The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-23
P0STMASTERS OR
CARRIERS SWEAR
IN REc|SIR RARS
Special Authority Conveyed To-
day in Message to Governor
80. s Frazier .
NORTH DAKOTA SECOND
REGIMENT SEEMS SURE
Altho Not Regarded Probable
Here, Washington Says New
.. Unit Is Asked

Authority to swear in registrars for
June is conferred upon every post
master and mail carrier in North Da-
> kota by special instructions received
this morning by Governor Frazier. In
majority of the counties of the state
this work already is we'll under way.
In majority of instances, the sheriff
and his deputies, each accompanied
by notary, has visited every pre-
cinct. This plan was adopted by
Sheriff French, who had four cars ens-
ployed yesterday in securing the coun-
ty and lining up the registrars. His
list for Burleigh county now is COM
plete and will be one of the first filed
with the governor.
To Report Tomorrow
A report to the governor of the ap-
pointment Of registrars and the con-
dition Of supplies-a sort of when
you're ready, fire" message-is to be
made by wire by the sheriff OF each
county tomorrow. Today the gov
ernor has been engaged with Adjutant
General Tharalson in checking over
supplies and making certain that ev-
erything required for the. registration
of North Dak0ta's selective service
unit is at hand. The adjutant gen.
eral will be given additional clerical
help during the rush. Thousands
Of blanks are to be mailed out, and
there is 80 much red tape connected
with the registration that painstaking
care must be exercised.
A number of young travelling men
working out of Bismarck have already
procured and filed registration cards,
in order that they need not be called
back from their run on registration
day, June 5. hi
Question Of Dependents
An interesting question was placed
before the governor and the adjutant
general thissaaorning involving the
meaning of the teyIpsfmdependent" as
used in connAGtiion smith the draft. A
Bismarck salesmatn ,sdYised that while
he was marrliees9 biz wiiffe| wife waeso not en-
tirely dependenttt upon him. band' ex-
pressed the opinion that under these
circumstances he should not register
as man with dependents. Adjutant
General TharalsOn assured him that
his conclusions were correct; that the
war department under these conditions
would not regard his wife as a de-
pendent, and that he would be sub
ject to draft.
"A careful investigation of all such
cases will be made,' said the adjutant
general. "and if it is found that any
mans family is not clearly dependent
upon him, but has other proper and
good means of support; or If it is
found that his affairs will not suffer
from his absence, then he. will be con.
sidered eligible to draftr"d dcahrsA e.t,
New Regiment " eE3ot gye,
Although the enlistment Of a, second,
national guard regiment for North Da
kota had not been regarded as prob
able at local military headquarters,
dispatches from Washington this
morning advise that North Dakota is
to be called upon Immediately for a
second regiment of national guard in
fantry. Minnesota, North Dakota
and Iowa are the only states in the
Thirteenth division affected by orders
issued by the war department yester-
day. which call for recruiting up to
full strength all existing units of the
guard and the creation of new units
necessary to complete the sixteen in
fantry divisions.
Montana, in the Twentieth division,
is asked for regiment of infantry
and squadron. less one troop, of
cavalry.