Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-06-14
YOUNG men TO
Be ARRESTED
All Who Failed to Register for The
Army Draft Last Week Will be
Placed Under Arrest I'M
mediatelY

The period of leniency ended Tues
day night for men between the ages
OF 81 and 80. inclusive, who failed
to register for the war army last
| Tuesday.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
sent to the governors of all the states
message asking them to 'inaugu-
rate from Wednesday, a vigorous,
aggressive and effective enforcement
of the penal clause of the selective
service law against all who have by
their failure to register brought
themselves under those provisions.
The penalty for failure to register
on June is Imprisonment for a
year and enforced registration, but
General Crowder Immediately after
Registration Day recommended that
local registration boards provide
further opportunity for delinquents.
The department of justice notified
local authorities to release men al
ready arrested for failure to register
provided they have now registered.
Gen. Crowder has nearly complet-
ed draft of registrations to govern
exemptions and exemption boards.
and expects to lay it before Secretary
Baker in few days for approval.
The general believes that no class
should be exempted as such. but
local boards should decide on the
circumstances in each individual
| case. He favors use of some device
such as jury wheel for drawing
the names of those to be exempted
by exemption boards.
A few more states reported regis
tration otals to the provost marshal
1 ,,,Is
cations were that all would not be
completed for nearly a week.
Message to Governors.
Gen. Crowder's message to govern
ors said:
Quotas are to be assigned to the
several states in proportion to the
population as determined by the bu-
reau of the census and not in pro-
portion to the registration. The re-
suit is that every person who has
failed to register is seriously increas-
ing the burden of those who have
registered.
1T is required that every effort be
made now to detect and arrest per-
sons subject to registration who have
not registered. and to bring each
promptly to the attention of the near
est representatives of the department
| of Justice. Care should be taken
that the lists prescribed in paragraph
80 linen registered) are promptly
posted, and all registrants should be
asked to assist in bringing non-regis-
trants to the attention of the police.
"Ir case of doubt as to the age of
persons who have not registered, the
tabulated records of political organ
izations and other local records
should be consulted and data may be
obtained from the bureau of the GEN.
sus.
Iowa Well to Front
Among the states reporting so far
4 Ohio stands first in proportion Of
registration to the census estimate
with 113 per cent. Illinois has 104
per cent Iowa 1913 per cent and
Washington is the lowest within 500
per cent.
| When the provost marshal gen.
erals Office closed, thirty-three diff
ferent states had sent in complete
returns. showing total registration
of 6.35S.3SS. compared to census al
lotments totaling 7.063.4S2. The re-
turns during the day about kept up
the percentage of previous reports
and predictions as to the grand total
ranged from 100000 to 9,250.00O.
The possible exemptions indicated
were 3,439527.