Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-19

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of the District Of Columbia. III
The registration OF all male residentS
in the District Of Columbia between thsa
ages OF twenty-one and thirty, inciu~
sive. in a single day is planned By ths1
District Commissioners in arrangs~4
ments announced by them today.
1t is the purpose Of the Commission u
ers. in the plans arranged. to register \
all Of the males Of military age on
June s without the expenditure Of onsi
penny of federal funds. without incon-
venience to q single citizen and with nod
interruption of the business Of the citysi
1t is hoped that Washington, tho cap>4
ital of the nation. will be the first city4
in the land of like size to complete it's !
registration and make its returns. For two 4
weeks Commissioner Brownlow, who tAl
in direct charge of the registrationj
task. in cooperation with Commissionsd
ers Newman and Kutz. Mai. Pullman~
superintendent OF police. and Daniel ia
Donovan, secretary to the board o6a
Commissioners, and In conjunction witll9
trict government has been arranging
the plans.
Registration Board Appointed. 3
The registration is to be accomplished
under the direction Of a Registrations
board appointed today by the Commis.i
sioners, consisting Of Daniel J. Donovans6
secretary to the board Of Conmissionerssi
Pullman and DR.. William c. woodward
neaa As there ees are no Z1ection precincts in
the District. as eNewhere in the United
o. =
Commissioners % establish specisl
registration stations. This has b1
done by taking the police precincts AZ
primary divisions. and subdividin9
cints. Maps, showing the boundaries
of these precincts are to be distributed
throughout the city by. the police.
Registration is to be conducted in
.company's plant. The registrars ara,
to be chosen from among the clerical
employees Of the District OF Columbia
ana possibly from among the teaching
staff Of the public schools. The HiEh
service to assist the registrars in their
work.
The entire registration Is to be acs
complished between Z o'clock in the
morning and 9 o'clock at night The
Commissioners, because Of the unfass
milfarity Of the public with the bounds
aries OF registration precincts. urge
that every citizen inform himself. a.
soon as possible, with the descriptions
of these precincts. dn order that the
District may be the first political unit !;
in the United States to complete and
tabulate Its registration. 4
To Open Information Bureau. I
The Commissioners have planned to-
open a bureau in room s, District buildS
ing, where, all information bearing ou3
the details OF the registration will be3
given. This bureau is to be open from
. O'Clock am. to II O'Clock pm, included
ing Sundays and holidays, until the end
of the registration period. Telephone5
also can be secured with
this bureau through Main 5000. the apNi
plicant asking for the war registratious
bureau.
Non-reeidents Of Washington whd
wish to register by mail In accofdanooJ
with tho terms prescribed in the Preoss
ident's proclamation. may preseno l
at the office Of Mr.. Donovan J
room sos District building. who tS to I
serve as city clerk. Mr.. Donovan IL aIeo ,
to register sick persons through their
agents. i
Corps Of Assistants. a
Several advisory committees to asSi
sist the registration board have been |
appointed. as follows: Sidney Roche
deputy auditor. and W. s. Hail. deputy
Of Insurance. preparasi
ton Of blank forms and the preparaAi
tons for the summarization of regis<i
tration returns; Stephen e. Kramer. aSa
sistant superintendent Of schools; Lieut.
n. Butler Briscoe. military instructor
of tho high schools: 3. C. Daniel. prin.s
,ipal of Mckinley High School. and h
H. Burroughs. member OF the military
committee of Central High School. in
charge OF the corporation of high
school cadets: Raymond F. Crist, dep
atty commissioner Of naturalization, and
(. o. Wilmarth. chief accountant of the
public schools. in charge of corps OF
interpreters to assist in the regfstra-
ton of persons who do not speak the
surveyor Of the District Of Columbia;
Howard Fisk OF The Evening Star aud
J. NJ. Stoddard. president OF the WASH.
ngton Automobile Trade Association.
Harold Keaths of the department OF
publicity: r. o. Wilmarth
md Hugh McQueenie. superintendent
II Janitors of the public schools. equip-.
nent of the buildings to be used as
places; Daniel e. Garses.
.hief clerk of the engineer department
# the District; Stephen Z. Kramer.
assistant superintendent OF schools;-
William l. Beale. assistant assessor,
nd DR.. A. L. Murray of the health or.
ice, in charge of the preparation OF,
igns. posters and other advertising.
natter: Daniel ]. Donovan. Daniel IL.
;arges and r. o. Wilmarth. assignment
4 registrars to registration precinctss
dat Pullman. In charge of the coz
,peration OF the police in the work OF
egistration.
Wants to Head the List. =.
Mr.. Brownlow said today ''the Cons
,issioners have q pride in their purs
ose, a pride which they feel sure viii
e shared by every citizen OF the Dis.
rict, to accomplish this registration
,ithin the hours named by the Presi-
eut. to summarize its results firss
mong all of the units of the nation.
nd to do all this work without the