The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-22
{ GOVERNOR ABOVE
NATIONS PLANS
Did Not Name Conscripti0n Boards in
Accordance With Provost Marshal
Generals Universal Instructions.

Charleston American.
Columbia. May 17.-Further con-
srming recent statements, If any fur
ther confirmation were necessary, that
Gov. Manning placed South Carolina
in a class by herself in regard to the
formation Of conscription enrolment
Loards, the governor desiring to have
them constituted according to his
own ideas and not along the line ot
the general plan for the country, Is
shown by general instructions issued
from Washington by Gen. E. H. Crow
der, provost marshal general, in the
fact that these instructions are dl-
rected sto sheriffs of counties and
mayors of cities Of $4,000 population
or over" In South Carolina the
boards named by Gov. Manning do
hot include the sheriffs, the boards
in this State as appointed by the gov
ernor being composed of a chairman
selected by the governor, and the
clerks Of court and probate judges OF
the various counties.
General instructions from Gen.
Crowder are in part as follows:
The distractions.
"To Sheriffs Of Counties and Mayors
of Cities o. 10000 Population or
Over:
"The presidents proclamation Will
carry some such direction as the fol-
lowing:
And I do charge those who,
through sickness, shall be unable to
present themselves for registration
upon the day named and those who
expect then to be absent from the
county in which they have their per-
manent homes that they apply to the
county clerk Of the county in which
thew may be en- the sixth day after
the date Of this proclamation for in
structions as to how they may regis
ter on the date prescribed herein. In
case such persons as. through SICK
ness or absence, may be unable to pre-
sent themselves for registration as In
the law provided shall be sojournins
in cities OF over 10000 population they
shall apply to the city clerk of the
city wherein they may be sojournfns
rather than to the clerk Of the coun-
ty.'
'By the time you receive this COM
munication you should also have re-
ceived an ample supply of registration
cards to register all males in your
jurisdiction between the ages OF Il
and 80 inclusive" SIC.
"Sheriffs are requested to go over
the matter at once with the clerk OF
their county and mayors of cities of
over 10000 with the clerks of those
cities. Such clerks should be at once
furnished with cards and instructed
in the method Of filing them out.
"Also please communicate with
training camps, boarding schools,
colleges, jails, reformatories, peni-
tentiaries and other institutions In
your jurisdiction in order that the
provisions OF paragraphs 62 and 63
may be promptly attended to and In
order also that you may procure the
necessary extra supply of cards from
the governor in case the cards needed
for such institutions will reduce your
supply Of cards below your eds.
~E. II. CToWder.
provost karshal General.
Authority is granted to State au-
thorities to hayet translation OF regis
tration cards made where necessary
on account of foreign population.
"Resistrars should be persons who
can speak English says the provost
marshal general. "For this reason 1t
is thought that 1t will not be neces-
sarv to translate the regulation but
wherever such translations are con-
sidered necessary they may be made
and printed.
Attention has also been drawn to
the requirement that registrars shall
deliver registration cards to the sher-
if in person. This is essential to the
accurate fixing of responsibility
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