Evening star., 1917-06-02
Federal Employees to Register.

Practically every government depart
ment will excuse its employees on the
morning of June for such period as
they shall require for registering. A
letter addressed by Secretary Donovan
of the registration board to the cabinet
heads and chiefs of bureaus. request
ing that the employees who are subject
to registration be excused, has met
with almost universal affirmative re-
sponse.
On account of the big increase in
work in the government printing office
employees Of that office have been in
structed to register before going to
work Tuesday.
Secretary Redfield of the Department
of Commerce has announced that such
employees as may be, excused shall pre-
sent their registration certificates on
their return to the office. Similar ac-
ton has been taken by the heads of
other departments.
officially informed the registration board
OF their intention to excuse employees are
the interstate commerce commission, the
United States patent office. the United
States reclamation service. the United
States Capitol building and grounds, the
office OF the surgeon general of the army,
the Department of Commerce, the United
States Senate. the Navy Department, the
United states tariff commission, the De-
partment of State. the Department of
Agriculture and the geological survey.
District Employees to Help.
Owing to the fact that practically every
available District employe will be engae-
ed in registration work on Tuesday, the
District building will be closed to the pub
lie the entire day. Employees not actually
engaged in the work Of registration will
however, report for work as usual and
Will perform their usual duties tor the
regular period.
A.
by Mrs. Lyman Swormstedt. who has
charge of the distribution of copies of
the Presidents proclamation. June ). to
all persons who register. The procla-
nations are to be furnished by the
council Of national defense.
I'VE will need at least 200 young
woman volunteers for this SERVICE" said
Mrs. Swormstedt. I'VE expect to oh
tain many from the College women's
Club. the Collegiate Alumni Associa-
ton and the Twentieth Century Club.
as well as from the woman suffrage as
sociations.''
Melvin c. Hazen, District SURVEYOR.
who is chairman of the committee on
transportation has stated that thSyS
are needed seventy-five more cars and
chaufeurs for the work on registra-
ton day.
According to Mr.. Hazen, the duties of
automobile owners who volunteer for
service June will not be arduous. The
cars. he says. are to be used in emera
gencies only. One car will be sta
toned at each registration place and
several at the District building. 1t
Will be SO arranged that there will he
at least one car on duty all the time.
The cars will be used to take interpre-
ters from station to station. as thew are
needed. and for similar purposes, II
is estimated that each car will travel
but few miles during the entire day,
Use of Automobiles Donated,
Those who have already donated the
services of their cars for all or part of
the day are: DIR. j. s. Arnold r. An
drews. A.. b. Aspinwall. William f.
Brown. Henry Brewood. Lester A.
Barr. DR.. G. C. Birdsall. Charles T. But
Ter, G. F. Bowerman, J. NJ. Burrell, N.
l.. Burchell. c. V. Burnside, Arthur
Carr. +. G. Carpenter. C. B. Campbell,
w. p. Coleman. J. NJ. Cherry, &. ii.
Clandy. DIR. Dennison. f. E. DeardoF
Charles Demonet, Allan L. Drew
! Thomas Edward, DIR. l. H. English
William J. Eynon. NJ. A. English, C. F.
| Fadely. Louis Flemer. Walter A. Gaw-
Ter. Alfred B. Gawler, DIR. Frank E
Gibson. s. Fay Harper. c. A. Hammett
James C. Hoyle. Erie p. Hopkins, Sew
ell NJ. Jones. Frank A. Kerr. William
Kent. J. Miller Kenyon, Phillip King
Langley. F. B. McConvilie, W. w. Ma.
loney, John F. May, Charles C. Mil.
burn. w. 8: Minnix. John T. Meany
George II. Macdonald, Charles A. Nc.
Carthy. Edward E. Norwood. DR.. J. Al.
ley, John F. Robb, Jesse c. Suter, o. g
Staples. Edward F. Siedam, H. d. Smith
George B. Seldom. W. A. Shane. Thomal
II. SidweI, C. e. Touchton, DIR. Z q
jThompson. w. NJ. Terrell. Henry "
4 Tippett, Leon s. Ulman. William 6,
Washburn, C. T.. Warner. Francis c
Webb. r. N. Wafie. John L. Weaver ant
Charles F. Wood.
1 A recommendation has been made b.
the citizens association central com
mittee to have all automobile horns ant
4 all steam whistles blown at haIf-afte
-l6 o'clock am. June to announce tn,
beginning Of Washington's registration
a similar plan will be followed at
o'clock at night AZ a last warming Il
those who fail to register earlier in th
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