The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
ROUND UP STRIKERS.
DAY OF GRACE FOR THOSE WHO
FAILED TO REGISTER HAS
PASSED.
Provost Marshal General CrOwder Or
lers the Arrest of Every Man Who
Evaded Registration for Military
Servfce-States Must Furnish Full
QuotsL


washington, June 1.-THE period
Of ieniency ended tonight for men be-
tween the ages of 2l and 80, inclu-
slve, who failed to register for the war
army last Tuesday.
Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder
sent to the governors Of all the States
q messa ge asking them ito inaugurate
from tomorrow vigorous. aggressive
and effective enforcement of the
penal clause of the selective service
law against all who have. by their
failure to register. brought themselves
under the provisions.
The penalty for failure to register
on June 5 is Imprisonment for a
year and enforced registration. but
Gen. Crowder Immediately after reg
istration day. recommended that local
boards provide further opportunity
for delinquents. The department OF
Justice today notified United States at
tcrneys TO release those already ar
rested for failure to register provid-
Ing they have now registered.
Gen. Crowder has nearly completed
q draft Of regulations to govern ex-
emptions and exemption boards. and
expects to lay 1t before Secretary
Baker In few days for approval
The general believes no class should
be exempted as such, but that local
boards should decide on the circum-
stances In each individual case. He
favors use of some device such as a
jury wheel for drawing the names of
those to be examined by the exemp-
tion boards. The regulations will be
made public In detail after. Secretary
Baker and President Wilson approve
them.
A few more States reported regis
tration totals to the provost marshal
generals ofice today but indications
were that all would not be completed
for nearly q week.
Gen. Crowder's message to COVER
nors said:
= Quotas are to be assigned to the
several States in proportion to the pop
uiation as determined by the bureau
OF the census and not in proportion to
tho registration. The result is that
evcry person who has failed to regis
ter Is seriously increasing the burden
or those who have registered.
'~'It is requested that every effort be
now made to detect and arrest persons
subject to registration who have not
Registered and to bring each promptly
to the attention of the nearest repre-
sentative of the department of justice.
Care should be taken that the lists
prescribed in paragraph 80 (men reg
istered) are promptly posted and all
fe8i8trdnS ShOulC Dc ASKED 10 dSsiSt
in bringing pon-rsgistrants to the at
tention Of the police"
Among States reporting so far Ohio
stands first in the proportion Of regis
tration to the census estimate with
11s per cent. Washington is the low
est State with sos per cent.
When the provost marshal generals
ONCE closed tonight SO States had sent
in complete returns. They showed
total registration of 6,36s.3S8, COM
pared to census allotments totaling
7,063.4s2. The returns during the day
about kept up the percentage OF pre-
vious reports and predictions as to the
grand total that would be shown by
all the States-from 5000, 900 to g.
25e.e0O.
In the SO States reporting the white
registrations were 4.Sf7.9S0, colored
Ss0.586. aliens 4s2.439. and alien
enemies 5S.3O4. The possible exemp-
tions indicated were 3.43s.527.