The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
Arrest For Delinquents
 In Registry
Governor Holcomb Calls for Detention of Slackers Who Failed to Appear for Record Either June 5 or on the Days of Grace.

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 Ayear in jail and then forced conscription is now facing males between 2i and 31 years of age who failed to register for military duty on, June ,. Orders received by the local registration board today from Provost Marshal General Crow der. transmitted through Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb, contain this provision:
 .sYour board is not to accept any further registration except such ai come from absentees by Dail- Your duty Is to report to the United States District Attorney those who have moi then be made by the proper officer oi justice You may reach the District Attorney by addressing him at Hart ford.
 "You may make every use of the stateA or municipal police forces ir detecting cases of failure to register. This includes sheriffs and their depu- ties, constab bles and policemen Il is their duty to lend you assistance Do not hesitate to call upon them You, should immediately notify then of their obligations.
 The communication of Governor Holcomb reached Mayor Wilson's of nee tbds morning and will be sent t' the r9eistration board this afternoon Local orders in compliance with th' general regulations will then be is sued For this purpose the boart will probably hold meeting at tn earliest possible moment
 Since last Tuesday, the city clerk of1ce has registered 90 persons, tn, last card being issued this morning The cards were numbered 01, 02, -etes Indicating that they were not filed o1 June g. The g0th man to register to day arrived from Porto Rico, Satur day and under the conscripticn ac had until Thursday of this week
 
 i; provide that the boards shall furnisl | a complete copy of those who hay 1 registered to. the newspapers, wit | the request that such list be publish | ed. 1t is ouite likely that such cours win not be followed in Bridgeport. | would require nearly 20 pagesT Of tn local daily newspapers to print tn l nau1ez.
 Mayor Wilson has asked the regis { traitor board to complete list c those who rendered service on las Tuesday and this list wiM be give 1 out for publication in a short time
 Super1nfendent of Police John E iyRedxafe stated today that he had re ceived no orders transmitted from tn Federal authorities by Governor Hol comb to arrest men who are engibl for military draft but failed to regis l ter
 with the exception of the paragraph lAfready referred to, fOI1osvs:
 Quotas are to be assigned to tn .several states in proportion to the: Ipopulation as determined by the Ou Ereau of the census and not in propor ltion to the reg1stration- The resul Ifs that every person who has faile Ito register Is seriously increasing tn burden of those who have registered EaAmple notice and every opportunit has now been given and there is n longer any argument upon which tn lconduct of non-fegistrants can 10 Icondoned The period of Ieniency re lferred to in my No. 800 has no' lpassed. Attention is invited to Para tgraph XVI of the regulations. It ] Irequested that every effort be no7 made to detect and arrest person subject to registration who have nc lregistered and to bring each cas lpromptfy to the attention of the nea, lest representative of the departmer of justice. Wide publicity should t lgiven to the effect Of non-registratio fin increasing the burden of those w1l Ehave registered Care should be take ltha4 the lists prescribed in Paragrap lxxXTX are promptly posted and a Ireststrants should be asked to assil fin bringing non-reedstrants to the a, Etentfor of the police. Summarfzatio reports of registration from the var .ous boards should be compared wit estimates of census bureau and effo should be concentrated on those di ltrfcts where discrepancy between rel 1stration and estimates seems grea est. In, case of doubt as to age persons who have not registered u itabu1ated report of political organiz; lions and other local records shou flbe ccnsu4fcd and data may be obtains from the bureau of the census.
 The purpose of this telegram is
 ina11gurate from tomorrow vfgoro' aggressive and effective enforceme; Fof tho penal clauses of the selecti' service law agafnst all who have I lfhofr failure or refusal to regist brought themselves under those pr visions. The department of justice sending today similar advfees
 Unfted States, attorneys and marsha with instructions to release on the own recosnizaruoes all persons arree ed by naArsha1s or deputy 1narshals
 by state, county and nunieipad poll on5oers and turn over to tlern wi promptly register under the terms
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