The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-19
June S Fixed For Registration
President Issues Proclamation Summoning Mer
of Nation to Colors and to Labor at Home
in Cause of Their Country.

themselves for reg1sIhuon I'M sies -
ply on or before the day OF registration
to the county clerk where they may Pc
for instructions as TO how they may Ss
REGISTERED By agents. Those Whe e1pect
"a be absent on the day named from the
counties In which they have their per
n1snent homes, may register by mall.
but their mailed registration oards must
reach the place in which they have their
permanent homes By the day named
herein
They should apply - soon a. pracu-
cable to the county clerk Of the ooun-
" wherein they may be fer instrucuons
as TO how. they may accomplish tneH
registration By mall
In case such persons as, through aok-
ness or absence, may be unable 70 pFs-
sent themselves personally for regisua-
lion, shall be sojourning In cities OF
over moo population. they shall Apply
to the city clerk Of the city wherein
they may be sujourning rather than 70
the clerk Of the county.
The clerks Of counties and Of cities o.
over 5000 population In which nu.
merous applications from The siok Ano
from nonresidsnts arO expected ers
authorised 10 establish snoh SUD
agencies and to employ and ospan.e
such clerical force ~ may pc neoessArs
TO accommodate these appnoAnonA
Fuss uf war Changed.
The power against which We arr
arrnyed has sought 10 impose it, VIII
upon the world By force. To this enc
Il has increased armament unth "
has changed the face OF war. AZ
the sense In which we have been WonN
to think of armies there are no erniei
In this struggle. There are entire ma
lions armed Thus, the men who re
main to til the soil and man the TAO
tories are no less q part OF the army
mat IN France than the man beneath
the battle fags.
II must be 90 with us. II IL not an
army that we must shape and train
for war; Il IL a nation.
To this end our people must draw
close IN one compact front against
common foe. But this can not be Il
each man pursues q private purpose
All must pursue one purpose.
The nation needs all men, but II
needs each man, not In the nsld thai
will most pleasure him, but in thu
endsavor that will best serve the com
mon good.
Part for Each Man.
Thus, though q sharpshooter pleassI
to operate a triphammer for the forg
ing Of great guns, and an expert ma
chinIst desires TO march with the nag
the nation IL being served only wheI
the sharpshooter marches and tn
machInist remains at his levers.
The whole nation must be q team
/ in which each man shall play the par
for which he IL best ntted.
To this end. Congress has provided
that the nation shall be organized 70
war by selection, and that each mai
shall be classified for service in tn
place to which IL shall best serve tn
general good to call him
The significance OF this cannot b,
overstated. II IL q new thing in GU
history and q landmark in our prog
ress.
It is a new manner of accepting an,
vitalizing our duty to give ourselve
with thoughtful devotion to the com
mon purpose OF US ALL e
1t IL In no sense a conscription o
the unwilling; It Il rather, selection
from a nation that has volunteered Il
mass.
1t is no more a choosing OF thos
who shall march with the colors tina
1t is a selection OF those who shal
serve an equally necessary and de
voted purpose In the industries tina
lie behind the battle line.
Assignment of Tasks-
The day here named is the tim
! upon which all shall present them
selves for assignment to their task
II is for that reason destined to be re
membered as one OF the most con
spicuous moments in our history.
It Smoothing less than the day upo
which the manhood of the countr
shall step forward in one solid ran
in defense of the ideals to which thi
nation is consecrated-
It Is important to those ideals n
less than to the pride of this genera
tion in manifestinE its devotion {
them, that there be no gaps in tn
ranks
1t Is essential that the day be az
preached in thoughtfulness of its sig
nificance and that we accord to it tn
honor. and the meaning that 1t de
serves
Patriotic Devotion Needed.
Our Industrial need prescribes ths
it be not made a technical holida!
but the stern sacrifice that is befor
us urges that IL be carried in all ou
hearts as a great day Of patriotic d,
votion and obligation when the dut
shall lie upon every man, whether h
is himself to be registered or not, {
see to II that the name OF every NAL
person of the designated ages is wri
ten on these lists OF honor.
In witness whereof I have her,
unto set my hand and caused the ses
OF the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington TIL
18th day OF May in the year c
our Lord one thousand nine hun
bred and seventeen, and of the fl
dependence OF the United States {
America the one hundred and fort,
first.
By the President:
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State.
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