South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-19

here named are required TO register,
excepting only officers and enlisted
men OF the regular army. the navy.
the marine corps, and the national
guard and naval militia while in the
service Of the United States and Off
GERS in the officers reserve corps and
enlisted men in the enlisted reserve
corps while in active service. In the
territories of Alaska, Hawaii and
Porto Rico a day for registration
viii be named in a later proclama-
ton.
Points Methods.
And / do charge those who
through sickness shall be unable 10
present themselves for registration
that they apply on or before the day
OF registration 70 the county clerk
Of the county where they may be for
instructions as 10 how they may be
registered by agents. Those who eX-
pect 70 be absent on the day named
from the counties in which they have
their permanent homes may register
by mail. but their mailed registra-
ton cards must reach the places in
which they have their permanent
homes by the day named herein.
They should apply as soon as prac-
ticable 10 the county clerk OF the
county wherein they may be for in
structions as TO how they may ac-
complish their registration by mail
IN case such persons as, through
sickness or absence, may be unable
10 present themselves personally for
registration, shall be sojourning in
cities Of over 80, 900 population. they
shall apply 10 the city clerk OF the
city wherein they may be sojourn-
ing rather than 10 the clerk Of the
county The clerks of counties and
Of cities of over $4,000 population in
which numerous applications from
the sick and from non-residents are
expected are authorized to esta blish
such sub-agencies and 10 employees
and deputize such clerical force as
may be necessary TO accomm odate
these applications
Flags Force Rule.
The power against which we are
arrayed has sought to impose its
will upon the world by force. To this
end it has increased armament until
it has changed 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 a part OF
the army than the men beneath the
battle flags.
Ii must be so with us. it is not
an army that we must shape and
train for war; it is a nation. To this
end our people must draw close in
one compact front against a common
foe. But this cannot be if each man
pursues a private purpose. AL must
pursue one purpose. The nation
needs all men; but it needs each
man, not in the field that will most
please him but in the endeavor that
will best serve the common good.
Thus. though a sharp-shooter pleases
10 operate a trip-hammer for the
forging of great guns, and an expert
flag, the nation is being served only
when the sharp-shooters marches
and the machinist remains at his
levers. The whole nation must be
team in which each man shall play
the part for which he is best fitted.
To this end, congress has provided
that the nation shall be organized
for war by selection and that each
man shall be classified for service in
the place to which it shall best serve
the general good to call him.
Significance is Stated.
The significance of this cannot be
overstated. II is a new thing in our
history and a landmark in our
progress. It is a new manner of ac-
cepting and vitalizing our duty to
give ourselves with thoughtful de
votion to the common purpose Of us
all. II is in no sense a CONSUMPTION of
the unwilling; it is rather selection
Of the nation which has volunteered
in mass. il is no more a question Of
those who march with the cOlors,
than it is a question of who shall
serve an equally necessary and de-
voted purpose in the industries that
lie behind the battle line.
The day here named is the time
upon which all shall present them
selves for assignment TO their tasks.
IL is for that reason destined to be
remembered as one of the most con-
spicuous moments in our history. It
is nothing less than the day upon
which the manhood Of the country
shall step forward in one solid rank
in defense of the ideals to which this
nation Is consecrated. 1t is important
TO those ideals no less than TO the
pride of this generation in manifest