Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-05-25

military law, shall be tried by court mar
tial and suffer such punishment as court
martial may direct"
Now. therefore, ], Woodrow Wilson. Presi-
dent of the United States, do call upon the
Governor Of each Of the several states and
territories. the Board Of Commissioners Of
the District Of Columbia and all officers
and agents Of the several states and terri
tories, of the District of Columbia and Of
the counties and municipalities therein to
perform certain duties in the execution Of
the FOREGOING law. which duties will be
communicated to them directly in reeua-
tons Of even date herewith.
And do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to registration
In the several States and the District of
Columbia in accordance with the above
law that the time and place Of such regis
tration shall be between 7 A. M. and 8
P. M. on the fifth day of June, 1917, at the
registration place in the precinct wherein
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 required to register,
excepting only officers 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 Reserve
Corps and enlisted men in the enlisted
Reserve Corps while in active service. In
the territories Of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico. day for registration will be named
in later proclamation.
And do charge those who through sick
ness shall be unable to present themselves
for registration that they apply on or be-
fore the day of registration to the clerk of
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 named herein. They should
apply as soon as practicable to the county
clerk Of tie county wherein they may be
for instructions as to how they may &C.
complish their registration by mail. In case
such persons as. through sickness or alb
sence. may be unable to present them
selves personally for registration shall be
sojourning in cities Of over 10000 popu-
lation, they shall apply to the city clerk
OF the city wherein they may be sojourn-
ing rather than to the clerk of the county.
The clerks Of counties and of cities Of
over 10000 population in which numer-
Gus applications from the sick and from
nOn-residents are expected are authorized
to establish such subagencies and to en-
ploy and deputize such clerical force as
may be necessary to accommodate these
applications.
The power against which we are arrayed
has sought to impose its will upon the
world by force. To this end it has in
creased armament until it has changed
the face of war. In the sense in which
we have wont to think of armies there are
no armies in this struggle. There are en-
tire nations armed. Thus the men who
remain to till the soil and man the facto-
ries are no less part Of the army that is
in France than the men beneath the bat
tie flags. 1t must be so with us. 1t is not
an army that we must shape and train for
war it is nation. To this end our people
must draw close in one compact front
against common foe. But this cannot
be II each man pursues private purpose
All must pursue one purpose. The nation
needs all men; but 1t needs each man.,
not in the field that will most please him,
but in the endeavor that will best serve
the common good. Thus. though a sharp
shooter pleases to operate a trip-hammer
for the forging Of great guns. and an ex-
pert machinist desires to march with the
flag. the nation is being served only when
the sharpshooter marches and the ma
chinist remains at his levers. The whole
nation must be 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 selection 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 over
stated. 1t is a new thing in our history
and landmark in our progress. 1t is a
new manner Of accepting and vitalizing
our duty to give ourselves with thoughtful
devotion to the common purpose of US all.
II Is in no sense conscription of the I'M
willing; 1t is, rather, selection from a ma
ton which has volunteered in mass II
is no more a choosing of those who shall
march with the colors than it is a selec-
ton Of those who shall serve an equally
necessary and devoted purpose in the in
dustries that lie behind the battle line.
The day here named is the time upon
which all shall present themselves for as
sienment to their tasks. 1t is for that
reason destined 10 be remembered as one
Of the most conspicuous moments in our
history. Il is nothing less than the day
upon which the manhood Of the country
shall step forward in one solid rank in
defense Of the ideals to which this nation
is consecrated. 1t is important to those
ideals no less than to the pride of this
generation in manifestine its devotion to
them, that there be no gaps In the ranks.
1t is essential that the day be approached
in thoughtful apprehension of its sienifi-
canoe and that we accord to it the honor
and meaning that it deserves. Our indus
trial need prescribes that it be not made
a technical holiday, but the stern sacrifice
that is before us urges that 1t be carried
in all our hearts as great day of patriotic
devotion and OBLIGATION when the dutv