Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-05-11
TO USE VOTING PRECINCTS
Governor Of Each State Chief Of Reg.
istration Therein, County Off,
GERS Working Under Him.

untary services Of state election and
other officials, that there may be no
delay In enrolling and classifying mil.
lions of men for army duty. IN #
Careful preparation has been made
to place the whole task in the hands
Of civilian officials of the states and
to remove every suggestion Of mill
tary force in putting the measure into
effect. The only function of the fed
eral government will be supervision
through tho office of the provost mar
shall general. The departments state
ment follows: gs->-. 4 ..-. /,
history when military enumerators,
backed by bayonets, went out among
the people to take compulsory serv.
ice census. Today, under the prin.
ciple of universal liability to service,
the execution of the law is put into
the hands of the people.
All Eilaibles Must Register.
"The approval of the new national
army bill and the presidents procla-
nation hereunder will be coincident.
All persons within the age limits pre-
scribed will be required to present
themselves for registration at the Gus
tomary voting places in the voting
precincts in which they have their
permanent homes on day which the
president will announce. 49,
1.-THE governor of each state Will be
the chief of registration therein. The
machinery Of registration in each
county Is to be in charge Of the sher-
if, the county clerk ard the county
physician, acting ex-officio, unless
different board shall be announced by
the governor In cities containing
populations of more than 10000 the
registration will be under the control
Of the mayor and selected boards Of
registration. In order that the desig-
mated county and city officials and
the people generally may get a clear
understanding of the census methods,
the following brief outline is given:
"The sheriffs or other designated
officials, Immediately upon receiving
notice from the governor, shall ap-
point registrars for each voting pre-
cinct. a' f
Volunteer Registrars Wanted.
''The proportion of registrars shall
be one for each ITO persons to be reg
istered. Each age to be registered |
will com prise about 1 per cent of the |
population. If, for instance, all men !
between 10 and rs years of age in
elusive, are to be registered, the reg |
istrar would have to enroll about Z
per cent of the precinct population.
1T is desirable to accept the serv-
ices of competent volunteer registrars
to serve without compensation. All |
registrars must be sworn.
"The voting place in each precinct |
must be prepared for registration.
Full printed instructions covering |
every detail of registration will be
in the hands of sheriffs and mayors
on the fifth day after the presidents
proclamation. ..u.. .5.-. .m
1.-THE mayor of q city containing
more than 10000 Inhabitants, or the
oflicials designated by the governor
therein. shall. with the approval of the
governor, appoint for each ward or
convenient minor subdivision one reg.
board, and shall designate
one officer of each board to perform
duties similar to those imposed on
the sheriff, as heretofore outlined.
Abssntees Not Excused. i
"On the fifth day after the presi.
dent has issued his proclamation
clerks of counties and cities of over
10000 must secure a supply of blanks
and copies of the registration regula-
tons from the sheriff or from the may.
or. Absentees and the sick will ap-
ply to such clerks to have their regis
tration cards filed out. In no case
shall such persons be given registra-
ton certificates. They are to be in
by the clerks that the burden
is on them to see to it that the cards
reach the registrars of their home pre-
cincts by registration day.
persons absent from their home
may be registered by mail.
II so absent, a man should 60 to the
clerk of the county where he may be
staying on the sixth day after the
date of the presidents proclamation.
If he is in a city of over 10000 popu-
lation, the city clerk is the official to
whom to apply. The absentee will be
told how to register, but he must mail
his card in time to reach his precinct
by registration day.
"Persons too sick to present them
selves for registration must send
competent person to the county or
city clerk on the sixth day after the
issuing of the proclamation for in
structions for registration"