The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-05-20
DRAFT DETAILS
ARE RECEIVED
BY OFFICIALS
All Male Persons Between Ages
OF II and 81 Must Reg
ister.
THE BILL is VERY STRICT
Those Who Fail or Refuse to
Present Themselves Shall be
Deemed Guilty OF a Misde=
THE. BILL is VERY STRICT

Az soon as the selective draft bill
was signed by the President, Sheriff
Berrie received from Adjutant Ger
sral Nash the final instructions as to
registration of those between the
ages OF 21 and 81 for military SER
vice. The blanks were received sew
eral days ago.
The sheriff, ordinary, county clerk
and county physician constitute the
county registration board Registrars
viii be named in each militia dis
tliet and rs soon as the president is
sued his proclamation, the day for
efsgistrdtion was set as June 5.
There is some confusion as to the
number Georgia will be required to
furnish under selective draft At first
il was given as 1895; then the state
ment was made that the number
would be 1000. Now it is said that
Georgla's part will be about 5000,
or approximately five per cent of the
registration.
All<male persons between the ages
Of q and 80, both Inclusive, shall be
subject to registration in accordance
with regulations to be prescribed by
the president; and upon proclamation
by the president or other public no.
ftce given by him or by his direction
stating the time and place of such
registration it shall be the duty of
all persons OF the designated ages.
except officers and enlisted men Of
The regular army, the navy and the
national guard and naval militia
while in the service of the United
States. to present themselves for and
submit to registration under the pro-
visions OF this act; and every such
person shall be deemed to have no
tice OF the requirements of this act
upon the publication of said procla
nation or other notice as given by
the president or by his direction; and
any person who shall willfully fail or
refuse to present himself for registra.
tiOn or to submit thereto shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction in the district court
of the United States, having jurisdic-
tion thereof. be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than one year and
shall thereupon be duly registered
Provided. further, that persons shall
be subject to registration as hereinb-e
fore provided who shall have attained
their a1st birthday and who shall not
have attained their 31st birthday on
or before the day set for registration
and all persons so registered shall be
and remain subject to draft into the
forces hereby authorized. unless ex-
empted therefrom as in this act pro-
vided; provided, further. that in the
case of temporary absence from ac-
tual place of legal residence of any
person liable to registration as pro
vided herein, such registration may
be made by mail under regulations to
be prescribed by the president.
The registration card which every
man within the age limit will be re-
quired to sign contains the follow
ing questions to be answered.
/. Name in full. Age in years.
D Uome address
3. Date OF birth
4. Are YOU d) natursl-born citi-
zeH; (2) naturalizad citizen; (S)
an alien: az or have you declared
your intention (specify which,
:. Where were you born?
6. II not citizen. OF what coun
try ars you q citizen or subject?