The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-07

Registration Therein, the Machiner, /
of the Different Counties Being II
Charge Of the Sheriff County cler
and County Physician.
Washington May 6.-An official
outline of the method by which mill
tary registration is TO be carried out
under the selective conscription bill
has been made public. with an appeal
from the war department for the vol
untary services of state election and
other officials. that there may be mol
delay in enrolling and classifying mil
lions of men for army duty.
Careful preparation has been made
to place the whole task in the hands
OF civilian officials of the states and
to remove every suggestion of mill
tary force in putting the measure into
effect The only function of the fed
eral government will be supervision
through the office of the provost mar
shall general. The departments state
ment follows:
There was a time in the countrys
history when military enumerators,
backed by bayonets, went out among
the people to take compulsory sery
ice census. Today. under the prin
ciple OF universal liability TO service,
the execution OF the law is put into
the hands of the people
All Eligibles Must Register.
The approval OF the new national
army bin and the presidents procla-
nation hereunder will be coincident.
All persons within the age limits pre-
scribed will be required to present
themselves for registration at the Gus
tomary voting places in the voting
precincts in which they have their
permanent homes on a day which the
president will announce
THE governor of each state will be
the chief OF registration therein. The
machinery OF registration in each
county is to be in charge OF the sher-
iff, the county clerk and the county
physician, acting eX-ofiiciO. unless
different board shall be announced by
the governor. In cities containing
populations of more than 10000 the
registration will be under the control
OF the mayor and selected boards Of
registration. In order that the desig
mated county and city officials and
the people generally may get clear
understanding of the census methods,
the following brief outline is given
THE sheriffs or other designated
officials, Immediately upon receiving
notice from the governor, shall ap
point registrars for each voting pre-
cinct.
Volunteer Registrars Wanted.
THE proportion of registrars shall
be one for each 170 persons to be reg
istered. Each age to be registered
will comprise about l per cent of the
population If, for instance, all men
between 19 and 25 years of age in
elusive, are TO be registered, the reg
istrar would have to enroll about 7
per cent of the precinct population
1T is desirable to accept the serv-
ices OF competent volunteer registrars
to serve without compensation. All
registrars must be sworn.
The voting place in each precinct
must be prepared for registration.
Full printed instructions covering
every detail of registration will be
in the hands of sheriffs and mayors
on the fifth day after the presidents s
proclamation.
THE mayor of city containing
moro than 10000 inhabitants, or the
officials designated by the governor
therein, shall, with the approval of the
governor. appoint for each ward or
convenient minor subdivision one reg
istration board, and shall designate
one officer of each board to perform
duties similar to those imposed on
the sheriff, as heretofore outlined.
Absentees Not Excused.
ION the fifth day after the presi
dent has issued his proclamation
clerks OF counties and cities OF over
10000 must secure a supply OF blanks
and copies OF the registration regula
tions from the sheriff or from the may
or. Absentees and the sick Will ap
ply to such clerks to have their regis
tration cards filled out. In no case
shall such persons be given registra
tion certificates They are to be In
structed by the clerks that the burder
is on them to see to 1t that the card'
reach the registrars of their home pre-
cincts by registration day.
Persons absent from their home
counties may be registered by mail
IL so absent, a man should go to th'
clerk of the county where he may d.
staying on the sixth day after tn
date of the presidents proclamation
II be is- In a. city Of oyer 80, 600 Qopu