Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-12-18
QUESTIONABLE
MAILING OUT
WILL BEGIN
TOMORROW
100 A DAY

The envelopes for the que,tionnareS
which all regiStrani- not now IN the mill
tary service of the country are required
10 fill out, arrived in Brownsville today.
and ii wa, announced at the HEADQUARTERS
Of the Cameron County Local Board that
the first batch OF blanks will be mailed out
10 regI~tFaHts on Nedne- -day morning.
Seven per cent of the total number of reg
istrants will be mailed ont tomorrow. and
seven per cent each day thereafter until all
have been mailed out. Regi,trant- are given
seven days from the day of mailing in
which to return their blanks to the board.
Brownsville and Cameron county attOrneys
have been appointed to assist the regis
trant9 10 fill them ont where assistance is
needed. They will have Offices in the
boards headquarters on the second floor
of the Merchants National Bank building
The mailing out of blanks hcgin~ ut the
first of the list and will continue through
il numerically.
To All RegiStrants:
Complying with the new requirements Of
the War Department. wc will begin mailing
ont the due~tionnnire- tomorrow The
proper filling out and and prompt return
of these que~tionnarc~ to the Local Board
j. Of the utmost Importance to all con
cerned. Under the law a. are required IT,
mail these quc-tionnairc> to every man
who registered in Cameron county, except
the men that have been nductcd into Camp
Travis through this board and the men who
have IN the eyes of the law become desert
erS.
These quc~tionnaircN must be filled out
even IN every man who may have been cx-
cmptcd or discharged. either IN this local
board or by the district board
II i~ incumbent upon every man who re-
ceive- \ quc-tionnuirc ~ zee that il H. com
petcly and properly filled ont and returned
ia this board within seven DAYS from the
date that II - mailed ont The law j. very
cxacting IN regard to this feature Failure
~ return the quc,tionnairc properly filled
ont within tie given time lays the party
Liable TO fine and imprisonment
All who have been exempted on the
grounds that they are aliens are also re-
qured 10 fill ont and promptly return the
queStionnaire.
IN order 10 assist the rcgi~trant- in
properly making ont these puc~tonnaire-
a committee NJ aiturncy~ AMI business men
have been appointed in Brownsville. san
! Bcnlto and llarllngcn To- furnish any and
all assistance that rcgi~trant~ may need
IN properly filling out these forms. Thi,
assistance will be rendered absolutely free
of charge.
The exact place where these committee.
Will meet from day IL day III the three
ltoHn~ mentioned. will appear IL the paper
not later than tomorrow. The names of the
men designated to serve on these commit
Tee will also ~ published
v This board beginning tomorrow will mail
ON one hundred questionnare~ each day
until our entire list j. completed. All par
v tie who have registered should watch the
ma~l carefully w that they may receive
ihe que~tionnaire promptly and get same
back INTO the hands of this hoard without
delay. Realizing that many uf our citizens
wili not understand this procedure. cvcry
riii/en m cameron county who does under