The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-06-07
WASHINGTON BELIEVES TOTALS
WILL EXCEED 100000 MEN,
GOOD WEATHER AND GEN.
ERAL QUIET PREVAIL
FEW N INCIDENTS
REPORTED IN NORTHWEST
All States Report Heavy Enrolment
Few UnfavorabIe Incidents Noted
Capital Pleased with Re-
sults-No State Totals
Vet Available

Yet Available
Fargo, N. D., June 6.-The young
men of North Dakota and the North
west have heard Uncle Sans call to
duty and have responded in numbers
to exceed expectations. This and the
general atmosphere of quiet which pre-
vailed throughout the nation are the
two outstanding facts which marked
the work ofsregistration yesterday. The
nation, which has had no previous con-
scription movement since the civil war,
has passed this first episode of the
present crisis with a businesslike air
of attention to duty. There was no
bombast, no jingoism and in most in
stances no flinching on the part of
those enrolled. The general sentiment
was one of substantial mental pre-
p%aredness, well expressed by the Fargo
young man who said No" when asked
if there was any reason why he should
be exempt from military duty, and
when questioned if he were willing to
go to France, said II am willing to go
whenever necessary"
, Generally favorable weather was a
feature of the days business. and in
nearly all sections the work of regis
tration wen forward smoothly. AT
only four points in the United States
was it reported that the department of
justice had found occasion to step in
to quiet anti-conscription movements.
Arrests were made at Hamilton, O.;
Hartford, Conn; Richmond, Va, and
q small place near st. Louis.
Patriotic Meetings Held
A show of enthusiasm was presented
at some of the larger cities by the con
vocation of patriotic meetings last eve
ming, where addresses were mad and
the enrolled men were given places OF
honor as already potentially committed
to their country's service. A meeting
of this sort at Fargo was we'll attended.
and the addresses received with marked
applause.
Washington Is Pleased
Associated Press reports from Wash
fngton at a late hour last night indi-
Gated the confident belief, in Official:
circles, that the days registration haG
fully come up to the original expecta-
ton that it would include ten million
men. In the language of the dispatch.
1.-THE manhood of the nation volun-
teered in mass, setting at naught all
the schemes and plottings of German
sympathizers and the few cranks who
have agitated against registration. It
remains but to select the men VINO are
to go to the front.
EARLY reports, showing a full turn
u all over the country, indicated that
the estimates of the census bureau as
to the number of men within the spe-
Gifted age limits would be verified by
the count.
Oregon Sends Typical Message.
Oregon sent a typical message. Reg
istration will be 100 per cent it said,
Spontaneous and without murmur or
incident The situation was so clear
and the response so ready that the gov
nor of 46 of the 48 states had sent
similar assurances long before regis
tration a closed, n the other two
were close on their heels. A feature of
the registration was the refusal of hun
dreds of thousands of men to make any
reply to the question, DO you claim any
Exemption"
Riot aReported at Butte
One Of the few disturbances reported
was at Butte, Mont, where six hundred
marchers carrying a red flag with the
lettering Damn the war; started a riot,
and troops had to be called out. The
city was temporarily placed under mar
tial rule.
Some North Dakota Reports
Fargo's registration led that of other
North Dakota cities in point of mum
bers al we'll as in earliness of time of
filing, the city coming up with a total
of 2,192, or about ten per cent of esti-
mated total population. s.
The report from Williston in this
state brought in one of the occasional
high lights which relieved the general
monotony of mere figures. According
to the news dispatch from that point
one hundred of the enrolled men began
voluntary military training in the eve
ming. The total enrolment for the city
was 486. i. f5r
Grand Forks registration stations
, closed with a total of 1859 of military
age enlisted for military service if the
government should so demand. Records
of the registrars indicate that only half
this number are actually subject to call
II dependent families, physical disabil-
fly n certain occupations are to be
considered as sufficient reason for ex-
emptions.
The total registration for James
town was 70S. Estimates from Minot
place the number there at Upward of
the thousand mark.
No State Totals at Midnight.
A bulletin from Washington says that
when Provost Marshal General Crow
der's office closed at midnight no reg
tstration report from any state had
been received. This is due to a pre-
vious instruction sem out requesting
that reports be forwarded from states
or smaller units only so fast as COM
pleted, counties reporting to state Of
ficials only upon completion of their
reports and the state officials following
a like policy with respect to their re-
ports to the government.