The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

the counties and municipalities there
In to perform certain duties in the
execution of the foregoing law, which
duties Will be communicated to them
directly in regulations of even date
herewith.
And l do further proclaim and give
notice TO all persons subject to reg
istration in the several States and
in the District of Columbia in accord
ance with the above law that the time
and place Of such registration shall
be between a. m. and D. m. on the
NTH day Of June. 1917, at the registra-
ton place in the precinct wherein they
have their permanent homes. Those
who shall have attained their 21st
birthday and who shall have not at
tanned their 3lst birthday on or before
the day here named are required to
register, excepting only officers and
enlisted men Of the regular army, the
navy, the marine corps, and the Ma
tional Guard, and Naval Militia while
in the service of the United States,
and officers in the Officers Reserve
Corps and enlisted men in the enlisted
reserve corps while in active service
In the territories of Alaska, Hawaii,
and Porto Rico a day for registration
Will be named in a later proclamation
And do charge those who through
sickness shall be unable to present
themselves for registration that they
apply on or before the day of regis
tration to the county clerk Of the
county where they may be for instruc-
tions as to how they may be register
ed by agent. Those who expect to be
absent on the day named from the
counties in which they have their per-
manent homes may register by mail.
but their mailed registration cards
must reach the places in which they
have their permanent home by the day
named herein. They should apply as
soon as practicable to the county clerk
of the county wherein they may be
Tor instructions as to how they may
accomplish their registration by mail
In case of such persons as, through
sickness or absence. may be unable to
present themselves personally for reg
lstration shall be sojourning in cities
Of over 5000 population, they shall
apply to the city clerk of the city
wherein they may be sojourning
rather than to the clerk of the county.
The clerks of counties and OF cities
OF over 5000 population in which nu-
mcroUs applications from the sick and
from nonresidents are expected are
cies and to employ and -deputize such
clerical force as may be NECESSARY to
accommodate these applications.
The power against which we are ar
rayed has sought to impose its will
upon the world by force. To this end
it has increased armament until IL has
changed the face OF war. In the sense
in which we have been wont to think
of armies there are no armies in this
struggle. There are entire nations
armed. Thus, the men who remain to
TIL the soil and man the factories are
no less a part of the army that is in
France than the men beneath the
battle flags 1t must be so with U.S.
1t is not an army that we must shane
and train for war; it is a nation. To
this end our people must draw close in
one compact front against a common
foe. But this cannot be II each man
pursues a private purpose. All must
pursue one purpose. The nation needs
all men; but it needs each man, not
in the field that will most pleasure
him, but in the endeavor that will
best serve the common good. Thus,
though a sharpshooter pleases to
operate a trip-hammer for the forging
Of great guns, and an expert ma
chinist desires to march with the flag,
the nation is being served only when
the sharpshooter marches and the
machinist remains at his levers. The
whole nation must be a team in which
each man shall play the part for
which he is best fitted. To this end,
Congress has provided that the nation
shall be organized for war by selec-
ton and that each man shall be
classified for service in the place to
which it shall best serve the general
good to call him.
The significance of this cannot be
overstated. 1t is a new thing in our
history and a landmark in our pro-
gress 1t is a new manner of accept
ing our duty to give ourselves with
thoughtful devotion to the common
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