The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-24

ror not more than one year, or, If sub
)ect to military law, shall be tried by
| courtmartfal and suffer such punish
ment as a court.martial my direct
Now, therefore. /, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States. do
call upon the Governor each of the
several States and Territories, the
board of Commissioners of the Dis
tr1ct OF Columbia and all officers and
agents Of the several States and Ter
ritories Of the District of Columbia,
ana or the counties and municipali.
| Ties therein to perform certain duties
IN the execution Of the foregoing law,
which duties will be communicated
to them directly in regulations of
even date herewith.
And do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to regis.
tration in the several States and in
accordance with the above law that
the time and place Of such registration
shall be between a. M, and 8 p. M,
on the 9Th day of June, 1917 at the
| registration place in the precinct
wherein they have their permanent
homes. Those who shall have attain.
ed their twenty-frst 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 of.
ficers In the Officers Reserve Corps
and enlisted men in the Enlisted Re.
serve 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
sickness shall be unable to present
themselves for registration that thew
apply on or before the day of regis.
tration to the county clerk where they
may be for Instructions 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 reg
1stration cards must reach the place
in which they have their permanent
homes by the day named herein.
They should apply as soon as practica.
BILE to the county clerk Of the county
wherein they may be for instructions
as to how they may accomplish their
registration by mail. III case such
persons as, through sickness or alb.
sencei may be unable to present them.
selves personally for registration shall
be sojourning in cities Of over 10000
population, they shall apply to the
city clerk of the city wherein they
may besojourning rather than to the
clerk of the county. The clerks ,od
counties and Of cities Of over 10000
population in which numerous appli
cations from the sick and from non
residents are expected are authorized
to establish such sub-agencies and to
employ and deputize such clerica;
force as may be necessary to accom-
modate these applications.
The power against which we arc
arrayed has sought to impose Its will
upon the world by force. To this
end 1t has increased armament until
1t has changed the face of war. In
the sense in which we have been
armies in this struggle. There are
entire nations armed Thus the men
who remain to till the soil and man the
factories are no less q part Of the
army that is in France than the men
beneath the battlef1ags 1T must be
so with us. 1t Is not an army that
we must shape and train for war; II
is a Nation. To this end, our people
must draw close in one compact front
against common foe. But this can.
not be IL each man pursues a private
purpose. All must pursue one pur>
| pose. 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 sharp
! shooter pleases to operate trip
hammer for the forging Of great guns
and an expert machinist desires to
march with the flag the Nation i.
best served only when the sharp.
shooter marches and the machinis,
remains at his levers. The whole ma
tion must be a team in which eacl
man shall play the part for whicS
he is best fitted To this end, Con.
gress has provided that the Nation
shall be organized for war by selec.
ton and that each man shall be classi.
fed for service In the place to which 1t
shall best serve the general good to
call him.
The significance OF this cannot be
overstated. 1t is new thing in our
history and landmark in our
progress. ~
1t IS essential that the day be APP.
preached In thoughtful apprehension
OF it's significance and that we accord