The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-07
Pensacola Offers Over 1900.
Negroes Comprise Half
of Total.
REGISTRATION TO
BE CONTINUED
Eleven Alien Enemies Enroll
Her-Their Names Are
Given Authorities.

Assembling at the county ,ourt
mousse Wednesday. at I %. M tho
board which had the consrrlpt VIC reg
lstration an charge, spent more ,han
tour hours IN making up Il delailc !
report for transmission - the Low
crnor, by whom it will be wired 10
Washington. This board consisted Of
Sheriff J. c. Van Pelt, Circui. Clerk
Jas. Macgjbbon and County PLysi.
clan W. L. Address.
A total of 1926 registered for gh21
Country's service in this county,. ana
OF these a total of 1916 established
some claim to exemption. Most Of
these claims we're based on the fact
that the men in the cases were mar
ried.
The count showed that of those
registered there were possibly 1,200
negroes, many of whom claimed cx-
emptlon for various reason.
Eleven Alien Enemies.
One feature of the count was tn.
fact that 10 aliens registered, while
a total OF eleven alien enemies regis
tered. These have all been carefully
tabulated, and their names will he
furnished to federal officers, who WI
| see to it that they are beyond the
half-mile zone by Saturday night 81
this week.
Several who did not register. an
peared before the board, and after
clearly stating the reason that p,--
vented their presence, were all0Nel
to register. Two or three of these
were deep-sea fishermen, who only
returned from the snapper bani;5
after the hour for registering on
Tuesday had passed.
One of the features Of the regis
tratiOn was poll of the males in the
county Jail, who come under The age
requirement, and also the poll of the
number who are serving time on the
county roads. One man out there,
who registered as an alien enemy
gave his birthplace as Jerusalem,
Turkey. This presented a fine Uuca-
ton to the registrars, but the boarl
decided that he was an alien enemy,
and was allowed to remain in that
class, the argument being advanced
that he was a citizen OF a country,
an ally of Germany, with which COun-
try the United States is now in a
state of war.
Sheriff Thanks People.
Sheriff Van Pelt yesterday asked
The journal to thank the people for
hm for their cooperation. The pao-
pie certainly acted nicely in the rog-
istration They assisted more than
they knew, and | certainly appreCIt2
their efforts to aid i'm this respect
This good will went a long way WITH
the officers, and ] want to publicly
express my appreciation for IT,"
Governor Wires Sheriff.
Governor Cats last night wired in
structions to Sheriff Van Pelt, as fol-
lows:
"Attention is invited to paragraph
40 of the regulations which contem-
plates the registration Of persons
who for any reason shall not have
been registered on registration day
While a close scrutiny should be
made of each case to determine
whether punitive action is required, it
T. is desired for the next few days TO
pursue a liberal policy in this regard,
in order that the registration may be
sible moment. NOn-residents may
also continue to register under the
provisions Of paragraph 81.
"If it later appears that the iber-
atty of this action is being abused,
more stringent action will be taken
Cards received from absentecs
after June should be filed as pre-
scribed in paragraph 40"
Over 1000 in City.
In the city Z.O74 registered Of
these more than 900 were negroes.
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