Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-12-12
.REG|STRANTS
TO FILL OUT
MANY QUERIES
I6-PAGE QUESTI0MNAIRES BEGIN TO
BE MAILED OUT SATURDAY AND
MUST BE RETURNED TO BOARD
WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.

The operation of the selectvc draft in it,
intensive form will begin throughout the
United States on Saturday, December Is.
Every one of the 5000. 900 regiStrants who
are not IN the military or naval service Of
the United States will receive Il lG-pagc
QUESTIONABLE which they will be required
10 till ont and return to their local boards
within seven days. Failure to do % will
invite prosecution under laws provided for
the purpose.
The Cameron county local board today
/ preparing To mail ont small percentage
nt the Quc~tlonnaire~ on SATURDAY. and \
certain percentage will be mailed out on
each day after that in order not "a crowd
the attorneys who will form the advisory
board 10 assist registrantS in filling out
their blanks properly. This advice will be
free and each registrant i urged to seek
IT. advice in order To insure accuracy.
The Cameron County Advisory Board. Of
which Judge J. 4. Graham j. the chairman
md r. W. kbhc and Oscar q. Dancy are
members. met last night and designated the
DAYS on which various Brownsville and
Cameron county attorneys are 10 present
themselves at the Cameron County Local
Boards headquarters. second floor. Mer-
chants National Bank building. i'm order
e. aid the regi~trantS
The following notice 10 rcgi~trant~ has
been issued hv the advisory board:
This j. to inform you that under the pro-
visions Of said ~elective draft law. the IN
derSigned have been duly appointed aS a
Legal Advisory Board for Cameron coun-
~. Texas, with instructions to associate
with ourselves such additional members Of
the bar Of this coountv n NAV be thought
advisable ~ furnish promptly and eff
rrcntly ~ucli assistance ~ mn rcgi~trant~
under the secctivc draft law \, thev NAV
require in answering the various questions
propoundcd in the QUESTIONABLE which has
been or will he mailed To YOU by the local
board for Cameron county. Texas.
This i ~ inform YOU that said assist
ance will he furnished YOU free of charge
and ~ advise you that the following com
mttec~ ~ lawyers will ~ ready IA serve
vou NJ room No. 200 on the second floor -
the Merchants National Bank building as
indicated below:
On Monday. December Il. 1917:
james \. Graham. \. T. Canale-. T.. L.
kowal~ki. William :. West. John r. Bart
lcti. =. q. F"rto, John r. Myrick and ".
q. B. Morrison.
On Tuesday. December Is. 1917:
James \. Graham. f.. l.. Knwal~ki. !. G.
Gcorge. II. W. Williams. james r. Wells
r. {. Forto, John Myrick and G. II.
Whitley.
On Wednesday, December 10. 1917:
q. Il Dancy. H. W. Scnburv. Ell. knw-
ai~kI, Ira Webster, II. H. Green. IIarhrri
Davenport and Samuel Spears.
On Thursday. December 20 1917.
.. {. Dancy. +. l.. kowal>ki. II. A
Kitchen. NJ. II. West. AuguStin CcIava.
Frank {. Pierce and \. Y. Logan.
On Friday. December Fl, 1917:
+. " kibhc. 4. l.. k"wal~ki. Il. u. Crcn
.cr' Amos Rich, Il. y. Rentfro. III. II.
Nate> and II. NJ. Robard>
On Saturday. December 22. 1917:
+. W. kihbe. +. l.. kowal~ki. A. Il. Cole.
r. N. Goodrich, Elmer r. Yates. W. II.
Jones and J VI. Molher>head.
me law seems To contemplate that Won
come before some of these committees -,
some n the days above mentioned. M ihc
thd mat All questions Nv ~ answered hv
YOU may be correctly made and sworn tn
hcl"rc some member of said committee III
You at the place designated above within
seven days from teh time the quc>tionnairc
i sent to YOU by the local board.
JAMES 4. GRAHAM.
I. ". KIBBE.
OSCAR e. DANCY.
l-A"HI Advisory Board VI Cameron Comfy