Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-12-05
Registered men
ALLOWED TO enlist
ALL REGISTERED MEN NOT YET
CALLED FOR SERVICE MAY
ENLIST BEFORE DEC. Is.
BLANKS TO BE MAILED DEC. Is

ENLIST BEFORE DEC. Is.
BLANKS TO BE MAILED DEC. Is
All Registrants Who Have Changed
Their Place of Residence, Must
Notify Board Of Such Fact.
Registered men who have not been
called for active service in the ma
tional army are given an opportunity
to enlist in the army and navy be-
tween now and December 18th, on
which date certain per cent Of
the questionaires will be mailed to
the men registered. After, December
18th all men who registered last
June cannot enlist. Last week the
local board received its consignment
of questionaires, and beginning on
December 18th, the board will mail
per cent of the entire list of men
registered. The men receiving these
questionaires will have seven days in
which to fill them out and return
them to the local board. These
questionaires will be mailed to reg
istrants at the address given on the
registration card, or latest address
known to the .board. If any regis
trant has changed his place of resi-
dence and has not notified the local
board Of such fact, and fails to get
his QUESTIONABLE, he can blame no
one but himself If the blank is
not returned within the prescribed
time, the registrant will then be sub
ject to the penalties prescribed under
the Selective Conscription law.
The local board is very anxious
that no injustice is done any regis
trant. and ask that the men who
registered last June cooperate with
them in the matter Of procuring, and
properly filling out the question:
aires, and then seeing to it that they
are returned to the local boards Of
fee before the seven days have ex-
pired.
Advisory Boards are Named.
In each county of the state advis-
ory boards have been named to as
sist registrants in making out the
questioaaires. This board consists
of three attorneys in the county. The
three members appointed are perma-
nent members of the advisory board
and will have charge of all the legal
advice They are also to see that a
competent force of attorneys and
laymen will be ready to assist regis
trants at the time the local boards
are in session. The attorneys of ev-
cry city or county are expected to
aid the registrants in making of af-
fidavits or other papers concerning
the draft, this service to be free Of
charge. The chief duties of the le-
gal advisory board as appointed by
president Wilsonsswill be to see that
this is done by the attorneys and will
also aid registrants in any way pos
sibae by giving advice and assistance
In preparing claims, questiOnaIfes
or other papers for the local or dis
3trict boards "t Y
The advisory board for Delaware
county as confirmed by President Will
son, consists dof9 Judge Geo. Nv. Dun
ham, HUBERT Carr and Hon. w. H.
Norris.
Under the new rules adopted by the
government every registrant, not in
active service, must be classified.
A questionable will be mailed to
each registrant who shall within seven
days after mailing, return the same
with every question answered with
strict correctness. The QUESTIONABLE
is very lengthy and an examination of
It will disclose the fact that not one in
ten of the men can fill out the same
properly without assistance. The Le-
gal Advisory Board is directed to or
ganize all OF the lawyers sof the coun-
ty and as many competent laymen as
may be necessary to supply assistance
to the registrants in properly answer
ing the questions. .n-t,
Beginning December 18th, the Local
Board will mail ont each day question
aires to'5 per cent of the registrants.
It will take about a month to COM
plete the preparation and filing of the
questionaires.
The duties of the members of the
Legal Advisory Board are explained
by the following quotation from Cover
nor Harding's letter of notification to
the members of the Board:
'The Legal Advisory Boards in the
State of Iowa shall consist of three
members of the legal profession in
each county, to be permanent men,
bers of such boards, to take charge
VI ILLS WOlh ouCA VOuALyp NAu
to be held responsible that there shall
be a competent force of lawyers or
laymen available to such registrants
at any time during which the Local
or District Boards within such dis
tricts are open for business.
ut is the intention that the Legal
Advisory Board of which you are
member, shall constitute a sort of
nucleus around which can be group
ed all the lawyers in the county serv-
ed by your board. This organization
of your county should proceed with
the greatest, possible expedition since
it must be completed before the pro-
cess Of selection starts. I, therefore,
suggest that your board meet at the
earliest possible moment to proceed
with the organization of your coun-
ty."