Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-22

ties therein to perform certain duties
in the execution 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 reg
istration 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 7 a. m. and p. 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
tanned their 21st birthday and who
shall not have attained their 31st
birthday on or before the day tere
named are required to register ex-
|cepting only officers and enlisted men
of the regular army, the navy, the
marine corps and the national guard
and naval militia while in the service
of the United States and officers in
the officers reserve corps and en-
listed men in the enlisted reserve
corps while in active service. In the
territories of Alaska, Hawaii and Por
to Rico a date for registration will
be named in later proclamation.
Absentees Must Register.
"And | do charge those who
through sickness shall be unable to
present themselves for registration
that they apply on or before the day
Of tn nv oIarlr
of the county where they may be for
instructions as to how they may be
registered by agent. Those who ex-
pect to be absent on the day named
from the counties in which they have
their permanent homes may register
by mail, but their mailed registra-
ton 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 instruction
as to how they may accomplish their
} registration by mail. In case such
persons as, through sickness or alb
sence, may be unable to present
= themselves personally for registration
shall be sojourning in cites of over
10000 population, they shall apply to
= the clerk of the county The clerks
of counties and of cities of over 30
: 900 population in which numerous ap-
plications from the sick and from
nonresidents are expected such sub
agencies and to employ and deputize
such clerical force as may be neces-
sary to accommodate these applica-
lions.
!, Whole Nation Must Fight.
1.-THE power against which we are
= arrayed has sought to impose it's will
/ upon the world by force. To this
i end 1t has increased armament until
/ it has changed the face of war. In
/ the sense in which we have been
l. wont to think of armies there are en-
tire nations armed. Thus. the mer
who remain to till the soil and mar
j., the factories are no less a part o.
the army that is in France than the
\ men beneath the battle flags. Il
= must be so with us. 1t is not al
), army that we must shape and trair
9 for war; it is a nation. To this enc
;, our people must draw close in one
compact front against common foe
= But this can not be If each man pur
sues a private purpose. All mus
! pursue one purpose. The nation
II needs all men; but it needs eacl
man, not in the field that will mos
= please him, but in the endeavor tina
=, will best serve the common good
- Thus, through sharpshooter places
% to operate a trip hammer for tn,
" forging of great guns, and an exper
- machinist desires to march with tn,
:, flag, the nation is being served onl.
: when the sharpshooter marches an,
y the machinist remains at his levers
= The whole nation must be a team il
:. which each man. shall play the par
=, for which he is best fitted. To thi
. end congress has provided that tn
nation shall be organized for war b.
= selection and that each man shall b.
classified for service in the place t
y, which it shall best serve the genera
y good to call him.
It New In Our History.
'r 1.-THE significance of this can no
is be overstated. 1T is a new thing II
Il our history and landmark in on
r progress. It is a new manner of az
v cepting and vitalizing our duty t
n give ourselves with thoughtful devC
s. ton to the common purpose of u
a all. 1t is in no sense a conscriptio
'r of the unwilling; 1t is rather sele,
a. ton from nation which has volur
IL teered in mass. 1t is no more
10 choosing of those who shall marc
lie with the colors than it is a selectio
r of those who shall serve an equal
" necessary and devoted purpose in tn
'r industries that lie behind the battl
is line.
lie "The day here named is the tim
Sc upon which all shall present then
re selves for assignment to their task