New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Campaign Of Instruction
To Aid Draft Registration
Hundreds Of Meetings To Be Held Throughout New York
CITY Tomorrow to Show Young Men How to Perform
Patriotic Duty-Arranged by Mayors Committee

Greater New York tomorrow Will DC
the subject Of thorough campaign IN
the interests of the selective draft.
No man Of CONSUMPTION age will find
it possible 20 explain his failure to
register on the following day because
Of lack Of information as TO the re-
0uirements of the law.
The business OF the country Tues
dav will be that of registering every
man in the United States who IS over
twenty-one and not yet thirty-one
years old. There is but one excuse FOR
failure to register-that Of being at
present in the military or naval ser
vice of the Federal government.
Every man of registration age, re-
CARELESS of place of birth, whether
friendly or enemy alien, regardless OF
religious or other scruples against
military service, must appear at the
designated places of registration and
answer the questions addressed to hlm.
Failure TO do this will constitute an
jnfraction of the draft law and make
the violator liable TO prosecution and
face a years term in prison.
Hundreds of Meetings Tomorrow
As a part of the programme Of pre-
paredness for registration day the
Mayors Committee on National De-
fence. through a subcommittee on
aliens, has arranged for hundreds OF
meetings to be held tomorrow even
ing in the most densely populated
parts of every borough in the city.
The purpose of the meetings is not
only 10 show the young men of the
city that it is their duty, but their
patriotic privilege, to register. Incl
dentally, every question that may be
asked concerning the plan for regis
tration will be answered by speakers
who will address those who attend.
The arrangement of the meetings
was a gigantic task, on which members
Of the committee have been employed
for a week. In statement given out
last evening the body expressed its
thanks for the loyalty of members OF
the Ball Room and Park Proprletors
Association. many of whom are foreign
horn. for placing all of their halls at
the disposal Of the Mayors organiza-
ton. Every hall controlled by the as
ISOLATION from Montauk Point to The
Bronx has been turned over to the
committee for meetings of instruction
The pastors of 900 churches in the
Federation of Churches have cooper
ated in the meeting arrangements. The
Greek Church also volunteered to as
sist. with the result that sermons VIII
be preached this morning by many
Greek Church priests on the meaning
and responsibility of Registration Day.
Tammany Hall Assists
Tammany Hall has arranged for
meetings in every one OF the thirty-one
Assembly districts in Manhattan. At
Terrace Garden Victor f. Ridder will
act as chairman at a similar meeting
and Alexander V. Campbell will deliver
the chief address.
More than 100000 handbills have
been delivered within a radius OF ten
blocks of every meeting place IN which
Registration Day addresses will be de-
livered. 1t is predicted that the very
bulk Of literature and the magnitude
of the patriotic movement in New York
would serve 10 snow under any opposi-
ton that might appear tomorrow or
Tuesday.
The real work Of preparing for the
registration has been in the hands OF
election officials Of the nation for
weeks. With the aid OF voluntary as
sistance. representatives, of defence and
other patriotic societies, as well as gov