Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-30
DEFENSE LEAGUE
PLAN To TAKE
CENSUS OF CITY
Will Supply All Residents Here
With Membership Cards for
the Home Defense 0rgani-
zation-Work Planned Will
Start at Once.

Ways and means for Systematically
taking a census of the men in the city
and of supplying them with member
ships cards for the Home Defense
League of Perth Amboy we're adopted
at a meeting of the census commit
tee of the league and political work ers
in the Republican Club rooms in the
Raritan building last night. The CEN
sus work will be started imm ediately
and efforts will be made to complete it
by Monday night, next Reports of
progress made to date by the va
r1ous working committees of the
league are scheduled to be rendered
at a meeting of the executive COM
mittee in city hall tonight, at which
time steps will be taken to begin the
drilling Of the military company and
rifle club members.
About fifty men were present at the
Joint meeting of the census committee
of which Alderman F. William Hilker
Is chairman, and the various Demo-
cratic and Republican committeeman,
last night. The task Of taking a sort
of military census of the male popu-
lation was reviewed in detail and
means for taking the census by blocks
were decided upon. The various po-
litical workers who have experience
alongsthis line will serve as lieutenants
and will summon to aid them such
men as they find capable and avail
able. The men will start at once go
ing from house to house with league
membership cards. Men may sign
them and thus become defense work.
ers. On the back of the cards are
blank forms for the name, age, occu-
patton, ETC., of each man.
The memberships thus obtained will
be noted and the leagues work out
hn in
formation will be filed in a system
attic way for use as occasion arises.
Every effort will be made to complete
the census by Monday night. The
sso Pted te.s TIE ~csS e.
the census and enrollm ent commit
tees inasmuch as it has been COM
bined to a large extent. Heretofore
the enrolment committees have distrib-
uted the membership cards In large
numbers, but under the newest ar
rangement every male residing will be
reached individually.
The men upon whom has devofved
the task of taking the census and dis
tribution of the membership cards
earnestly request the cooperation of
the general public. The work must
be done speedily. and any aid that the
public gives will be greatly appre-
ciated. 1t Is the desire of the work.
erS tnat the pubic be so informed
that they will not have to answer
numerous questions and be subjected
to delays and hardships in their en-
deavor to obtain the information they
will seek.
The executive committee of the
league plans to take up several sub
jects when it meets at o'clock to-
night. Included will be the equipping
and starting of the military company
and the rifle club. 1t Is proposed to
have the members of these start train
ing next week. The committee will
also consider the needs in other
branches of the home defense work
and will discuss the progress made to
date.
The military committee, of which w.
H. Griswold is chairman, has been en-
1arged so as to include A. Clayton
Clark, F. L. Antisell and Glenworth
Sturgis. These men are valuable al
ditions to the committee because of
their knowledge of military affairs and
recognized ability in organization. Mr..
Clark. Mr.. Sturgis and Mr.. Antisell
have been particularly active in getting
the work of this committee started.