Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-26
EXPECT 5000 TO
REGISTER JUNE )
Heavy Returns looked for fn Rock
Island County by Local
Officials.
MIL BE OPEN FOR ii HOURS
Registrars 70 Be- at Precinct Places
From Z In Morning Until Q
at Night
WILL BIZ OPEN FOR II HOUR
FIGURES On REGISTRATION.

FIGURES on REGISTRATION.
Date-June ;.
Probable registration in county,
5000.
Probable registration in Rock Is
land, 5000.
probable registration in Moline,
1000.
Probable registration in country pre-
cincts. 1880
Number 81 precincts IH county. ~.
Number Of precincts in Rock Island,
b.
Number Of precincts iu Moline. q,
Number OF precincts jU country, ~.
Number of registrars i'm county. 2f3-
Number Of registrars in Rock Island,
80.
Number If registrars ju Moline, S.
Number 81 registrars jn county, fe.
Precincts open, A. III. 70 p, m.
Persons required 20 register. males
who have attained their 21st birthday
and vino have not attained their 5Ist
birthday.
Final plans are rapidly being com
pse.ad by sheriff George =. Richmond
and County Clerk H. g. Hubbard for
the army draft registration or Tues
day, June 8.
Instructions are being sent out to-
Tire registrars urging them to familiar
lie themselves with their duties Regis
irars will make returns 10 the sheriff
pf aiI cards filled OUT and those not
used The chief registrar in each pro
cloct Is authorized rn make ghe returns.
There VIII be a chief and at least r#1
O. e
The sheriff will turn over the cards
10 the county clerk, VINO VIII i~ turn
make duplicates 0g them and Will send
the originals to Adiutaut General Dick
son at Springfield This viii give tine
county and state o record Of all elEE-
5bIes
Plans further than that have not
been announced The time Of making
the draft has not been set. VINO viii
rule as 10 who shall be exempt has
thus far not been specified
The sheriff and county clerk are at
present too busy with preparations for
the registration TO concern themselves
about their duties following reEislra-
gi0n day They expect first to com
plete all plnaz for making the record
with the least possible confusion and
later plan for the work 20 be done
after registration day
Estimates Ou the number of persons
in the county eligible for registration
is based upon the governments fg-
ures, given as 1A per cent of the pop
ulati0u. The officials estimate that
Rock Island county has "a population
Df so 600 and that the number regis
tered in the county therefore will be
about eight thousand
Registering By Mail.
Many who live elsewhere are apply
sing at the county clerks Office for
blanks which they wifi mail 10 the
sheriff of the county they live in. in
order that they may he registered ON
June 3. Others who live in Rock Is
land county, but who at present are
outside of the county. nave sent their
cards TO the sheriff here The fol low
ing is of interest to persons who must
register By mail:
The certificate to be used iu regis
tratiOu by mail must be obtained from
Yhe city clerk of the city ia which the
absentee is stopping. II a city OF 10000
population. or from the county clerk of
the county in cities under 10000 in
population. and this must be mailed ju
"a sealed envelope To the registrar in
care Of the sheriff of the home county.
and in the case of Rock Island county
to be addressed as follows.
Registrar ..........- Precinct
Care OF Sheriff."
Rock Island County,
Rock Island
illinois"
IN the upper left hand corner OF the
envelope should be written the name
OF the sender and his residence in (
Rock Island The absentee should f.
enclose also a self addressed stamped F..
to present temp rary. address /
in which certificate vii be returned.
Registration certificates must be in T.
the hands Of the registrar OF the home +
county on or before June S. and may
be mailed al once.