The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-26
MUST REGISTER!
Imprisonment Is Penalty for
Failure to Perform Duty.
Military Polls Open on June 3
From z A. M. to 8 p. NJ.

Washington, May 26.-In its cam
paign to stimulate interest in regis
tration, June 5, for the war army, the
war department today issued a MEM
crandum emphasizing the seven car
dinal points to be remembered, par
ticularly by men between the ages of
81 and 80 inclusive, who will be re-
quired to register. The memorandum
follows:
There is only ONE day for reglstra-
ton June 3, 1917.
EVERY male resident of the United
States who has reached his 21st and has
lister on the day set, June 5, 1917. The only
exceptions are persons IN the mliltary OF
naval service Of the United States which ae
the regular army. the regular army re-
serve, the officers reserve corps, the en-
and natio"al guard reserve, recognized by
the militil bureau of the war department,
the navy, the marine corps, the coast
guard and the naval militia, the naval re-
serve force, the marine corps reserve ana
the national volunteers recognized by the
3SRegistration is distinct from draft.
No matter what just claim you have for
exemption you must register
those not responsive to the sense of this
duty, the penalty of Imprisonment. not
fine. is provided in the draft act.
5IThose who thru sickness shall be I'M
able to register should cause represen-
| tative to apply to the county or city clerk
| for a COPY OF the registration cards The
clerk will give instructions as to how this
| card should be filled out. The card should
! then be mailed by the sick person, or de
livered by his agent to the registrar OF his
home district. The sick person will en-
close a self addressed stamped envelope
for the return to him Of his registration
certificate.
G-Any person who expects TO be alb
| sent from his voting precinct on registra-
! fiOu daV should aDDlV soon as possible
| for registration card to the county clerk
! of the county where he may be stopping. or
| if he is in city of over thirty thousand to
the city clerk. The clerk will record the
answers on the card and turn it over to
| the absentee. The absentee should mail
! this card to the registrar of his home dis
| trict so that it will reach that Off
cial by registration day, A self ADDRESSED s'ieh
the card to insure the return to the alb
sentee of registration certificate
| 7-Registration booths will be open from
June 5, 1917
Will Suppress Politics.
Another angle developed today in
the matter of possibilities of politics
| being injected into formation of Amer
| ica's new armies There has been evil
dence placed before navy departmen t
officials tending to show that politi-
clans are attempting to advance their
favorites in the naval reserve.
Any such attempts, upon being
proved, the departm ent said, would be
met by stern rebuff.
| To forestall such attempts. Secre-
| tary Daniels had notified recruiting Of
| fcers of the reserve to record every
| instance. Proof of such, Daniels said,
would be sufficient cause for dismissal
| from the service or for disciplinary
| action against the reserVists involved.
Enlisted men are expected to noti-
| fly their friends that political activity
will harm their chances.
! Unofficial reports indicate, too, that
| Germans are influencing Mexican la
borers in the southwest to quit the
country in order to embarrass that sec
, ton in its agricultural work