The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-06
ITEM MILLION YOUNG AMERICANS RESPOND
To THE CO(MTRYS CALL WITH REGISTRATION
MINOR DISORDERS
WERE NFREQUENT
No Complete Figures for Any
State Will Be Available
Until Today.

WASHINGTON. June o. More
than ten million Young Americans
enrolled Themselves today for war
service. Registration day. with
bnt few weeks Of preparation.
snw the first military census ever
laken in the Unii"d Stutes conf
plctrd without II single unlowArd
event uf consequence.
The manhood of the nalion
obcyCd the presidents call anu
volunteered en- massc, setting M
naught all The schemes and plead
ings of German sympaihtZrlS and
the few crankS who have HEllalcd
agninSt registration. 1t remains
hut to select Ihr men who arc 10
90 20 the front.
From virtually every state rc;'s-
curing messages came tonight 10
Br!gadirr General CrnwGrr. pro-
TOst marshal general and super
wishing officer ol The great '1lt."r-
prise.
While the returns from any
Stale were not complied up 10 Il
late hour the governors wrr" unali-
im0us III reporting rOmp!rlr quiet
had prevailed ihroughuu' IN" day
and that 4 full registration Was
g. indicated.
Kept Open Late.
In some precincts :hr late
.; CumrrS forced officials 20 keep the
polls open until long after The >
y. m closing hour set III The feGu-
iatiun$. General Crowdcr author
i2rd them 10 keep open as long
rs men wished 10 enroll them
selves. The result will be further
10 delay III" transmission OF re-
turns. however.
The early reports, showing Il
full turnout i'll over the country,
Indicated that 1hr estimates ui the
census bureau as 10 the number
of men within the specified age.
% limits would be- verified by IN"
count. Wherever partial figures
were available the estimates
checked closely.
The situation WaS 50 clear ana
the response 81 rrady ihruushoul
the country thai governors OF 40
Of The IS states had sent similar
assurances long before regIStra'
Iion had closed and the other Two
We're close on their heels.
Few Claim Exemption.
\ feature OF the rcgisIraiion WAS
TN" refusal nj hundreds ut thnu-
sands Of men 10 make amy reply
10 the question. no You claim
rXrnptiUn"" Even men who rr.
ported that ;hcy had dependent
Families; men with obvious phys
ical disabilities and those " hose
OCCUPATIONS are certain 10 keep
Them at home declined To max"
such Il claim. Apparently they
have entered fully inrO the very
Splril Of the law. They are con
irni "a leave the question OF rX-
rmvtiun 10 the exemption boards.
Thry har, liz claims 10 make;
hui they aTI' ready iu no th"lr
share. MhHl"vcr il NAV be.
With 'nr closing q! rdCn regis
i,jraIiur precinct officials went at
rli,'n H. N" task nj sorting ana
classifying the cards. There Is
much work TO be done in order
that the brief synopsis which each
governor will make tn General
CrOwtrr Of rho registration of ms
stale MAY 20 forward promptly.
II Will TAX" some hours. IN many
rascS. To do the work and no fix.
W. ,, i"t any ,n,ii ,vcrv nrrrincr
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h'H 1rl". ;Cm' ., r,oi.,r,r. worn
l''nit u, '''', ,'I '.ic.'r rrbrir Iask
t"'I'i,''t' h'"' .;,,,li, ~" mnrs
ny o'rn i''""r ,ir,i a. ''I'I, |rn,.'Inr I 'i !.
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h"priuI , ,ta' nI ni',ai', =: ." 'n ',""[ |.n,n,ry
50" ,h' lui' '''''" ~ '''' ''''''
on his desk.
steps 70 DC dHG"' .,,r,,
ThHrr remain T,n',"t n,' ,nton ,"Pr: Tn
meniarE S",lIS ~ ~, ,i',II I"H'" ni,
days registration !mciun'" "".S
cont i!n"hiai mi'ea HIh''E' A.nSN' sSiD,
and lia"a'l VIII r'c"lu '"ri' henu
ing men on dates 10 nr SCI I"'rn,
and ~" ron OF AnicIiralH ,i''!,i,,'I oo,,,r INV
abroad VINO ar" I''HI'ELnS S"m,n NV
lairS all around 'nr WoI,I ii '"n ~ 'In ,bn
IStrat!0h r'IHS' .ri ,,,, Mn' n"r,r,,rrn, I"'" -"
great llst IN" Hlat' p'I,tI I,,.', ii.c!',
.urIs ,o.i1V hv the thousand.