Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-07
Secretary Donovan to An
nounce List of Men Who
Enrolled for War.
CAPITALS TOTAL, a2,4ea
Following are the tabulated
registration returns received at
the once Of the provost marshal
general up to 1 o'clock today;

The Districts roll of honor. con-
tanning the names of more than $4,000
ofits young men who have registered
for military service, is to be made
public
Secretary Donovan of the registra-
ton board announced this morning
that big force of typewriters will be
put to work at once arranging the
names alphabetically. The list. when
completed. will be posted in conspicu-
GUS place in the office of the secretary
to. the District Commissioners. where
1T will be open to general inspection.
Copies will be sent to the newspapers
with a request for their publication.
The registration today was Increased
to a total of 32,49S. This mornings
mail brought twenty-four cards from
District residents out of the city, while
three persons presented themselves at
the office of the registration board and
ware enrolled. Yesterdays out-of-
town registration included 40 names.
while twenty-four persons registered
at the. District building. These re-
turns increased the total announced
yesterday by III names. making the
total UP to noon today of 80. 4sS.
, Big Task Remains.
Secretary Donovan. who has been the.
directing genius of the registration
work. in which Washington established
q national record of being the first city
to report to the War Department the
result of the census taking, conducted
without the cost of a penny to the Dis
tryct government, still faced a big lot
OF work today in finishing up the task.
Besides making an alphabetical record
of the names taken in the census. he is
arranging to have a copy made of each
registration card for transmission to
Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder. The
Orf&inal cards will bR retained nv the
District.
Persons losing their certificates must
make oath of the fact before a notary
public. Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder
this morning issued the following ruling
bearing on this point:
Gases in which registered persons
haye lost their registration certificates
have come to the attention of this office.
In. such cases the registration board
which has the card of such person
should. upon application, verify the fact
OF, application. and. upon proper evidence
of good faith. give written statement
signed by the clerk setting forth the
fact of registration. the name of the
person registered. the date and number
Of the registration card and a statement
tort effect that evidence has been sub
mitted proving the loss Of the registra-
tion certificate. This course seems pre-
feaabie to the issue of double certif-
oSre."
secretary Donavan construes the words
that oath must be taken before a notary
public Three registrants already have
notified the board that they have lost
their certificates. They will be given
hwfttten statements signed by Mr.. Dono-
van to the effect that they have regis
tered as soon as the registration lists
of the precincts have been listed and it is
foThd they were among those enrolled
ether Statistics to Be Prepared
When the alphabetical lists have been
arranged according to precincts and du-
plieate registration cards have been sent
to. Provost Marshal Cen Crowder Mr..
Dopoyan will prepare some interesting
statistics as to the registration. Report
VIII be made as to the number Of District
citizens who registered elsewhere and sent
their cards into Washington and Of en-
ployes in the federal departments, not
residents of Washington, who mailed
registration cards to their home precincts
In. the states and dependencies Of the gov
eminent.
Investigation is being made by the
local authorities of an alleged instance
in which District citizen of military
age lost his position because he regis
tered. The facts in the case, when
ascertained. will be reported to the
Commissioners for action.
District officials and members of the
CALCULATIONS by the hundred over the
efficient manner in which the capitals
war census was taken, in spite Of the
fact that the District has no regular
machinery for voting purposes.