Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11
PREPARING FOR DRAFTING
SHERIFF FELIX INSTRUCTED TO
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
= REGISTRATION

compromise as to the range of ages and
as to the permitting Of a volunteer
army to 20 Immediately to the front,
the government is getting things in
shape for the registration Of eligible
men. 1t is said the volunteer army
will be dispensed with and that the
ages will be 2l to 81. All national
and state officers will assist in getting
the registrations, the governors in
each state being the heads Of the reg
zistration boards.
Sheriff Felix Of this city is in re-
"ccipt of a circular from Adjutant Gen
cral Fred B. Wood of st. Paul, advis-
ing him regarding the organization Of
county boards for the purpose Of regis
tratiOn and draft.
Governor Burnquist will be the head
Of the registration board for this state
and the adjutant general is acting for
him.
In his circular Mr.. Wood states that
by proclamation the president will
call upon persons of the. designated
classes to present themselves on a GER
tain day at the customary polling
places, or other polling places desig-
mated, and all persons governed by the
proclamation will be required to reg
lister. Exemptions will not be deter
mined at the time OF tho registration
but will be deferred to later date
when quotas are asst igned and selectlve
draft ordered.
The county is to be used as the unit,
as it is believed that in this manner
the best results will be obtained. To
that end the sheriff, county auditor
and the county physician (in case the
county has no county physician. the
other two members or the board are
authorized to select competent and
licensed physician to act as surgeon
of the board), will constitute the coun-
ty board Of control. DR.. G. M. A.
Fortier Of this city has been selected
by the local board to act as surgeon
for this county. It is their duty and
they will at once proceed to select and
notify q competent and responsible
man in each election precinct who will
act as registrar. Registrars should be
competent and have lived long enough
in those: precincts to be, we'll acquaint-
cd with the inhabitants thereof. They
must also be citizens of the United
States. They must take the oath OF
office.
Mr.. Wood says in his circular "that
it will be gratifying to think that in
each precinct the position Of registrar
could be filled by such q. person a.
speciAed who would claim no compen:
sation. It ma y, be possible that the.
parties owning Or having charge OF: the
polling places in the varions precincts
would do their bit by Furnishing the
same free Of charge" .
The sheriff will act as the executive
officer in each county and the county
auditor as custodian Of its records and
the county physician or physician ap.
pointed will serve as surgeon of said
board. Mr.. Wood adds in regard to
the service to be performed by these
persons "that it will be grateful also
to think that the service required by
the members Of these boards would be
offered without hope of compensa-
tion' He adds that if compensation
is necessary the government stands
ready to make it.
The sheriff is instructed to at once
organize his board and to select the
registrars, reporting their names and
precincts to the adjutant generals Of
flee as soon as this has been done, and
as to how many will require compen-
sation for their services and what
property owners will require rental
for the polling nlaces.
The blanks for registration will be
sent to the sheriffs direct. They will
include necessary instructions, regula-
tions and cards for registration.
The local board Of control met at
the court house yesterday and organic
cd and made preliminary plans for the
proposed registration.