The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-16
REWARD OFFERED FUR ARREST
 SLACkERS

WASHINGTON, Oct. Is. - First steps have been taken toward the ap- prehension of national army slackers by the announcement through govern mental channels that reward of $50 will be paid to civilians for the dsliv- cry of any person liable for military service to the nearest military reser- vation or cantonment camp.
 This reward will be paid to any per son not in the military service of the United States including all local, coun- ty and state police authorities. The war departments expects to see imme- diate results from the offer, since hundreds of men selected for service have not answered the call
 This is the first move in a campaign that is intended to become nation wide in searcrh for the pink sheet men," as the national army slackers are called. They are termed pink sheet men" for the reason that when they failed to appear their names were placed on a pink sheet and they were certified for service in the national army Although the complete plan for the roundup of these men has not been made, it probably will bring into action operatives of the department of justice as we'll as agencies of the war department.
 When the complete plan is ready, the people in every city in the nation and constables in the rural districts will be asked to begin a search for the men who have not answered the call. The search will be systematfZed possibly under the direction of the bureau of investigation, so that an agency may be formed for receiving addresses of men who have left the vicinity in which they registered and through which information in regard to men who are attempting to evade service may be used to run them down.
 While no estimate of the number of men who have evaded service is avail able, it is gnown that the number is high, especially in the more thickly populated cities where the floating population is large, In the rural dis tricts comparately few names have been placed on the pink sheets, but in New York, Chicago and other large cities the number is too great to es- cape attention.
 Technically these men are deserters from the army in time of war and the death sentence may be imposed on them. Furthermore, they are liable to peniteptiary sentences under the selective draft act, so that punishment able, 1t is known that the number is CTS. Whether they will be tried by court-martial as deserters or in the civil courts under the selective draft law has not yet been determined. It is specially provided in the selective draft act that persons sent to prison for violation of the act, must, at the end of their sentence, serve in the na- tional army the same as if they had not been punished. In some cases three or four months in prison or the guard house may suffice, while in others years imprisonment may be meted out.
 In the case of persons melting op- position to the selective draft at this time, even more drastic sentences will be given. The provost marshal gen. erals office is giving practically all it's attention to the subject at this time. Demands from all over the nation have come in for the roundup of the slackers. Complete plans for the nationwide search will be an nounced by the provost marshal gen. erals office as soon as completed