The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-05-25
Friday, May 18th, 1917
PERSONS SUBJECT TO DRAFT
TAKE NOTICE

L - u DO AISA L " ~ AS@AA
TAKE NOTICE
President Wilson's proclma-
ton putting into effect the selec-
tive draft proclamation of the
Warranty bill in part follows:
And l do further proclaim and
give notice to all persons subject
to registration in the several
states and in the District OF
Columbia in accordance with the
above law that the time and
place of such registration shall
be between 7 A. NJ. and 9 2. M.
on the 9Th day of June, 1917, at
the registration place in the pre-
cinct wherein they have their
permanent homes. Those who
shall have attained their twenty
first birthday and who shall not
have attained their thirty-first
birthday on or before the day
here named are required to
register, excepting only officers
and enlisted men of the regular
Army, the Navy, the Marine
Corps and the National Guard
and Naval Militia while in the
service of the United States and
officers in the Officers Reserve
Corps and enlisted men in the
enlisted reserve corps while in
active service. In the territor-
les of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico a day for registration will
be named in a later proclama-
ton.
And l do charge those who
through sickness shall be unable
to present themselves for regis
tration that they apply on or be-
fore the day Of registration to
the county clerk Of the county
where they may be for instruc-
lions as to how they may be
registered by agent. Those who
expect to be absent on the day
named 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 instructions as to how
they may accomplish their regis
tration by mail.
In each case such persons as,
through sickness or absence,
may be'unable to present them
selves personally for registration
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 to the
clerk of the county. The clerks
of the counties and of cities of
over 80, 900 population in which
numerous applications from the
sick and from nonresidents are
expected are authorized to es-
tablish such subagencies and to
employ and deputize such cleri-
cal force as may be necessary to
accommodate these applications.
The day here named is the
time upon which all shall present
themselves for assignment to
their tasks, 1t is for that rea-
son destined to be remembered
as one of the most conspicuous
moments in our history. 1t is
nothing less than the day upon
which the manhood of the coun-
try shall step forward in one
solid rank in defense of the
ideals to which this nation is con-
secrated. It is important to
those ideals no less than to the
pride of this generation in mani
Testing its devotion to them that
there be no gaps in the ranks.
1t is essential that the day be
approached in thoughtful appre-
hension of its significance and
that we accord to it the honor
and the meaning that it deserves.
Our industrial need prescribes
that it be not made a technical
holiday, but the stern sacrifice
that is before US urges that it be
carried in all our hearts as a
great day of patriotic devotion
and obligation when the duty
shall lie upon every man, wheth-
err he is himself to be registered
or not, to see to it that the name
of every male person of the
designated ages is written on
these lists of honor.