Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-05-25

date herewith.
"And l 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 5th day of June, 1917, at the
registration place in the precinct
wherein they have their permanent
homes. Those who shall have at
tanned their 21st birthday and who
shall not have attained their 31st
birthday on or before the day here
named are required to register, ex
cepting 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 officers in
the officers reserve corps and en-
listed men in the enlisted reserve
corps while in active service. In the
territories of Alaska, Hawaii and Por-
to Rico a date for registration will
be named in later proclamation.
Absentees Must Register.
"And do charge those who
through sickness shall be unable to
present themselves for registration
that they apply on or before the day
of registration to the county clerk
of the county where they may be for
instructions as to how they may be
registered by agent. Those who ex-
pect to 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 practicable
to the county clerk of the county
wherein they may be for instruction
as to how they may accomplish their
registration by mail. In case such
persons as, through sickness or alb
sence, may be unable to present
themselves personally for registration
shall be sojourning in cites of over
10000 population, they shall apply to
the clerk of the county. The clerks
of counties and of cities Of over 80,
900 population in which numerous ap
plications from the sick and from
nonresidents are expected such sub
agencies and to employ and deputize
such clerical force as may be neces
sary to accommodate these applica
tons.
Whole Nation Must Fight.
"The power against which we arr
arrayed has sought to impose its will
upon the world by force. To thi'
end it has increased armament unit
it has changed the face of war. IL
the sense in which we have beef
wont to think of armies there are en-
tire nations armed. Thus, the mel
who remain to till the soil and mai
the factories are no less a part o
the army that is in France than tn
men beneath the battle flags.
must be so with us. 1t is not al
army that we must shape and trail
for war; it is a nation. To this EN-
our people must draw close in on
compact front against common foe
: But this can not be if each man pull
sues a private purpose. All mus
pursue one purpose. The natiol
needs all men; but it needs eacl
man, not in the field that will mos
: please him, but in the endeavor tina
will best serve the common goot
Thus, through sharpshooter place
to operate a trip hammer for tn
forging of great guns, and an exper
machinist desires to march with tn
flag, the nation is being served onl
when the sharpshooter marches an
= the machinist remains at his lever.
u The whole nation must be team i
u which each man shall play the pal
for which he is best fitted. To thi
l. end congress has provided that tn
4 nation shall be organized for war
e selection and that each man shall b
q classified for service in the place
e which it shall best serve the geners
y good to call him.
4 New In Our History.
r 1.-THE significance of this can NJ
s be overstated. 1t is a new thing
It our history and landmark in OF
r progress. 1t is a new manner of a
y cepting and vitalizing our duty
l. give ourselves with thoughtful dew
5, ton to the common purpose of l
a all. 1t is in no sense a conscriptio
II of the unwilling; it is rather sele
l. ton from a nation which has volu
l. teered in mass. 1t is no more
O choosing of those who shall marc
e with the colors than 1t is selectio
r of those who shall serve an equal
y necessary and devoted purpose in ii
n industries that lie behind the bait
Is line.
e "The day here named is the tin
e upon which all shall present ther
e selves for assignment to their task
d 1t Is for that reason destined to |
r. remembered as one of the most CO
n spicuous moments in our history.
K is nothing less than the day upo
D. which the manhood of the countr
a shall step forward in one solid ran