The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-05
.5|u5 CHIEF. SMITH CITY CLERK,
AND WATKINS: FOR POLICE JUDGE
TEN MILLION MEN
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! Infinite care has been taken TO warn
men Of their liability and every pre-
caution. exercised 10 place the means
OF registration, whatever their cirCum-
stances Or surroundings, within the
reach OF all. 1t is not expected. how
ever. that misunderstanding can be
Iavoidcd or That the record Of tOmOr
row night will be The finished product
tui the great experiment.
! President Wilson has called upon
I The nation to make holiday tomorrow
| as its young men march u the regis
; t!'auoa p!accS.
! 1T is Il new thing in our history"
| the proclamation says, and IL land
! mark i'll our progress. II is a nr%
manner Of accepting and vitalizing
! our duty 10 give ourselves with
thoughtful devotion TO the common
purpose Of all. It. is nothing less than
the day upon which the manhood or
the country shall step forward IN ono
solid rank in defense OF The ideals 10
which this nation is cOnsccratcd. II
is important To those ideals. no less
than 10 the pride of this generation,
| in manifrSting its devotion TO them,
, that there be no gaps in the ranks"
| Patriotic Response.
In every state the presidents appeal
that registration day be Il day Of pa
triotiC devotion" has met with ready
response. From ocean 10 ocean and
from Mexico 10 the Canadian line Il
/ great chorus OF patriotism will swell
will present themselves Tor service
amid scenes OF national enthusiasm
! that seldom have been eQualcd. WAY
! ing flags and military music will keep
! time u This march of millions. And
Through it all will run Il grim under
current OF its meaning, for. It's the
, president has written:
I'll is essential that the day DC ap-
! preached in thoughtful apprehension
of its significance and That We accord
To- it the honor and the meaning that
! it deserves"
When the rolls OF the registration
lie completed upon the desk of Briga-
! ulGr General Crowder, provost mar
shall general, preparation will be made
10 carry out the next step in the pro
gram CT national action. That will be
the process under which the regis
tered millions will be sirod so that
each man may take the place in The
/ war machinery TO which habit and
thinning have best suited him. For
want or Il better word, the process is
known rs exemption; but the prrsi-
dent has more tiltinsly described II in
his proclamation:
The nation needs all men," lie
says. but it needs each man, not in
the field that will most please him.
but i'll the endcavOr that will best
serve III" common good. The whole
nation must b. Il team in which each
is best fitted. TO this end congress
has provided that the nation shall b.
organized for war by selection and
that each man shall be classified tor
service in the place 10 which it shall
best servo the general good TO call
him."
Ten Million to Register.
This process Of classification will
be carried through its first great step
! Out of ll0,0O0,0OO people, approx
matcly ten million men who are young
and therefore best suited 10 wars
hardships will have been selected.
From that 100000 as the law now
stands, 100000 OF the hardest, The
very Hover of III" nations youthful
manhood, will be siftcd and these will
be the lighting men. Ii is planned that
no man thus drawn shall leave d hul,
TO be tillcd in the economic structure
Of the country: That he shall leave il"
dependent relatives TO suffering and
want when nc marches of To battle.
Only The broader outlines of The
machinery uI this final selection hav"
been disclosed. Probably jury wheel
system will be employed and the qu">-
ton OF cNCmpllnG any individual Will
br taken up only when his name has
been drawn. Definite assurance has
been given, however, that the fatrcSl
possible means will be employed III
making the selection and that Il mars
own ncighbOrs shall have first Vuirc
! in determining that part he is TO play,
whether in the fighting rank or be-
hind the battle lines, where ten work.
crS will be needed for every soldier
at the front.
Await the Resudlt
WASHINGTON. Junc lin striking
contrast 10 the thrill and stir OF aciiv-
Ity In every city village or hamlet
throughout the country tvuigh;. officials
Of the provost marshal generals ultic',
TIE center at the vast and rUmrir% HIT
chin"ry nf war registration. awaited the
GAVIN Of registration day III quiet con- ,
iId"ncc that their work has been we'll
done.
The absolute maximum of dc-r"r;trali. ,
zntinn has been attained. There wdA
nothing left /" b" done by ErIgadlrr
General rowdrr. presiding genius "t !
the machinery that has been invoked to
carry Out I'll" plans. Last touches We're
ccSs Of standardization that VIII account ,
for every man at the ten millions who ,
march tomorrow ~ the reg Isl r;tl ION (
places. will reach Washington III IS :
brief messages. each representing Tho :
complete results Of II state.
Reports from Each State.
When til" governors reports arc at
hand tn" addition of lew columns.
each continuing IS Sums, viii xiv" the /
net result of the great uud"r;nklug 81
far as continental United States Is cont !!
CcTncd.
rnr additions will give the grand -.
iuia nf tho nGmhrr @! whit" and negro
.rIiIH,.ns who Muv, Clustered. II Ia" in
dir;tch number "f exemptions iuI uh- =
yinTe reasons. the number Of aliens.
whirh will iuClHdc MI men al foreign
birth who have not been naturaliz'd,
and mis-" uf ali alien enemies "f IL"
country between III" a="s Of - and -
1t mny hH da!2 hcGnr" th" r"N Of
states i rninpl"'c. IA partial returns !.
wi!l IL. transmitted either from !'r"-
cinct "r county officials 10 the stale nj
thoriii... ~ 10y ths latter t. the proves
iulrs,,ft =, neral. instruct in'ls h:ir" gun"
oar /" ali officials /" lnIh" public only
iic..r's i'.r ""nr!"u"d precincts. C"inlirs
ur s;-.,~. as M cas-" may h''.
Only Complete Figures.
rG"'..iiS hctI"v" ii not only w"ui" c"n-
fq!" II" SITUATION for frhcru"ntary re-
turns ~ u" handled. bat tAHr misc"n-
rcntiurS ~ ~" results. wr"n EdcdH"-
'iurIs a,.l improper conclusions might by
rnarhnd from rr"nai Ir" pDhliCattUn.
They have urged the press Ut tn" c"un-
re to make II" COMPARISONS Of IN" re-
sIl,> ne between town AMI town "r state
and etat". unless III" fail rrTor: from
each locality is aVHllHhI".
70 this end REPORTS from tho precinct