The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-31

Acting on the suggestion Of Mayor
Pfennig and on his own initiative, Gov.
E. L. Philip on Monday afternoon
completed the appointment of the reg
istration board to have charge of reg
istration in Kenosha for the selective
CONSUMPTION and within the next few
days Dan O. Head, who has been named
chairman Of the board by the mayor,
will call meeting to complete all de-
tails of the working of the board.
The first three members of the board
were named by the mayor and con-
firmed by the governor. The last four
members were named by the governor
in keeping with orders from the de-
partment of war This board is to
serve for an indefinite time and it will
have charge not only of the registra-
tlon of the male citizens on next Tues
Cay, but it will also be in charge of
hearing claims for exemption. 1t is
probable that this board will be in
session much of the summer and the
members of it are expected to give
their services to the government with
out compensation.
Members of the board have held in
formal meetings and they are already
Lying Kenosha male citizens to be in
readiness for the registration on. Tues.
day so that the work of registration
may be completed with as little confu-
sion as possible.
The commission acting with the
County Council Of Defense plans in the
next few days to organize every ward
in the city with a view of getting all
of the men of military service age reg
istered While there is heavy penal
ty against registration these organiza-
tions will seek to prevent men being
held to the federal court for failure to
do their duty.
New rules relating to registration
were received this morning They re-
fer especially to the registration of
people who may be sick, to inmates of
jails and other penal institutions.
People who are sick and unable to
leave their homes may apply to the
city clerk for registration cards and
these will be furnished to them. They
will be expected to file these cards with
the registration officials ON next Tues
day. The same procedure will apply
to such people as may be absent from
the city for any valid reason, but the
decision as to the validity of the rea-
son is left with the city clerk and the
chairman Of the registration board.
People who live in other portions of
the county are expected to file their
registration cards with the registration
officials Of these precincts The cards
may be secured by application to the
county clerk
The inmates of the county Jail will
be regularly registered by the sheriff
and it is probable that a dozen regis
tration cards will be signed in the
jail on Tuesday
The fact that person has never
voted will in no way interfere with
his being registered in the election
precinct in which he resides. Regis
tration is necessary even though the
person is not citizen or the further
fact that he has never claimed his right
Of suffrage.
1--WE are getting the registration
pretty well organized, said Mayor
Pfennig this morning, but there is a
lot of work connected with it. We
want volunteers to help get the citi-
zens out to register on Tuesday. We
do not want it said that any man in
Kenosha who should be registered
failed to do their part in this big
work. =