Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-24
MUST REGISTER JUNE 9TH.
President Signs Conscription Bill and
Issues Proclamation To This
Effect.
Severe Penalties for those who Ne
glect or Refuse to Register.

President on Friday who affixed his |
signature to the same which act sets
In motion at once the machinery
designated to produce within years
time a national army OF more than
100000 ira ined and equipped men.
AS the bill carries with 1t a plan OF
registration OF all males between the
ages OF. 21 and 80 years inclusive.
the President at once issued proc
lamation designating June 9Th as the
date of registration when every male
citizen of the United States who has
passed his 21st birthday and has not
as yet reached his 31st birthday, Will
be required to register In the pre-
clnct In which he resides.
There are to be no exemptions
from this registration, and even II
you are sick and unable to personally
register, the same must be done by
be. absent from your precinct on the
day OF registration, you must procure
the proper blank from the sheriff OF
the county and fill out the same and
have II filed with him before the date
OF registration.
Any male person eligible to regis
ter and who fails or neglects to COM
ply with the law on the date fixed for
registration, will be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction
In United States court shall be pun
ished by Imprisonment for term
not exceeding one year. You cannot
escape this punishment by the pay
ment OF a fine, as the only penalty Is
imprisonment. Ii should be clearly
understood that no male resident OF
the United States between the design
ated ages is excused from registra-
ton unless he is already In the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States; that is, a member Of the regu-
lar army or navy. the marine corps,
coast guard service OF that part OF
the. national guard now actually In
the federal service. Registration is a
necessary preliminary to the later
process OF selection.
1t is useless to ask registrars to ex-
cuse any one from registration. The
registrar has no such power. No one
can suspend the law requiring all to
register. No one can absent himself,
nor can the well-to-do man hire
another to represent him on the oc-
cnsion.
President Wilson's proclamation
putting into effect the selective draft
provisions of the army bill, after re-
citing the provisions OF the bill, fixes
the date OF registration as follows:
Date For Registration.
And do further proclaim and give
notice TO all persons subject to reg
istration in the several states and In
the District OF Columbia in accord
ance with the above law, that the
time and place OF such registration
shall be between a. m. and p. m.
on the fifth day OF June, 1917, at the
registration place in the precinct
wherein they have their permanent
homes. Those who shall have attain
ed their twenty-frst birthday anc
who shall not have attained theii
thirty-frst birthday on or before the
day here named are required to reg
lister. excepting only officers and en-
listed men of the regular army, th'
navy, the marine corps and the ma
tional guard and naval militia while
In the service of the United States
and officers in the officers reserve
corps and enlisted men In the enlist
ed reserve corps while in active ser
vice. In the territories OF Alaska
Hawaii and Porto Rico day for reg
istration will be named In a late
proclamation.
And do charge those who through
sickness shall be unable to presen
themselves for registration that the,
apply on or before the day OF regis
tration to the county clerk OF TN
county where they may be for In
structions as to how they may b
registered by agent. Those who ex
pect to be absent on the day name
from the counties in which they nav
their permanent homes may registe
by mail, but their mailed registratio
cards must reach the places In whic
they have their permanent homes D
the day named herein. They shoul
apply as soon as practicable to TN
county clerk of the county wherei
they may be for instructions as t
how they may accomplish their res
istration by mail. In case such pei
sons, as, through sickness or absence
may be unable to present themselve
personally for registration shall b
sojourning in cities of over 5000
population, they shall apply to tn
city clerk Of the city wherein the
may be sojourning rather than to tn