The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-15
REGISTRATION PLANS
WELL UNDER WAY

residents of the Territory, between the
ages Of twenty one and thirty years,
citizen and alien alike, under the
terms Of the Scleetive Draft Bill, will
begin about July Is. t~.s.s ~. .
The delay in starting the registration
so late is due both to the fact that the
necessary stationery has only just mr.
rived from the mainland and that the
newly elected municipal and county of.
Reials will not take office until July 2,
and it will be some time before they
will be in position to kokua II is ex.
peeted, especially in the outside is.
lands, that the municipal and county
officials will lend their assistance to
the government in this work. ......'
Eleven mail bags received at the
Governor Office yesterday from the
mainland contain scventy-two thou
sand registration cards and half that
number of registration certificates.
These will be distributed among the
eighty-four polling places in the Ter
ritory, the booths used nj tho recent
municipal and county elections being
still in place for the federal rcgistru-
ton. The registration cards will be
filed and signed in duplicate, one copy
remaining here and the other being
sent on TO the war department in
Washington. Every man registered win
be given q registration certilicats.
, Both cards and certificates will be num-
bered serially, according to precinct
, and county.
, The registration law and the procla-
nation of the President on the subject
rY,n Nra al N,I spt
gnages, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Spanish.
Japanese, Chinese and the two or three
principal Filipino dialects, mainly.
There may be Russian and German
translations also, Arrangements will
also be made for various interpreters at
the different registration points. =, q
! To facilitate the work of registra.
ton, it is expected that the day set for
the purpose Will be declared legal
holiday by the Governor, under the tor
ritorial law passed by the local legisla.
ture four years ago. ... ~
Will Wayne, private secretary to the
Governor, and Eben S. Cushingham,
chief clerk in the office of the Secre-
tNry of Hawaii, will have largely the
task of mapping out the coming regis.
trntiOn. '@ t.'
Frederick A. Gluud, chief clerk Of
the Acknowledgement s office, National
Guard of Hawaii, has been appointed
federal disbursing officer and yester-
day filed his bond He is now await.
ing the receipt of funds from Wash
ington. He viii keep his Office in
Room u of the Capitol, which will be
made the headquarters for the regis
tration campaign. The funds expected
will be sufficient only for such print.
ing and interpretations as will be alb
sOlutely necessary, and no more, it is
believed.
Mr., Wayne emphasized the fact yes
torday that in order to carry out the
terms of the registration act much vol
unteer work by officials and citizens will
be expected. In fact, steps have already
been taken to solicit this aid, and al
ready in Honolulu quite number Of
prominent citizens have offered their
services.
The registration card, TO he filed and
signed in duplicate, provides for an
swers to the following questions:
Name in full, given and family; age
in years, home address, number, street,
city and State; date of birth, month,
day and year; are you O) n natural
born citizcnY (2) a naturalized citizen?
cay an alien? 90 or have you declared
your intention (specify which)2 where
were you bornf town? Statel nation? if
not citizen, of what country are Won n
citizen or subject what is your present
trade, occupation or object by whom en-
Ploycd! where employed? have you a ia
thcr, mother, wife, child under twelve,
i
solely dependent on you for support
(spccify which,? married or single
(which)f race (spcCify Which), what
military service have you had! rank,
branch; years, nation or Slate; do YOU
claim exemption from draft (Sprcify
grounds
The card is to be signed under the
oath: ~ affirm that | have Verified
above answers and that they are true.
Signature or mark.
Pie registrars report is on the re
verse side Of the card: !. Tail, medium
or short (specify which,? Slender, me
dunn or stout (which)i :. Color of
eyesi Color of hairl Bald! 3. Has
person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, or both
eyes, or is he otherwise disabled (aprci
fS2'
The registrar signs under the follow
ing: ~ certify that my answers are
true, that the person registered has read
his own answers, that ! have Witnessed
his signature, and that all of his an
sweTs of which | have knowledge are
true, except as follows. Then follows
the number Of the precinct, city or coun
ty, state, and date of registration.
The registration certificate, which
will be given to the registered person,
reads:
No. (This number must correspond
with that on the registration carrI.
''To whom it may concern, greetings:
These presents attest. That in accord
ance with the proclamation of the rrcsi
dent of the United States, and in com.
Pliance with law, ,,............ (nnmc
.............,...( Getty or L. o., Pre-
cinrt .......,..., County Of .........,
State of ..,......., has submitted him,