The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-19

.. 't db0tNl on lne udN named IIIU the counties in which they have their permanent homes may register by mail but their mailed reg stratiou cards muet reach the D aces in which they have their permanent homes by the day named herein They should lappy as soon as practicable to the county clerk of the county wherein they may be for instruction as Go | how they may accomplish their reg istratlon by mail. In case such per sons. ar through sickness or absence, may be unable 10 present themselves personally for registration shall be so- journing in cities of over 30,0oo popu'
 ation, they shall apply to the city clerk of the city wherein they may be sojourning rather than to the clerk of the county The clerks of c-un .ies and of cities of over 30,U0O popul3- ton in which numerous applications from the sick and from nonrcsiden,s are expected are authorized to estab fish such sub-agenc.es and to employ and deputize such clerical fierce as may be necessary to acc mmOdate these applications.
 The power agalnsT which We are ar rayed has sought 10 impose it's will upon the world by force To this end it has increased armament until it has changed the face of war, In the sense
 in which we have been wont to think .of armies there are no armies in this strugg e. There are entire nations armed Thus, the men who remain to ull the soil and man the factories are no~ies. a part of the army that is in France than the men beneath the battle flags. It must be so with us. It is not an army that we must shape and train for war; it is d nation. close in one compact front against common foe But this tannct be if each man punsues d private purpose. All must pursue enc purpose. The ma .tion needs all mon; but it needs each man, not in the field that vii. most please him. but in the endeavor that w.ll bet serve the common good Thus. though a sharp-shooter pleases Co operate a trip-hammer fr the forging of great guns, and an expert machinist desires to march with the flag, the nation is being served only when the sharp shc1ter marches and the machinist remains at his levers IThe whole nation must be team in which each man shall play the part for which he is best fitted. To this end congress has provided that the nation shall be organized for war by selection and that each man shall bo classified for service in the place 10 which it shall best serve Inc general good to call him
 The significance of this cannot be oyerstated. lt is a new thing in our history and d landmark in our prog. res.s. It is d new manner of accept ing and yitallzug our duty to give ourselves with thoughttu devotion to the common purpose of us all.
 II is in no sense a Conscription of the unwilling it is rather selection from a nation which has volunteered in mass IL IS no more a choosing of those who shall march with the colors than it is selection of industries that lie behind the battle line
 The day here named is the me upon which a shall present them selves f.r assignment 10 their tasks. II is for that reason destined to be remembered as enc of the most con spiCuous moments in our history. It is nothing less than the day upon which the manhood of the country shall step forward in one solid rank in defense of the ideals to which this ma on is consecrated. Ii is import ant to these ideals no less than to the pride of this generation in mani testing its devotion Co them that there be no gaps in the ranlo-.
 lt is essential that the day be ap- preached in thoughtful apprehension of it's significance and that We accord to it the honor and the meaning that lii deserves our industrial need pre- scribes that 1t be not made technical 1 holiday. but the stern sacrifice that | is before Us, urges that it be carried in all our hearts as a great day patriotic devotion and obligation when lthe duty shall lie upon every man. Whether he is himself to be registered CT not, to see to it that the name of every male person of the designated ages is written on these lists of honor
 In witness whereof l have hereunto
 set my hand and caused the seal oi the United States 10 be affixed.
 Done at thei City of Washington this l1Sth day of fNav in the year pf oul Lord. one tbsusand nine hundred and seventeen afd of the Independence o the United Rtates of America the ont hundred aM fortyfrst.
 By the Hresident.
 ROBERT LANSING,
 Secretary of State.