The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-24

attained their tnlrty-urSL Dlrtnuay o
or before the day here named are re
lquired to register, excepting only OF
ficers and enlisted men of the regula
army, the navy, the marine corps AM
/, the national guard, and naval militii
Y while In the service of the Unitet
States and officers in the officers re
serve corps and enlisted men in tn
enlisted reserve corps, while in active
service. In the territories of Alaska
Z Hawaii, and Porto Rico a day for reg
istration will be named in a later proc
lamatiOn.
May Register BY Mail.
And l do charge those who through
sickness shall be unable to present
) themselves for registration that they
) apply on or before the day of registra-
ton to the county clerk or the county
where they may be for instructions 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 herein
named. They should apply as soon as
practicable to the county clerk of the
county wherein they may be for in
structions as to how they may accom-
| plish their registration by mail In
case such persons as, through sickness
or absence, may be unable TO present
themselves personally for registration
shall be sOjourning in cities of over
thirty-tive thousand 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 counties and of cities
of over thirty thousand population in
which numerous applications from the
sick and from nOn-residents are eX-
pected, are authorized to establish such
sub-agencies and to employ and depu- !
tie such clerical force as may be
necessary to accommodate these appli-
cations.
Nation Must Train.
The power against which we are
arrayed has sought to impose its will
upon the world by force To this end
1t has increased armament until it has
the face of war. In the sense
in which we have been wont to think
of armies there are no armies in this |
struggle. There are entire nations |
armed. Thus, the men who remain to |
till the soil and man the factories are
no less part of the army that is
GRANGE than the men beneath the battle
flags. 1t must be so with us.
1t is not an army that we must
shape and train for war; it is a ma
ion. To this end our people must
lraw close in one compact front
lgainst a common foe. But this can
lot be If each man pursues a private
purpose. All must pursue one purpose.
The nation needs all men; but it needs
ach man, not in the field that will
most pleasure him, but in the endeavor
hat will best serve the common good.
nus, though a sharpshOoter pleaSeS
o operate a triphammer for the forE-
ng of great guns, and an expert ma
hiniSt desires to march with the flag,
he nation is being served only when
he sharpshooter marches and the ma
hinist remains at his levers. The
hole nation must be a team in which
ach man shall play the part for which
e is best fitted. To this end, congress
as provided that the nation shall be .
rganized for war by selection and that |
ach man shall be classified for SER
ice in the place to which it shall best g
erve the general good to call him. y
The significance of this cannot be ;,
'erstated. 1t is new thing in our
story and a landmark in our pro- d
'esS. 1t is a new manner of accept D
G and vitalizing our duty to give our c
Ives with thoughtful devotion to the il
mmon purpose of us all. 1t is in no
nse a CONSUMPTION of the unwilling; h
is rather, selection from a nation 4
hieh has volunteered in mass. It Is y
more choosing of those who shall
arch with the colors than it is a W
lection of those who shall serve an L
ually necessary and devoted pur- b
Sc in the industries that lie behind is
e battle line. NJ
Conspicuous Moment, in History.
The day here, named is the time +r
on which all shall present them =,
ives for assignment to their tasks. -
is for that reason destined to be III
nembered as one of the most cor ye
cuous moments in our history. 1t is al
thlng less than the day upon which be
manhood of the country shall step a
ward in one solid rank in defense tn
the ideals to which this nation is
lsecrated. 1t is important to those 80
ais no less than to the pride of this
leration in manifesting its devotion III
them, that there be no gaps in the ma
ks. mi
t is essential that the day be ap- WI
ached in thoughtful apprehension ag
its significance and that we accord he,
t the honor and the meaning that it 70,
erves. Our industrial need pre-
hes that it be not made a technical
Iday, but the stern sacrifice that is uti
ore us urges that it be carried in ext
our hearts as great day of pa int
tic devotion and obligation, when fled
duty shall lie upon every man. ing
'ther he is himself to be registered o,o
not, to see to it that the name of sori
y male person of the designated
is written on these lists of honor. ny
witness whereof / have hereunto as
my hand and caused the seal of o
United States to be affixed. Uta
one at the city of Washington. this 9th,
day of May, in the year of our bov
one thousand nine hundred and g.,
nteen and of the independence of .nt
United States of America the one iiiit'
ired and forty-frst. has
: the president: nish
'bert Lansing, secretary of state. vege
or l
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