Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-01
C0lOREO MEN MUST PUT
THEIR NAMES ON ROLL
Requiring Registration
on Tuesday.
AINsLIE NOTIFIES PREACHERS
Colored Ministers OF City Asked to
Impress on Their People Necessity
Of Complying With Draft Act and
It's Severe Penalties.


registration on Tuesday are exertlng
every effort to bring forcibly TO the
attention Of colored men that they are
required to register as we'll as white
men. Tho impression is said to pre-
vail among large numbers of negroes
that they arc exempt from registration
and draft. II they are within the pre-
Scribcd ages they must register. No
male resident who has passed his TWEEN
ty-flrst birthday and not attained his
thirtyfrst birthday is exempt from
registrations
MAYOR ASKS AID
OF COLORED MINISTER'S
To. this end. Mayor AinSlie yesterday
forwarded the following letter 10 all
colored ministers in Richmond:
II will be Obliged if YOU will read
this letter to all conErcGa and
meetings in your church between the
time OF it's receipt and June ). my
interest being solely to help those
whose ignorance OF the law is likely
10 get them into serious trouble. The
law applies 10 all--white and colored.
rich and poor, high and low, sick and
we'll. natives and Observation-Disclosures
the ages of twenty-onc and thirty.one,
and is as follows:
"'All males who shall have attained
their twenty-hrst birthday and who
shall have not attained their thirty
for registration must register The
only exceptions are persons in the mill
tary or naval service OF the United
States, which includes all officers and
enlisted men of the regular army, the
regular army reserve, the Officers Re
serve Corps, the Enlisted Reserve
Corps. the National Guard and National
Guard reserve recognized by the Mili-
tia Bureau. of the War Department.
the navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast
Guard and the naval militia. Naval Re-
serve Corps. Marine Corps reserve and
national naval volunteers, recognized
by the Navy Department. If you are
male between the designated ages
and are not in the military or naval
service OF the United states YOU are
subject TO registration on the day fixed
by the President, and If YOU fail TO
present yourself or, presenting YOUR
SELF, you give false, misleading OF in
correct answers. you are misdemean-
ant. and subject to punishment by i'm
prisonment in jail, to which punish
nent there is no alternative Of fine
Persons who. for any reason. have fall
ed 10 register OH the day set by The
President must register themselves
without delay with the registration
board OF the Subdivision in which they
have their permanent homes
Il thank you for your cooperation
IN this important matter"
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
PRINCIPALS TO AID
The Mayor yesterday enlisted the aid
of the principals Of the public schools
as a means o. exploiting Registration
Day. He addressed them al meet
ing held in the John Marshall High
School auditorium, and all present
promised their earnest cooperation
With Registration Day close at hand
the work OF City Clerk Ben T. Au-
gust. in taking care OF the registra-
ton blanks OF all nonresidents in the
city has multiplied daily. Nearly 400
men called upon him yesterday TO GER
tify 10 their cards. and II is expected
that this number will be largely in
creased to-day.
The task OF registering the nonresi-
dent employees ct the local plant o..
the American Locomotive Company has
been shifted By Mr.. August to "a staff OF
seventeen deputies. appointed by him
under authority granted in the selec-
tive draft act. OF the 5000 male en-
ployees at tho locomotive works the
majority are subject TO registration
and, the homes Of mos, OF these are
out al town. Consequently. it would
be an enormous task for Mr.. August
TO have these men call at his Office
and he accordingly dcputizcd a corps
TO perform tho work
Those appointed by Mr. August are
as follows:
y. +. r. Branl. .!r., + Is. Walker. G. Is.
Blunt " l4tAsants, II. /. Cooke.
II 9. stuart, J W. Campbell. w A.
Campbell. {. ]. White. T. S. Robinson
J. w. Jones W. \. White. a. W. Mar
tin e. p Jcffries K. s. Mowry. 8. A.
Mowry and Thomas Scmmes. Jr
MANY REGISTRATION CARDS
COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN
County Clerk 5 p. waddill is taking
care OF the needs OF nonresidents who
are now III Henrico County, though
the number Of these is insignifcan
In comparison with the nonresident,
who arc in the city. So far Mr.. Wad
dill has certified 10 seventeen reGistra
ton cards. OF this number, thirtcer
OF the men who signed the cards hav,
claimed exemption
Richmondcrs who are away from
thor homes are sending in their card
from points III All parts of the Unite,
states. They arc received by Mayo
Ainsl!e. and he in turn, will pass then
on TO tho respective registrars Tn
latter viii mail registration certificate