The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-25


place In the precinct whei Elm they
have their permanent homes. Those
| who shall have attained their twenty
first birthday and who shall not have
attained their thirty-first birthday on
or before the day here named are re-
quired to register, excepting only of
| ficers and enlisted men OF the regular
army, the navy, The marine corps and
the national guard, and naval militia
while in the service of the United
States and officers in the officers res
serve corps and enlisted men In the
enlisted reserve corps, while in a@ive
service. III the territories of Alaska,
Hawaii, and Porto Rico day for reg
Iistration will be named in "A later proc
lamation.
May Register BY Mail.
And do charge those who through
sickness shall be unable to present
| themselves for registration that they
apply on or before the day OF registra-
ton to the county clerk or the county
where they may be for instruc tons as
to how they may be registered by
agent. Those who expect To be absent
on the day named, from the counties
| in which they have their permanent
homes, may register by mail, but their
mailed registration cards must reach
the places in which they have their
permanent homes by the day herein
named. They should apply as soon as
practicable to the county clerk OF the
county wherein they may be for in
structions as TO how they may accom-
plish their registration by mail. In
case such persons as, through sickness
or absence, may be unable to present
themselves personally for registration
shall be sojourning in cities of over
thirty-five thousand 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 thirty thousand population in
which numerous applications from the
sick and from non-reSidents are ex-
pected, are authorized to establish such
and to employ and depu-
tie such clerical force as may be
necessary to accommodate these appfi-
cations.
Nation Must Train.
The power against which we are
arrayed has sought to impose its will
upon the world by force. To this end
It has increased armament until it has
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
ill the soil and man the factories are
40 less part of the army that is
france than the men beneath the battle.
Tags. 1t must be so with US.
1t is not an army that we must
shape and train for war; it is ma
ton. To this end our people must
draw close in one compact front
against a common foe. But this can
not De II each man pursues a private
purpose. All must pursue one burmese
The nation needs all men; but it needs
each man, not in the field that vii,
most pleasure him, but in the endeaxa.
that will best serve the common t,on,i
Thus, though sharpshootar ,,,e.,.,se.
to operate a triphammer for ~ $3.50
ing of great guns, and an exnart 80
.hinist desires to march with tha a.
he nation is being served only Svhe1,
he sharpshooter marches and the ma
'hinist remains at his levers. The
Whole nation must be team in which
'ach man shall play the part for which
lie is best fitted. To this end, congress
las provided that the nation shall be
organized for war by selection and that
ice in the place to which it shall best
serve the general good to cali him.
The significance of this cannot be
1t is a new thing in our
history and q landmark i'll our pro-
rress 1t is q new manner of accept
ing and vitalizing our duty TO gave our
selves with thoughtful devotion 70 the
common purpose of us all. Lie is IN no
sense a CONSUMPTION of the unwilling;
it is rather, selection from a nation
which has volunteered in mass. I Is
no more a choosing of those who shall
march with the colors than it is
selection of those who shall serve an
equally necessary and devoted pur-
nose in the industries that lie behind
| the battle line.
Conspicuous Moment in History.
The day here named is the time
upon which all shall present them
selves for assignment to their tasks.
1t is for that reason destined TO be
remembered as one of the most con-
spicuous moments in our history. IL IS
nothing less than the day upon which
the manhood of the country shah step
! forward in one solid rank in defense
of the ideals to which this nation i
consecrnted. 1t is important to those
/ ideals no less than to the pride OF this
; generation in manifeSting its devotlol
to them, that there be no gaps IN th'
: ranks.
1t is essential that the day be ap
e preached in thoughtful Apprehension
. of its significance and that We accor'
I to it the honor and the meaning that ]
y deserves Our industrial need pre-
y scribeS that it be not made techmca
e holiday, but the stern sacrifice thar
r before us urges that it be carried j
q all our hearts as great day of ps
d triotic devotion and obligation, whe
r. the duty shall lie upon every MAJ
" whether he is himself to be registere
N or not, to see to Ii that the name {
10 every male person of the designate
g. ages is written on these lists of homo
$ In witness whereof i have hereun'