The Sentinel=record., 1917-06-12

The announcement here yesterday that ihe government would make its pro rata of troops necessary on the basis of the original government estI- mate, rather than on the number of registrations, caused renewal of sentiment against the "slackers' and there is no doubt but that the next
 few days will bring in some interest ing results
 Members of the Garland county board vest erday estimated that the number of men drawn from Garland county the first time would be l55
 men. Had the registration been
 larger and more complete, the per Centage Of being drawn would have been materially less in each instance
 The original estimate of registra- tions in this county was 3,06l and
 the number of actual registrations was more than one-thir dshort of this
 figure As result the 1853 men will
 be drawn from a two-thirds registra. ton instead of from a full registta
 tion
 With this announcement also comes
 one from the department of justice
 of the government showing the patri-
 Ctic public where the stacker has
 shifted the burden 10 others. and de
 manding that active and aggressive
 steps be taken 10 have the slackers
 arrested and punished under the law
 Already a list of names has been fur
 nished in Garland county. but that is said to be far from complete The department has issued the fol- lowing statement.
 Standardization reports of registra- tions from the various boards should
 be compared with the estimates of the Census Bureau and efforts should
 be concentrated on those districts where discrepancy hetween registra
 tion and estimates seems greatest In 6ase or doubt as 10 the age of persons
 who have not registered, the tabu-
 lated records of political organizations and ether local records should be con suited, and data may be obtained from he Bureau of the Census
 The purpose of this telegram is to inaugurate from tomorrow a vigorous.
 aggressive and effective enforcement
 of the penal clauses of the selecuve service law against all who have by
 their failure or refusal 10 register. broueth themselves under those pro. visions The Department of Justice is sending similar advces 10 United States attorneys and marshals with instructions to release on their own Irecognizance persons arrested by
 marshals or deputy marshals or by state, county and municipal police of- ficers and 10 turn over to them names f persons who promptly registered under the terms of paragraph 40. reg istration regulations
 "The secretary of war construes
 section of the selective service law as requiring compulsory registration by the officer making the arrest of
 each arrested person immediately upon his conviction Please give mo- tice 10 all who have any deputies en- lined upon them in connection with
 the enforcement of the penal clauses
 of he law. particularly To the state county and municipal police named in paragraph 16"
 Paragraph l6 of the regulations provides that "Pglice officers of any
 grade or class of towns townships
 counties or states and all officers or
 accents of the federal government are
 required to render every assistance in the execution of this law. II is espe cially made the duty of such police of ncers 10 see that all male persons within the designated ages have regis. Ing boards for such action as may be necessary. Police officers may re qulre any person subject to reeistra.
 ton 10 exhibit his reeistration certifi. cate"