Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-19
RA9 eAIIIA og RNAI SATURDAY. NAY 10 1e17


before the day here named are feopired
10 register, excepting only Officers ana !
enlisted men Of the regular army, the
navy, the ssarine corps and the Ma \
tional Guard and Naval Militia while in /
the service Of the United States and
officers in the Officers reserve eorps
and enlisted men in the enlisted re |
serve corps while in active service. In
IN territories Of Alaska. Hawaii and
Porto Rico day for registration will
be named in a later proclamation.
AbsenteSs and III Instructed.
And L do charge those who through
sickness shall be unable to present
themselves for registration that they
apply on or before the day of registra-
tiOn to the county clerk Of the county
where they may be for instructions as
TO how they may be registered by
agent Those who expect to be absent
on the day ns.ed from the counties in
which they have their permanent
homes may register by mail, but their
, mailed registration 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 in
struetions as to how they may accom-
plish their registration by mail.
In case such persons as, through
sickness or absence, may be unable toI
present themselves personally for reg
| istration shall be sojOurning in cities
of over 10000 population, they shall
apply to the city clerk Of the city
wherein they may be sojourning
rather than 10 the clerk Of the county.
The clerks of counties and of cities
Of over 10000 population in which
numerous applications from the sick
aEd from non-residents are expected
ere authorized to establish such sub
agencies AMI to employ and deputize
such clerical force as may be neces-
sary to accommodate those applications.
Entire Nations Armed.
The power against which we are ar
raved has sought to impose its will
upon the world by force. To this end
II has increased armament until IT has
changed the face of war. In the sense
in which we have been wont to think
of armies, there are no armies in this
strupole. There are entire nations
armed. Thus, the men who remain to
! Tin the soil and man the factories are
no less part of the army that is IN
France than the men beneath the bat
tie flag. 1t must be so with us. 1t is
not an army that we must shape ana
train for war; it is nation To TINS
end our people must draw close IN one
compact front against common zoe.
Bnt this cannot be if each man pur-
sues a private purpose. All must pur-
sno one purpose. The nation needs all
men. but it needs each man, not IN the
field that will most please him, but
in tbe endeavor that will best serve
the common good Thus, though a
sharpsbooter pleases to operate trip
hammer for the forging of great guns
and an expert machinist desires 10
march with the flag, the nation Is
being served only when the sharp
shooter marches and the machlnlst re-
mains at his levers. :.
The whole nation must be a team IL
which man must pay the part toi
which he is best fitted. To this enc
) congress has provided that the natior
shall be organized for war by selectioI
and that each man shall be classlfleC
for service in the place to which 1T sinai
hest serve the general good to cal
him. ,o.,o
Draft Is of Volunteer Nation
. The significance of this cannot DC
overstated. 1t is a new thing IN oui
{ history and landmark in our prog
rnss II is q new manner of accepting
and vitalizing our duty to give our
/ selves with thoughtful devotion to the
5 common purpose of us all. 1t is IN nc
{ sense a conscription of the unwilling
4 il rather selection from nation
which has volunteered in mass. 1t Il
: No more of choosing of those who sinai
march with the colors than 1T IS
: soIoction of those who shall serve al
equally necessary and devoted purpos'
in the industries that lie behind tn
battle line, o,
3 The dav here named is the time upol
' which ali shall present themselves TO
I sssionment to their tasks. 1t is TO
: tb+o reason destined to be remembered
as one 0f the most conspicuous mo
ments in our history. It is nothing
l.. less less than the day upon which the man
i hood of the country shall step. fol
= ward in one solid rank in defense o
tbe ideals to which this nation is con
+ spcrated. 1t is important to thos
f ideals no less than to the pride o
f This generation in maintaining its &c
e votion to them that there be no gap
0 in the ranks.
n Patriotism Is Requested.
Il II is essential that the day be ar
II proached in thoughtful apprehensio
Of its significance and that we aceor
e 70 It the honor and the meaning tina
s. # deserves. Our industrial need pre-
70 scribes that it be not made technics
e holiday, but the stern sacrifice tha
d Is before us urges that it be carrie
e. in all our hearts as a great day, Q
h patriotic devotion and obligation whe
n tSe duty shall lie upon every. MAJ
.e whether he is himself to be registere
10 or not. to see to it that the name
st every e male person Of the designate
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