The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-12-21
Registration Day
Workers TO Be
Asked To Help Again
SeleotiSe Draft officer contem-
plates Using Them To Facill-
tate Handing Of Work Of Fill
ing Out QUESTIONABLE Blanks

To facilitate the handling Of the
vast work involved in tho filing out
of the draft questionnaire blhnks
throughout the Territory and to give
personal aid the twenty.nine thousand
and more men, who have received regis
try numbers, IN filing them out aeon
Fately, Captain Francis J. Green, SO
lcctiye draft officer, contemplates using
the list of men who so ably carried
out the work Of Registration Day on
July 81. 49, ~
The questionable blanks, which are
now on hand by thousands at the draft
Office In the Capitol building, require
an unusually strict compliance with de.
tails which, II is feared may not be
clearly understood by thousands Of
registrants who do not speak the Eng.
fish language, or even fully understand
the printed words. gg
While the legal profession is willing
TO aid registrants TO Ill out the blanks
correctly, andsto give legal adviee free
ly and without cost TO them. Captain
Green feels that the work will be heav.
Ter than anticipated and is inclined to
request the cooperation Of the regis
tration day helpers, 10 work in reIaye
Tor . few weeks. To accomplish this
he also contemplates re.erectinR the
voting booths around town and estab-
fishing them as precinct headquarters
to facilitate the work.
We had a splendid lot OF workers
on that day. said the captain yestefs
day, ''and IL is to the credit of these
lnen and the Territory as a whole that
their services did not cost Uncle Sam
a cent. Every one of these hundreds
OF workers did this work without pay.
In certain mainland state every help.
er was paid and IL cost Uncle Sam lust
80 to register each man.
''1f these same helpers, and others.
will assist in the questionnaire move,
ment, the work can be handled and fin.
ished within few weeks.
My plan would be to have one man
IN charge OF, each precinct, and then
10 ascertain how many of the former
helpers can give a day, or a half day,
at the booth to aid registrants when
they feel they cannot directly answer
the questions themselves.
''In each booth there need not be
more than one man a day. / know it
is difficult for some men to get away
from their work, but possibly through
patriotic reasons, their firms will be
glad to help and give them, day off.
Suppose there were seven helpers at a
booth, that would give man a day
for a week, They might rotate week
in and week out until the enrf is
reached. Possibly some of the clubs
around town like the SRotary Club
could get behind the movement and be
able to supply men where there are
vacant places ..f
- 1.-THE answering of these question
nalres is one Of tho most Important
classes of work that has yet to be done
with registrants and must be done
quickly and early in order to aid Uncle
Sam to select the second great Nation
al Army. 4'@a sNa .@.nsl ssi9..,.@ IN +.
In many instances we would not
have to go to the expense Of erecting
election booths, for the bandstands in
the parks would serve, and buildings in
the vicinity of old election booth loca.
tions would also do. tE IT,
1.-THE lnwyers who are to serve will
be commissioned for their work by
President Wilson. The lawyers haye
already offered their services so there
will be no lack of assistance from that
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