The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-04-06

\ Officials to do the Soliciting
\ Penalty H. $40 if any persons
conceal any information from
Census Men-It is not an En-
Iistment State and County Of
ficaIs, Firemen, and many
others are exempt.
In response To the call Of the mill
tary enrolment board OF Carroll
county, composed OF DIR. Henry M.
Fitzhugh, Johnnie e. Beasman, Pres
ton B. Englar, Herbert r. Wooden
and Nathan III. Bale, members Of the
county Central Committees OF the two
political parties and others met &C
the Opera House, Monday morning,
with every district in the county rep
resented, ways and means for the en-
rOllment were considered and it was
decided to make the canvass by legis-
lative districts, making the county
central committeeman and judges and
clerks of election in the respective
districts responsible for the various
district enrolIments, authorizing them
tO call to their assistance any others
who will volunteer to- aid in the work.
District meetings will be held for
local organization not later than next
Monday night, and arrangements
made for completing the work as
rapidly as possible. DIR. Fitzhugh,
chairman of the local board presided
and Lieutenant Harry G. Berwager,
OF Company III, First Maryland Ma
tional Guard, acted e. secretary.
Those actively participating in the
meeting in addition TO I'll the mem
bers OF the local board were Senator
Wade III. ID. Warfield, States Attorney
w. L. Seabrook, Edward o. Weant,
Guy w. Steele, DIR. Luther Kemp,
Charles w. Melville, H. Peyton Cor
such, Levi D. Maus, w. G. Sharrer
and others.
The key-notes OF all addresses were
loyalty It'd the Nation and State, and
the necessity of cooperation by all
loyal citizens standing shoulder to
shoulder each doing his part in car
rying out the wishes OF Governor
Harrington and his duty to his coun-
try.
The military Census which is now
being taken is authorized by the Gov
lernor or Maryland under an act passed
by the General Assembly of 1916. Each
enumerator iE commissioned by the
Governor ana tl1e law requires THHat aI1
information called for by the Census
shall be given by anyone who has
knowledge Of the facts. Extracts from
the law. ere appended.
Object of making enrolment. The
enrollmeYt being made in order to as
certain everyone in the State VINO i
evailahle for military service. It il
in NO sense an enlistment Its object
is simply To collect information as to
the situation and experience of each
individual and whether he has
persons depending upon him for
financial support. When this infor-
nation has been obtained, each indi-
vidual will be classified, and he may
then feel assured that if any call for
service hereafter comes he will not b.
expected To do any more than others
will b. asked to 40 whose classifica-
tiOn IL substantially the same al his.
The enrolment cards are to be filed
out for every male individual who is
Is years of age or older, regardless of
whether or not any such person may
claim exemption or may have or claim
10 have some physical disability or de-
feet
(The only reason for enrolling boys
or 16 to MS II that this will make it
unnecessary to have another Census
for 2 years. Boys under is are not
1f0h 70 No
service.)
All persons shall, upon the applica-
ton of any person making such en-
rollment, give the name Of and all
other proper information concerning
any person within their knowledge
liable To be enrolled, under penalty of
$40 for every concealment Or false fin
forma ticn, or refusal to give the in
formation requested to be reco, ,erei
with costs in the name Of the State in
any court or before any justice OF the
peace having criminal jurisdiction. The
officer making the enrolment shall,
within ten days, report all persons
who shall fail OF neglect to give infor-
nation to the Adiutant General.
All tn able-bOdied male citizens and
able-bOdied males or foreign birth, who
have declared their intentions to be-
come citizens, who are residents of
this State, shall constitute the militia,
subject to the following exemptions:
(a) persons exempted by the laws of
the United States; OBJ persons exempt
ed by the laws of Maryland; (c) the
members of any regularly organized
fire or police department In any city,
village or town; Cd judges and clerks
of courts Of record, registers Of wills
and deeds, sheriffs, ministers of the
Gospel, practicing physicians, superin-
tendents, officers and assistants of hos
pitfalls, prisons and jails; all persons
actually employed as teachers in any
public school, college or university;
light house keeper, conductors and en-
gineers Of railways, seamen &C
tually employed a. such; (el idiots,
lunatics, paupers, Yagabonds, confirm
ed drunkards, persons addicted to the
use of narcotic drugs and persons con-
victed of infamous crimes All such ex-
empted persons, except those enumer-
ated in subdivisions (al and (e), shall
be available for military duty fin case
CIR war, insurrectiOn, invasion or immi-
nent danger thereof.
It will be seen from the above ev-
eryone interviewed is expected to give
all the information that Is asked of him
and there is no excuse for either mis-
or withholding facts.
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