Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-03
WAR REGISTRATION
MACHINERY READY
Every Detail of Tuesdays En-
roll1nent Has Been Taken
Care Of.
WILL NOT COST ONE PENNY
All Registrars Give Their Ser
vices as Patriotic Duty-In-
terpreters Provided.
WILL NOT COST ONE PENNY

War registration machinery in Rich
mond and Virginia is in readiness to
be set in motion at the specified hour
on Tuesday morning. With two fun
days to spare. those In charge of the
enrolment in city and State announced
last night that every detail had been
taken care of, and that the registra-
tion will so through without a hitch
Better still, Virginia will set a stiff
pace in it's economical enforcement of
the first and most important step in
the selective draft act.
Nothing remains to be done to start
the registration of virginians with the
exception of throwing open the doors
of the precinct enrolment stations at
o'clock on Tuesday morning. All reg
istrars have not only been appointed.
but all have been sworn in. and have
received full instructions in every point
that will be raised by those subject to
registration. All blanks and forms are
on hand, and It is expected that Vir-
ginia will be one of the first States TO
make complete report to the Pres
ident-at least. that is the pretentious
goal to which the central Office aspires.
All tnOSc connected
with the registration in Virginia are
volunteers. in spite of the fact that
they could demand and receive COM
pensation. In Richmond there is not
Il single exception to the rule. and the
majority of the counties and cities have
equally fine record. Up to the
present time there has been no report
received here that any Nirginians
would ask for compensation for per-
forming patriotic duty.
REGISTRATION IN RICHMOND
WILL NOT COST ONE PENNY
Clyde W. Saunders, chairman Of the
general committee in Richmond. stated
last night that registration in this city
would not cost a single penny. All
registration. stations have been fur
nished. rent free. All registrars have
offered their services free. and all reg
istration equipment. including desks
and chairs. has been donated. Free
meals and cold drinks will be served
to all workers during the day.
Registration will start promptly at
o'clock on Tuesday morning. The
stations will remain open until 8
o'clock at night. Mayor George
Ainslie has called upon all employers
to permit their employees TO register
is early in the day as possible. and
many large concerns have responded
by granting the men Of military age
full holiday with pay.
That the registration will be heavy
is indicated by reports from all over
the city. The newspapers have been
relied upon to spread broadcast the
necessity for registration. and it is
not possible that any man in the city
does not understand the law From
the pulpits of practically all churches
to-day the ministers Of the Gospel will
call to the attention of their congre-
cations the salient points of the law.
Even school children will be instructed
tomorrow to warn all members Of
their families not to neglect the para
mount duty of all patriots.
INTERPRETERS PROVIDED
TO AID FOREIGN CITIZENS
The greatest fear has been that
foreigners and negroes would not learn
or realize the seriousness Of the failure
Of men to register. This fear. how
ever, is now believed to be groundless,
as reports from all through the State
indicate that special precautions have
been taken in any district where there
was any possibility of a misunder-
standing. County officers have per-
sonally interviewed those living in
remote sections or who were believed
to be in ignorance of the law. Rural
mail carriers have been utilized to
distribute literature. and every post
master has posted notices in prominent
places in proximity to his offices.
Even the mountain fastness has not
escaped. since the discovery of plot
to obstruct the registration. which is
believed due principally to msunder-
standing OF the purposes of the law.
Several thousand Richmonders who
are living elsewhere have already sent
their registration cards to Mayor
Ainsle. A meeting of the ward reg
istration boards will be held to-
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