The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-07
III MORE ENROLL
FOR WAR SERVICE
Tardy Registration Brings
UpD. c. Total to 32,49S.
REPLACE LOST CERTIFICATES
Provost Marshal General Provides
for Issuing Statements.

One hundred and seventy-one regis.
trants were added to the District quo
ia today, increasing the total number
to 81. 49s.
Three of these applied in person at
the District building this morning
and were registered in accordance
with the order OF Provost Marshal
General Crowder that a liberal policy
be pursued in this regard for the next
few days in order that the registra'
tlon may be made complete at the
earliest moment possible. Twenty
four cards were received today from
absentees and 100 yesterday.
Persons losing their registration
cards must make oath of the fact De
fore a notary public.
Following Is the order issued oy the
provost marshal general:
Gases in which registered persons
have lost their registration certincates
have come to the attention of this OF
nee. In such cases the registration
board which has the card of such per
son, should, upon application, VeriIy
the fact OF registration and upon
proper evidence of good faith give
written statement signed by the clerk
setting forth the fact OF registratlon'
the name of the person registered, the
date and number OF the registration
card and a statement to the erect
that evidence has been submitted
proving the loss OF the registration
certificate. This course seems PREF
cradle to issuance OF a duplicate GER
tificate."
D. ]. Donovan, executive officer OF
! the registration board, said today that
/ he construed the words upon proper
evidence Of good faith" to mean that
oath must be made before notary
public.
Three registrants already have In
formed the registration board OF the
loss OF their registration cards 10
such persons, Secretary Donovan said.
written statements signed by himself
will be Issued as soon as the registra-
ton lists Of the precincts have been
listed and It Is found that the claim
ant registered.
Registering Costs His Job.
The board was informed today of
| the case OF a man employed by a
grocery who had lost his position be-
cause Of absenting himself to regis
ter. The man, II was stated, has q
wife and two children, who are In
straightened circumstances because
OF his dismissal. A similar case was
reported by one OF the chief regis
| trars.
The board has not decided vha;
can be done in such instances, but
will investigate, IL was stated, and
report. -
| The District government Is priding
itself on the fact that without the
expenditure OF penny and with the
aid OF machinery organized entirely
within the local government. Wash
inEton was the first city in the
United States to submit its report Of
registration to the office Of the pro
vost marshal general
81 cannot praise too highly the
efficient work OF the employees OF the
District government, the teachers OF
the public schools. employees OF the
Public Library. and the High School
cadets" said Commissioner Brown
low today. ITO the registration
board consisting of d. ]. Donovan
Major Pullman. and DR.. w. c. Wood
ward. is given the highest credit for
carrying through this gigantic task
in record time"
Police To BE Lenlent.
An order to be lenient for several
DAYS with men between the ages oil
twenty-one and thirty who can show
some good reason why they failed
to register on June went forth to the
police today from Major Pullman.
The provost marshal general has
decided" the majors order reads, "tC
pursue for the next few days a liber
al policy in regard to the registration
OF persons who. for some good rea-
son, were not registered on June s.
Policeman Sears, OF Ninth precinct
last night arrested John McGrath
twenty-nine, Of 1919 Rosecale street
northeast, on a charge OF failing tC
register.
| McGrath is said to have stated al
the station house that he was a stone
cutter and worked until o'clock or
registration day. when he went hom'
and fell asleep. and when he awok'
IL was nearly . o'clock, and he found
he could not get to the booth before
II closed. II is probable that undel
the Iiberality order issued today. Nc,
IGrath will be permitted to register.