Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-04
COUNTRY IS READY
FOR REGISTRATION
General Crowder Anticipates
No Display of Force on
Day Youths Sign Up.
MORE ARRESTS ARE MADE
Among Those Who Do Not
Sign Will Be Those Who
Are Cowards.

WASHINGTON, June 3. - Final
preparations for the registration of
more than ten million young Americans
on Tuesday for war service and for
prosecution of the dsloyal who at
tempt to interfere with the reglstra-
ton went forward today at the offices
of Brigadier General Crowder, provost
marshal general, and Attorney-Genera
Gregory
Into the office of General Crowder
will come the reports of state officials
who are conducting the military
census. Probably by midnight Tues
day it will be possible to state with
approximate accuracy the number OF
men who have presented themselves
during the IA hours of registration. a
week later the lists of the registrars
will have reached Washington ano
further analysis will be possible.
Reports to the department Of justice
today gave further proof of the strict
enforcement of the law forbiddng in
reference with the process of regis
tration. At the request of an army re-
cruitIng officer, "A man was arrested
in Hagerstown, Md, for distributing
literature urging resistance of the new
army law. Eleven others were taken
into custody on similar charges yester-
day at Cincinnati by department Of
justice agents.
Meet Force with Force.
81 anticipate no resort to force to
prevent registration 'AtOrney-General
Gregory said, in "A statement tonight.
"lf any individual should attempt II,
he will be dealt with promptly.
"In almost every community there
will be persons who will attempt to
evade registration. one class will con-
sist of weaklings, who lack the physi-
cal and moral courage necessary to
face the possibility of a fight and an
other are those under the influence OF
men and women beyond the conscrip-
tion age who are endeaVoring to dis
suade young men from registering
Some of the people eXerting this in
fluence are wholly disloyal; others are
lacking in patriotism or an apprecia-
ton of the needs of their country and
are animated by fear of the possible
loss of members of their families.
"The young men of the country who
come within the provisions of the CON
scription act are brave and inherently
loyal. They are ready and willing in
nearly every instance, to answer to the
nations call and to do their part in
protecting 1t from foreign foe.
Is New Step.
"The registration law puts into ef-
feet policy new to the present gener-
alton 1t is to be expected that some
individuals subject to the law will at
tempt to evade it. To him who does
not grasp the magnitude Of the regis
tration proposed, the number who on
June 3 appear to have failed to regis
ter may seem large. The failure of one
man in one hundred to do so would
make considerable total. If the early
returns show that the number regis
tered does not equal the preliminary
estimates it will not indicate that the
law has not ben generally obeyed.
1T is the duty of this department to
prosecute evaders and it is prepared
to do So
Officers of the national commission
/ of patriotic and defense societies today
! issued an appeal to the million and 2
| half members of their organizations to
carry out the spirit and the letter of the
presidents registration proclamation.
All to "Do Bit.e
! Specifically, the appeal asks that
everyone subject to registration pre-
sent himself for registration early in
/ the day, that those who are not sub
I ject both men and women, do their
, bit" by seeing that those subject to
registration do register and that eva
sions be reported to the local board Of
registration.
/ 1t was explained at the provost mar
shal generals office that men of Polish
nativity subject to the registration act
, who were born in sections of Poland
now held by Germany or Austria,
should register on June as natives of
Poland claimed by Germany or by
Austria, as the case may be. and not
as Germans or Austrians.