The Coconino sun., 1917-05-25
Arizona Needs, You in the First Ariz. Regiment Age 18 to 45 Years for Volunteers.

of the several states and territories, of the District of Columbia and of the counties and municipalities therein to perform certain duties in the execu- ton of the foregoing law, which duties will be communicated to them directly in regulations of even date herewith.
 And do further proclaim and give notice to all persons subject to regis tration in the several states and in the District of Columbia, in accord ance with the above law, that the time and place of such registration shall be between a. m. and 9 D. m. on the 9th day of June, 1917, at the registration place in the precinct wherein they have their permanent homes. Those who shall have at- tained their twenty-first birthday and who shall not have attained their thirty-frst birthday on or before the day here named are required to regis ter, excepting only officers and enlist ed men in the regular army, the navy, the marine corps, and the national guard, and naval militia, while in the service of the United States, and of- ficers in the officers reserve corps and enlisted men in the enlisting reserve corps while in active service. In the territories of Alaska, Hawaii and Por- to Rico day for registration will be named in a later proclamation.
 And l do charge those who through sickness shall be unable to present themselves for registration that they apply on or before the day of regis tration to the county clerk of the county where they may be, for in- structions as to how they may be re- gistered by agent. Those who expect to be absent on the day named from the counties which they have their permanent homes may register by mail, but their mailed registration cards must reach the places in which they have their permanent homes by the day named herein. They should apply as soon as practicable to the county clerk of the county wherein they may be for instructions as to how they may accomplish their registra- ton by mail. In case such person as, through sickness or absence, may be unable to present themselves person. ally for registration shall be sojourn- ing in cities of over 30,000 popula- tion, they shall apply to the city clerk wherein they may be sojourning rath- CT than to the clerk of the county. The clerks of counties and of cities of over 30,000 population in which num- erous applications from the sick and from the non-residents are expected are authorized to establish such sub- agencies and to employ and deputize such clerical force as may be neces- sary to accommodate these applica- tions.
 The power against which we are ar- rayed has sought to impose its will upon the world by force. To this end it has increased armament until it has changed the face of war. In the sense in which we have been wont to think of armies there are no armies in this struggle. There are entire na- tions armed. Thus, the men who re- main to till the soil and man the fac tories are no'less a part of the army that is in France than the men be- meath the battlefiags. It must be so with us. It is not an army that we must shape and train for war; it is a nation. To this end our people must draw close in one compact front a common foe. But this cannot be if each man pursues private purpose. All must pursue one purpose. The na- ton needs all men; but it needs each man, not in the field that will most pleasure him, but in the endeavor that will best serve the common good. Thus, though sharp-shooter pleases to operate a trip hammer for the forging of great guns, and an expert machinist desires to march with the flag, the nation is being served only when the sharpshooter marches and the machinist remains at his levers. The whole nation must be team in which each man shall play the part for which he is best fitted. To this end, congress has provided that the nation shall be organized for war by selection and that each man shall be classified for service in the place to which it shall best serve the general good to call him.
 The significance cannot be overes- timated. It is a new thing in our his- tory and landmark in our progress. It is new manner of accepting and vitalizing our duty to give ourselves with thoughtful devotion to the com mon purpose of us all. It is in no sense conscription of the unwilling;