The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-31
EVERY MALE BETWEEN II And 81
MUST Be REGISTERED NEXT TUESDAY


who asks himself if he is required to
register in June must reply, Yes.
Yes
If you are over - years old and
have not yet reached the age of3 ,
your name and description must go
down on your county's roster for
possible military duty. The only eH-
ceptions are the names already there
the names of the men of the army
and navy, the National Guard and the
naval militia in the actual service OF
the United States.
1t does not matter if you are blind,
deaf, dumb, legless and armiess; II
you are in Jail or minister OF the
gospel; if you are white, red, black or
yellow. If you have conscientious
scruples against war, or if you are
citizen of Germany, Senegambia or
any other land on earth; if you are
Judge. sheriff, policeman, Federal en-
ployee Mayor or Alderman. or any
thing else.
If you are physically able to reach
the voting place of your precinct, you
are committing crime, punishable
by years imprisonment, without the
option of a fine, if you fail to get
there. and if you are not physically
able to reach the registration place,
YOU had better file a notice to that
effect, and be very careful that you
do not exaggerate your illness, on or
before registration day, so that you
may be registered by agent.
To Choose One in Twenty.
The fact that you register does not
mean that you are going to be mus
tered into the war forces. 1t merely
means that about one in twenty OF
you will be chosen for the first army
of half a million.
If YOU are not fit for service, you
will not be picked-but that has
nothing to do with your registering.
Your job is to get on the roll; the
Governments job is to choose the
men for the army. You will nave an
opportunity to urge your reasons for
exemption, you have reason, later
on. The Government does not want
you if you are unfit to be soldier,
but the Government reserves the
right to decide on your fitness or un-
fitness-that is not left to you.
Absence from your home town
does not relieve you of the necessity
of registering. If your home is III
Bamberg, the Bamberg registration
officers must have your card filed
out. though on June you may be in
New York, Tallapoosa or Timbuctoo.
IF YOU are in the rural districts or in
Is small town. the local county clerk
Win take your registration. 1t is
YOUR business to hunt him up and he
will fill out your card. If you are IN
a city of over 10000 population, the
local city clerk is the man you must
20 to, and if you are in a foreign
country, the nearest consular agent
will perform the service.
Your Government does not intend
that auv man between the ages of u
and 81 shall be omitted from this
count of the nations war material.
Give Uncle Sam the Doubt.
You will be wise to resolve every
doubt that occurs to you in favor OF
the Government, any other course
means that you are taking chances
of being sent to Jail, and the excuse
that you did not think the registra-
ton proclamation meant you will
not avail. The Government is look
ing for men, not for excuses.
First the physically unfit will be
eliminated: then those who are found
to be exempt for any reason Will be
sifted out, citizens OF, Germany, Aus
tria. Bulgaria and Turkey are not
likely to be taken into the army, but
that does not mean that citizens of
these countries are not bound to reg
lister. Their failure will be punisha-
Bile just as much as that of other
aliens, natives or naturalized citi-
zens.
All this elimination and exemption
is the Governments business, not the
business of the men who want to be
relieved, or whom the Government
wants to release from the obligation
of duty. 1t will all be ironed out
later. The business OF every man Of
the specified ages, on June ), is to
register. That's his sole job as far
as this stage of war preparation is
concerned.
How to Register.
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