Arizona republican., 1917-06-04
PREPARING FUR
 REGISTRATION OF
 AMERICAN YOUTH
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON, June 3.-Finai prep arations for the registration of more than 10O00O00 young Americans next Tuesday for war service and for the prosecution of the disloyal who attempt to interfere with the registration went forward today at the offices of Briga- dier General Crowder, provost marshal general, and Attorney General Gregory.
 Into the office of General CroWder will come the reports of the state off cials who are conducting the military census. Probably by midnight Tues day it will be possible to state with ap- propriate accuracy the number of men who have presented themselves during the fourteen hours of registration. A week later q list of the registrars will have reached Washington and further analysis will be possible.
 Reports to the justice department to- day gave further proof of the strict en- forcement of the law forbidding inter ference with the process of registration At the request of an army recruiting officer man was arrested in Hagers- town, Md, for distributing litera ture urging resistance of the new army law Eleven others were taken into custody on similar charges yesterday at Gin lS. '1 anticipate no resort to force to prevent registration" Attorney General Gregory said in q statement tonight If any individual should attempt it he will be dealt with promptly.
 , Tn almost every community there will be persons who will attempt to eYade registration. One class will con-. sist of weddings, who lack the physical and moral courage necessary to face the possibility of a fight, and another | of those under the influence of men and women beyond the conscription age who are endeavoring to dissuade young men from registering Some of the peo- pie eXerting this influence are wholly disloyal; others are lacking in patriot ! ism or an appreciation of the needs of their country and are animated by fear of possible loss of members of their 1 families.
 The young men of the country who
 come within the provisions of the con
 scription act are brave and inherently 1 loyal They are ready and willing, in
 nearly every instance, to answer the l nations call and do their part in pro tecting it from q foreign foe
 ! The registration law puts into effect
 a policy new to the present generation. i It is to be expected some individuals
 subject to the law will attempt to evade
 it. To him who does not grasp the magnitude of the registration proposed
 the number who on June , appear to | have failed to register may seem large
 The failure of one man in one hun dred to do so would make a considera- 1 bie total. If the early returns show that the number registered does not
 equal the preliminary estimates. it will
 not indicate that the law has not been 1 generally obeyed
 | Those who attempt to evade will be punished promptly and compelled tc perform the service required by the i law. It is the duty of this department to prosecute these evaders. and it is | prepared to do so"
 Officers of the National Committee
 of Patriotic and Defense Societies is-
 sued today an appeal to the million and
 a half members of their organizations | to carry out the spirit and the letter ot l the presidents registration procIama tion.
 IL was explained at the provost mar lshal-generarS office that men of Polish
 nativity subject to the registration act
 who were born in sections of Poland
 now held by Germany or Austria | should register on June as natives ot Poland claimed by Germany or by Aus.
 trla as the case may be and not a, Germans or Austrians.