Weekly journal-miner., 1917-06-20
SHOW YOURCARD . OR bE P|NCHED
 AS A STACKER
SHORT GRACE IS OVER AND YOUNG MEN WILL HAVE TO KICK IN OR SUFFER; OFFICERS RE- CEIVE ORDERS.
(From Thursdays Daily.)

The short grace granted to men
 between the ages of 2l and 30, who
 did not register for military service on June 5th, has ended and now, all
 who cannot produce a registration
 certificate, showing they have com
 piled with the law, will be amenable
 to arrest without formality of q war
 rant. This is in substance, the mes
 sage received by all peace officers
 from Disbursing Officer r. s. Breen
 at Phoenix, who has been instructed
 by Provost Marshal General Crowder.
 There is but one way to leniency;
 that is for the chap who is arrested. to register at once. II he does this,
 he is released on his own recogniz- ancc Otherwise, it costs SS,OOO bail
 to buy temporary freedom according to an order from the department Of
 justice of the United States officers in Arizona.
 The following order has been sent out to all peace officers of States, cities, counties, towns and hamlets of whatever grade or rank:
 Your attention is called to the following telegram of Provost Mar shal General Crowder relative to your further duties in securing a complete registration of all male persons be- tween the ages of 2l and 30, both in elusive:
 Quotas are to be assigned to the several States in proportion to their population as determined by the bureau of the census and not in pro- portion to the registration. The re- suit is that every person who has failed to register is seriously increas- ing the burden of those who have registered. Ample notice and every opportunity has now been given and there is no longer any argument upon which the conduct of non-registrants can be condoned. The period of lcniency referred to in my No. 800 has now passed. Attention is invited to Paragraph l6 of the Regulations.
 "It is requested that every effort be now made to detect and arrest per sons subject to registration who have not registered and to bring each case promptly to the attention of the near est representative of the department of justice. Wide publicity should be given to the effect of non-registration in increasing the burden of those who have registered. Care should be talk en that the lists prescribed in Para graph 39 are promptly posted and all registrars should be asked to assist in bringing non-registrants to the atten- ton of the police. Summarizatioh re- ports of registration from the various boards should be compared with esti- mates of the census bureau and effort should be concentrated on those dis tricts where discrepancy between reg and estimates seems greatest.
 "'In case of doubt as to age of per sons who have not registered the tab ulated record of political organiza- lions and other local records should be consulted and data may be ob- taincd from the bureau of the census. 1 The purpose of this telegram. IS to in from June 1 vigorous ag-l gressive and effective enforcement oi 1 the penal clauses of the selective ser vice law against all who have by their | failure or refusal to register brought | themselves under those provisions. | The department of justice is sending today, June 10, similar advices to United States attorneys and marshals with instructions to release on their own recognizance all persons arrest ed by marshalS or deputy marshals pr by State, county and municipal police officers and turned over to them who promptly register under the :erms of Paragraph 40, Registration 
 ''The secretary of war construes Section , of the selective service law IS requiring compulsory registration ,y the officer making the arrest of .ach arrested person immediately up- ,n his conviction.
 Please give notice to all who have my duty cnjoined upon them in con lection with the enforcement of the 'enal clauses of the law and particu- arly to State, county and municipal 'olice named in Paragraph Is of the CROWDER." ,