The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-05-12
CONSCRIPTION BOARD
NAMED FOR COUNTY.

Governor Sleeper has named Sheriff
H. J. Pennock,- County Clerk Martin
Voetsch and County Physician Walfred
A. Won Zellen as the Baraga county
conscription board. The board met
Tuesday and organized.
The instructions from the governor
are that this board must make can
vass of the comfy and list all the men
eligible to conscription. Governor
Sleeper is in this order anticipating
the passage Of the conscription bill.
The board must delegate each super
visor of the townships as registrar
to register the men of his township
and to appoint a sufficient number of
sub-registrars to provide one for each
l.750 of population. The governor g
order expresses the opinion that the
registration will list 10 per cent of the
population of each county.
1t is expected that registration for
CONSUMPTION will begin about ten or
fifteen days after the bill is passed in
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives.
Regarding the war draft and its
operation, the following brief outline
is given.
The proportion of registrars shall be
one for each 10 persons to- be regis
tered. Each age to be registered will
comprise about per cent of the pop
ulation. If, for instance, all men be-
tween 10 and rs years of age, inclusive,
are to be registered, the registrar would
have to enroll about per cent OF the
precinct population.
1t is desirable to accept the services
of competent volunteer registrars to
serve without compensation. All reg
istrars must be sworn.
The voting place in each precinct
must be prepared for registration.
Full printed instructions covering every
detail Of registration will be in the
hands of the sheriffs and mayors on the
fifth day after the presidents proclaim
alton.
On the fifth day after the president
has issued. his proclamation, clerks of
counties and cities over 10000 must
secure supply of blanks and copies OF
the registration regulations from the
sheriff or from the mayor. Absentees
and the sick will apply to such clerks
to have their registration cards filled
out. In no case shall such persons be
given registration certificates. They
are to be instructed by the clerk that
the burden is on them to see to it that
the cards reach the registrars of their
home precincts by registration day.
Persons absent from their home
counties may be registered by mail.
If so absent, man should 60 to the
clerk of the county where he may be
staying, on the sixth day after the date
of the presidents proclamation. If he
is in city of over 10000 population.
the city clerk is the official to whom to
apply. The absentee will be told how
to register, but he must mail his card
in time to reach his precinct by regis
tration day.
Persons too, sick to present them
selves for registration must send a
competent person to the county or city
clerk on the sixth day after the issuing
of the proclamation. The clerk will
give instructions for registration.
Officials of educational, charitable
and other institutions should apply for
instructions to the county or city clerk
on the sixth day after the date of the
proclamation for instructions as to a
convenient method of registration. :.
The wardens of jails, penitentiaries,
and reformatories should apply to the
county or city clerk for instructions on
the sixth day.
Five days after the date of the pres
ident's proclamation complete regula-
tions will be in the hands of all sheriffs
and of the officials of cities of over
80, 600 population.
The president is authorized to call
upon all public officers to assist in the
execution Of the law. The plan is,
however, 60 rely on the people for the
proper execution Of the law. 1t is ex-
pscted that patriotic citizens will offer
their services free as registrars. Such
services will be gratefully acknow-
lodged. Volunteers for this service
should communicate Immediately with
the proper officials.