The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-06
PROVES
A COMPLETE SUCCESS.


y arcllrnarrox PROVES
A COMPLETE Success
wAshinsto June s.---Re gistrstion
day passed off without a hitch. There
was little trouble and few slackers.
y Reports from forty states to the war
department this evening showed the
q registration a complete success.
At o'clock this evening Attorney
General Gregory issued the follewinS
statement. just before closing his Of
Il Zee for the night;
Reports received today at the de-
pArtment OF justice relative TO registrs-
Stion Indicate a ready and general re-
ssponse on the part OF the young men
4 0f the country TO the demands Of the
] transcription act.
$50 far only three arrests have been
reported to the department and none
az those grew out of a serious situa-
ton. No resistance TO registration has
come TO my attention"
Reports from governors Of the vari-
GUS states TO Provost Marshal-Generai
4 Crowder showed that there was no
serious trouble anywhere in the coun-
4 try. Officials tonight expressed the
K opinion that on the face of the infor
nation at hand not only the anti-draft
propagsnds which WAS given widespread
y SPECULATION throughout the country for
4 the last week. failed utterly and that
the German efforts TO emnarrass tho
government fell miserably, but that
there was comparatively little slack
ing" Complete figures are expected
- show that -eishts OF the men
2 eligible registered.
The arrests reported 10 the depart
!, ton. O.: Hartford. Conn. ard a. 81.
Louis suburb. Details had not been re-
eeived at late hour tonight. bat Of
nciais at the department expressed the
belief that the incidents were merely
local.
Cursed the President.
A fourth arrest WAS made at Coehurn,
Va. where a man named J. l. Litx
cursed the president. the administration
and the flag. He was held IN heavy
tail for trial.
S Government officials tonight made Il
plain that while only these four cases
had been reported 10 ths department
there probably were numerous other
arrests by local authorities for minor
disturbances. Only cases OF a mxre
serious nature were reported to wash
inxton.
81 Secretary of War Baker and Attor-
Nnay-General Gregory presented most
encouraging reports on the registration
to the president at the cabinet meeting
this afternoon.
Meme OF these dispatches had been
received before o'clock. after regis
tratfon day was half over and 1t was
Impossible TO obtain comprehensive
survey OF the situation.
In the national capital the resistra-
tnrz IL
even the estimates of the government
az to the number of men eligible. There
were no disturbances A few arrests
were for drunkenness near the regis
tration places and similar minor Of
lenses One man was taken TO jail for
crying out at a long line before one Of
the booths Drive the slaves in He
himself. was past the Registration age
The following comment on the regis
fratiea WIS made by the official COM
r1itsee on public information
Nearly 100000 Americans or mill
fary age registered today for service
In an army against Germany.
THE registration was accomplished
is fashion measuring up TO the high
eat standards or Americanisrn. There
Was no hint of a stacking spirit any
where except in a few cases where rnis-
sgagsa sgpesssrs Gasae dssar preaAA4q&d ssskaa
to attempt to avoid their national OBJ
iEation.
Prom every state reports were re.
stesssd showing that the sporadic con-
spirac3es to th~srt the hrst step to-
f~rrr tire mobilization Or as large an
srr1v as the country may need to bring
tie ~sr 30 victorious conclusion had
failed utterly.
The spirit OF the young men from
whom the hshtinE forces are 10 be Sc
ieeied was evidenced in their attitude
toward question twelve on the regis
fration blanks. which asked If exemp-
7fEon Was Claimed. III thousands of
sAses young men awaited themselves
tf their right 10 ignore this question
and leave 1t entirely to the government
~ decide whether they should be Sc
l~eted."
Many states Report.
!. Late this evening the following
states had reported on registration:
New York. Illinois. North Dakota,
Montana. Idaho, Arizona. Pennsylvania,
Oklahoma. Texas. West Virginia. New
Mexico, TennesseA. Delaware Oregon,
Massachusetts, Maine. Indiana. Netras-
ks, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
Msnresurs, SOUTH Carolina Florida
Connecticut Arkansas. Rhode Island
Maryland. Ohio. Virginia. Wisconsin,
Vermont and New Jersey.
No heures on the registration were
available. Provost Marshal General
Crowder explained that any early es-
inmates would have TO come from the
cities where the registration toos
place.
The war department VIII receive the
only cfiela! figures and 1t viii prob
ably take several days TO compile these
The booths did not close until 8
O'clock said General Crowder That
would make 1t midnight Washington
ttr1ef before The registration places
closed on the Pacific coast
- ffr t7caf regIgtr6rs IN every pre-
cinct will first have TO compile Their
hEares, They will then report to the
county clerks In the rural districts or
10 the city clerk IL. communities Of
$4,000 population or over.
These reports then will he forward
ed TO the governor of the state and
the returns for the entire state com