'Clock and the regis
trars were kept busy all morning
In the Third precinct. Eighth ward,
at least twenty-five men were kept
in line waiting all morning. OF the
first twenty-five registered only one,
a colored man, claimed exemption.
At the Second precinct, Seventh
ward, another large crowd turned
out early in the morning. The rush
to sign up was much larger than
was anticipated and with few eX-
ceptions it is not believed that the
registrars will be ,swamped tonight,
owing to the steady stream during
the day.
In the First precinct of the Eighth
ward only a few more residents re-
main as many of the buildings there
are in the Capitol Park extension
zone and have been torn down.
Crowds Are Quiet
At the office of City Clerk r. Ross
Seaman preparations were started
for receiving the cards and tabula-
tions tonight. The office will be
open until midnight. A number of
nonresidents who neglected to reg
lister several days ago and sent their
cars to their home districts, called
and were told to hurry home and
once, while others claimed Harris
burg as their home.
Others who have recently changed
their place of residence in the city
and vicinity thinking they could not
register did not do so until 1t was
explained to them that. polling laws
had nothing to do with the registra-
ton.
Everywhere the seriousness of the
draft roll for the government was
evidenced by the crowds who were
unusually orderly.
Fire Bells Sound Warning
Interpreters were kept busy in
some of the foreign districts of the
city and county, anN in some in,
stances registrars in doubt as to
what to do when an unusual case
turned up. Immediately communicat-
ed with the draft board officials for
instructions.
During the day in the city the
bells on the fire engine houses were
tolled hourly to call attention to the
draft roll. Employers in many of
the plants and stores gave their en-
ployes time off to register.
Rush TO BE the First
At many of the registration places
there was a rush to be the first to
be enrolled in the district, and in
some of the precincts where the
registrars opened up early, men on
their way to work took the honors.