Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-10
REGISTRATION DAY
CALLTOPATRIOTS
War Department Pleased by
Spirit Shown Through
out Country
STATES IN EAGER RIVALRY
Government Officials Confident
of Prompt Response to Sum-
mons to Army Service

officials of the War Department are
pleased because many States of the Union
Do not intend that registration day for the
now army shall be merely "drudgcry
day." The spirit of patriotism seems to
have entered into the arrangements for the
occasion which have been made by many
Of the state officials.
1t is the desire that all the states shall
enter into the duty of registration with
the same spirit already manifested i'm many
parts of the country. In one state. Tor III
stance, the occasion in large part is to
take ON the nature OF a patriotic demon
stration. II sort of national fete day. III
many parts of !hc State there will be barbe-
cues and like affairs to draw the people
so that those upon whom the duty of regis
tration devolves will know that they have
the support OF their fellows of all occu-
pations, and of all ages.
report from anotLcr State is to the eff
feet that it hopes to clear up its regis
tration duties i'm such short order that it
may lay claim to being first in race
prompted by patriotic duty. If this spirit
10 felt in other of the country's common
wealths an interesting and somewhat live
ly contest will take place as to which can
make the first complete report of duty well
Done.
1t is not to be "A difficult thing for the
officials and people to carry out the Govern
ments instructions on registration day and
to compete the labor in hand. The men
who must register in accordance with the
requirements of the law, will find registra-
ton easy. Full instructions will be issued
and can easily be secured. There is nothing
hard nor in the least involved in the series
OF questions to be answered. Directness of
question is the method employed, and di-
rectness of answer will make all things easy
for the men of the country and for the Gov
ernment which is to claim their service.
The questions which are to be answered
Involve comparatively few subjects: The
name in full the age in years the home
citizenship, natural born naturalized or the
condition Of declaration Of intention; the
place of birth, trade, occupation or office /;
employment. and by whom employed de-
pendents, if any married or single; race
former military service and where it was
rendered. and lastly, claims of exemption
from draft, with the specific grounds
therefor.
These constitute virtually all the ques
tons which the man whose age makes hin
subject to registration will be called upor
to answer. With the questions there vii
be explanations of how they are to be an
swered, and suggestions will be made fol
brevity.
The War Department officials do not be
lieye that there will be many difficulties il
the way Of completing the work of registra
tion day properly and quickly. Several o
the States have relieved the Government
entirely of expense connected with the worl
OF securing complete registration: in fact
helpfulness seems to be common to th'
country. 1t is believed by the Governmen
officials that the spirit of field service vii
be in keeping with that which has marked
the activities in all matters connected will
the new national army from the beginning,