The Cordova daily times., 1917-09-20
HAWA||ANS ARE READY FIGHT
 FUR J. 5.
(By Associated Press)

HONOLULU, Sept. fl. The men If Hawaii between the ages of twenty me and thirty have registered under the registration provision of the selec. tive draft act
 Registration in Hawaii is a much more complicated and difficult prob lem than it was on the mainland, on account of the polyglot nature of the population. The registration board was many weeks in making prepara- tions, for the reason that there are dozens of different nationalities repre- sented in the population, and it is ne eessary to take steps to bring to their notice in their own several languages the necessity and requirements for registration.
 large staff of interpreters had to be assembled. to translate into Ha waiian, Chinese, Japanese. Spanish tnd many other languages the regis ration proclamation and the instruc, tions for registration. This staff has been at work for weeks, and the sey. fli islends of the terrltort have been as4ss4-s..A a. = eess ~ss inguages impressing the male popu- ation the necessity for all those not specifically exempt to register, wheth- sr liable for draft or not,
 Many of the Orientals have shown great interest in the work, and not CIV Japanese and Chinese volunteered leir- services free as translators.
 In proportion to the number of those liable for draft HawTii~may be called upon Co furnish a heavier quota of sol 1iers than any other part of the United States. This is because while Ill males between twenty-one and thirty years of age and not exempted IS members of the national guard or other military bodies, are required to register, only citizens are liable to iraft, yet the number to be drafted is based upon total registration and not upon citizen registration.
 And in Hawaii considerably more han half of the population is non citizen, and an inordinate proportion of it is male and unmarried. This is particularly true of the Japanese, who are nearly half the total population of he islands. Most of them are com paratiyely young. who came to Hawaii as laborers before the so-called gen llemen's" agreement between Japan md the United States went into force, md who came as single men. Many of them have since sent to Japan for picture brides" but the proportion of ! unmarried men among them is very large.
 It is roughly estimated that out of total population of 226,000 in the territory there will be found to be as he result of registration today ap- Droximately 15,000 men who are liable | for military service under the terms of the selective draft act And virtual " all of the 15,0o0 will come from the white and Hawaiian races, the Orien- tals, except such as were born here. | being ineligible.
 The work Of registration is being handled by the regular election ma. chinery, presided over by the county Jerks and sheriffs. The offer of the Republican and Democrat territorial
 ommittees to give the use of their machinery was declined by the regis ration board on the grounds that it might give a political tinge to the occasion.
 Registration day was declared le gal holiday by Governor Finkham. and he result is that practically all of the susiness houses are closed in order that nothing may interfere with the employees of those houses registering