The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-06-14
WILL ROUND UP SLACKERS
REGISTRATION TIAiE Is Up, SAYS
CNCIE. SAM.
And Now He is Going After all Men
Who Failed to Register for
Military Service.


government. acting through the exec
utives Of the States. now proposes to
detect and arrest, so far as possible,
every man in the United States liable
for registration who failed or refused
to register On June 5, under the
terms OF the selective draft act.
In accordance with this programme
of action the war department today
wired Governor Manning as follows:
According to Population.
Quotas are to be assigned to the
several States in proportion to their
population as determined by the bu-
reau of census and not in proportion
to the registration. The result is
that every person who has failed 30
register is seriously increasing the
burden Of those who have register
ed. Ample notice and every oppOr-
tunity has now been given and there
is no longer any argument upon
which the conduct os non-registrantS
can be conGoned. The period OF len
iency referred to il my previous tel
egram has nov passed.
Attention is directed to paragraph
| 6 Of the regulations. 1t is request
ed that every effort lie now made TO
detect and arres, persons subject to
registration and to bring each case
promptly to tie attention Of the near
est representative Of the department
Of justice.
wide publicity should be given to
the effect of non-reg;stratior in in
creasing the burden OF those who have
registered. Care should be taken
that the lists prescribed in paragraph!
SO are promptly posted and all regis
trants should be asked to assist in
bringing non-registrants to the at
tention Of the police.
Summarizing reports of registra-
ton from the various boards should
be compared with estimates of the
census bureau and effort should be
concentrated on those districts where
discrepancy between registration and
estimates seems greatest. In case
of doubt as to age of persons who
have not registered the tabulated rec
ord of political organizations and 9th
er local records should be consult
ed and data may be obtained from
the bureau of the census.
The purpose of this telegram is to
inaugurate from tomorrow vigorous,
aggressive and effective enforcement
Of the penal clauses of the selective
draft service law against all who have
by their failure or refusal to register
brought themselves under those pro-
visions.
Freed if Registered.
The department of justice is send
ing today similar advices to United
States attorneys and marshals, with
instructions to release on their own
recognizances all persons arrested by
marshals or deputy marshals. or by
State. county, and municipal police
officers and turned over to them WAC
promptly registered under terms o.
paragraph 40, registration regula'
tions. The secretary of war construes
section five of the selective draft SER
vice law as requiring compulsory reg
istration by the officer making the ar
rest of each arrested person immed
lately upon his conviction.
"Please give notice to all who have
any duty enjoined upon them in con
nection with the enforcement of the
! penal clauses of the law and partic
| ularly to State, county, and munich
| pal police named in paragraph 16 Of
| the regulations.
A section of Greenville county
three miles wide and fifteen mile:
long, including about As square miles
was devastated by hailstorm las
Saturday. The devastated strip eX
l ~fT TyNN