The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-06-15
SLACKERS TO BE
ROUNDED UP
Must Face Penal Provisions of Law
as to Registration-GOve
Called Upon to See That Law
is Carried Out.

The period of leniency ended Tues
day night for men between the ages
of 21 and 80, inclusive, who failed to
register for the war army last Tues
day.
Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder
sent to the governors of all the States
a message asking that "to inaugurate
from tomorrow a vigorous, aggressive
and effective enforcement of the
penal clause of the selective service
law against all who have, by their
failure to register, brought themselves
under the provisions"
The penalty for failure to register
on June 5 is Imprisonment for a
year and enforced registration, but
Gen. Crowder Immediately after reg
istration day, recommended the local
boards provide further opportunity
for delinquents. The department of
justice today notified United States
attorneys to release those already ar
rested for failure to register provid-
ing they have now registered.
Gen. Crowder has nearly completed
daft of regulations to govern ex-
emptions and exemption boards, and
expects to lay it before Secretary
Baker in few days for approval.
The general believes no class should
be exempted as such, but that local
boards should decide on the circum-
stances in each individual case. He
favors use of some device such as a
jury wheel for drawing the names of
those to be examined by the exemp-
tion boards. The regulations will be
made public in detail after Secretary
Baker and President Wilson approve
them.
A few more States reported regis
tration totals to the provost marshal
generals office today but indications
were that all would not be completed
for nearly a week. 7
Gen. Crowder's message to cover
nors said:
Quotas are to be assigned to the
several States in proportion to the
population as determined by the bu-
reau of the census and not in pro-
portion to the registration. The re-
suit is that every person who has
failed to register is seriously increas-
ing the burden of those who have
registered.
1T is requested that every effort be
now made to detect and arrest per-
sons subject to registration who have
not registered and to bring each
promptly to the attention of the near
est representative of the department
of justice. Care should be taken that
the lists prescribed in paragraph 30
(men registered) are promptly posted
and all registrants should be asked to
assist in bringing non-registrants to
attention of the police"
Among States reporting so far Ohio
stands first in the proportion of regis
tration to the census estimate with
l13 per cent. Washington is the low
est State with 500 per cent.
When the provost marshal generals
office closed tonight 33 States had sent
In complete returns. They showed a
total registration of 6,358,3sS COM
pared to census allotments totaling
1,o63,482. The returns during the day
about kept up the percentage Of pre-
vlous reports and predictions as to the
grand total that would be shown by
all the States-from 5000 900 to g.
250,00O.
In the 33 States reporting the white
registrations were 4,817,98O, colored
SSo,586, aliens 482,439, and alien
enemies 58,304. The possible exemo-
tons indicated were 3,439,527.