The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-06
1000 ENROLL
IN SACOLA
SERVICE.
About 1000 Expected in the
Rest of Escambia County
Full Returns Today.
NO DISORDER HERE
OR IN THE COUNTY
Booths Are Gaily Decorated
With Bunting and Flags.
Negroes Register.

WIN one precinct missing, the
city's total registration was last night
appropriated at 1000. Eleven of the
precincts reporting showed that a
total Of 1888 had registered for SER
vice, divided as follows:
Precinct No. IS, 1916; No. Ia, las;
No. Is, 249; No. &c, 1872; No. q, 157;
No, Is, 1872; No. 90, 100; No. 80, %;
No. 81, 169; No. 80, 1914; No. "a, 1876.
This was the return made by the
respective precincts with the cxcep-
ton of No. II, up to II o'clock last
night. Should No. u, the sole miss
ing precinct show up for 1877 regis
trations, it will give the city of PEN
sacola an even 1000.
1t is expected that the entire count
will be ready for collaboration this
afternoon when the board assemblies
at the court house and receives the
returns when the board assemblies at
the court house and receives the re-
turns from the volunteer registrars.
who worked so valiantly throughout
the day.
Registration was lively all over the
city yesterday. Negroes, in many
precincts, were the first to register.
The registration of negroes was in
deed a feature.
Sheriff Van Pelt made a round Of
the polls last night and after return
ing to his office in the county jail,
said that not the least disorder had
been complained of, and the same re
port was made throughout the coun-
ty. There was no attempt at inter
ference in the registration, the sheriff
reported, as far as he was able to
learn. More than 1000, he thought,
will be the city's quota in the regis
tratiOn, and probably half that num-
Der will be returned from the county
The sheriff was in receipt of i'm
structions from the governor last
night, asking that the returns be
wired Tallahassee as soon as possible,
and that they be not announced until
formally verified. This will be pos
sible at an early hour this afternoon,
although a general outline last night
at 10 o'clock showed that every pre-
cinct showed up in healthy shape.
The officials in charge of the reg
istration in this county, who are
! Sheriff J. c. Van Pelt, Circuit Clerk
| Macgibbon and DR.. w. L. Address,
county physician, will assemble at the
office of the circuit clerk at / o'clock
/ this afternoon to receive and collab-
crate the count from all precincts Of
the county. 1t is expected that the
| governor will have the total of Es-
cambia's refTstration before night
fall Gov Cats VIII make returns
! to Washington, and tonight at an
early hour it is expected the hsso-
ciated Press will carry a story, Civ
! ing the entire totals or the draft in
the United States.
At many precincts Of the city yes
terdav, a plentiful supply of bunting
was displayed, and in many instances
! these decorations were placed By la
! dies. Early in the morning these
I ladies, anxious to do their BIT to-
wards the days celebration, were
very busy and converted buildings
| where registration booths were stu
ated into gay places of patriotic col
ors. At practically all precincts a
! great American flag was displayed
/ throughout the dav.
So far as could be ascertained last
night, precinct IS, at the corner Of
Romano and DeVilliers streets. had
registered the heaviest of anyone re-
porting. There were upward Of 25
reported when the sheriff mad his
last round N his automobse. It was
expected that this would be the pre-
cinct showing the largest registra-
ton during the day.