Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-05
EACH STATE WILL SEND 5
IN COMPLETE RETURNS.
When These Reports Arc at Hand,
Figures Will he Added and
Results Announced.
SEVERAL DAYS MAY ELapsE
oficials Declare There Is No Indica.
ton of Any Concerted Movement
against RcYistration-Country in
Accord With Objects OF Law.
by Associated Pros, I


WASlilNGTON. June Ain striking
contrast to the thrill and stir of &C
tlfity IN every city, county or hamlet
throughout tho country Tonight, Of
ftcials of Provost Marshal -C;cneraI
Cro"ders oflice. the center OF the vast
and complex machinery of war regis
tration awaited the dawn of RcEistra-
tion Day in quiet confidence that their
work has been we'll done.
The absolute maximum Of decentrali-
cation has been attained Last touches
were given to-day. and the result, by
process or standardization that will
account Tor every man OF the 10000, 900
who are expected to register. will
reach Washington i'm forty.cirht bricr
messages. each representing the com
plcte results of n State
with the whole process. until those
reports arrive. Federal officials will
nave nothing to do except to punish
under Federal laws those who NAV
seek to interfere. When the Gov
ernors' reports are at hand. tho figures
VIII be added and the results an
nounccd.
The additions will give grand totals
or the number of white and of negro
citizens who have registered OF Tho
Indicated number OF exemptions for
op'iouS reasons. OF the number OF
aliens. which will include all men OF
iore'sn birth and who have not been
naturalized. and also OF all alien
enemies In the country between the
ages Of twenty-one and thirty-onc
NO PARTIAL RETURNS
WILL BE TRANSMITTED
1t may be days before tho roll O,
states is complete. No partial returns
VIII he transmitted. either from pre-
c'hc' or county officials to the State
authorities or by the latter to the
provost acknowledgement Instructjons
nave gone out to all officials to mako
public only figures for units which
are complete. precincts, counties mr.
states. as tho ease may be
They have urged the prcss ~ m.
country TO make no comparisons of
inc results as between town and town
or State and State, unlcss the full re-
port from each locality is availabIo
10 inns end. reports from the precinct
REGISTRARS VIII he compiled immediately
on the close OF registration at . r. 81
me cards viii he examined and the
suinmarization table, transmitted bv
wire to the county or city Officials,
viii give all detailed information TIN,
~ needed. In turn. when all precincts
have reported. the sheriffs or the CITY
boards Will transmit to the Governors
an abstract OF these detailed rcports
dealing In totals only. Then, when tho
last county or city has reported the
Governors VIII make up the final syn
opsis for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Ofncials here said tonight that there
was no objection to the publication OF
any completed precinct, county CITY or
State report. but that the furnishing OF
partial returns had been forbidden.
Each unit must stand by itself on its
completed figures. and no unit be sub
tcctcd to comparison on the basis OF
partial returns with the completed
tabulation Of any other unit
FIND NO INDICATION
OF CONCERTED MOVEMENT
Officials who have watched closely
all reports OF agitation against regis
tration declared tonight that there
was absolutely no Indication Of any
concerted movement Of this kind. They
believe that reports OF the few scat
tered cases which have developed have
greatly exaggerated the situation. Only
Il few cranks have been involved AT
any time, IL was stated, and the coun-
try as whole appears to be in COM
plete accord with the objects OF the
law.
In working out details OF registration
plans government officials have found
state. city or county governments
eager to take their part.
AS to the success Of the project huge
rs it is. officials have no doubt.