Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-24
AUGUSTA LOCALS
MEN
GOING TO CANADA
MUST GET PERMITS
Chairman F. w. Plaisted
Of Local Draft Board
No. l Speaks on New
Regulations w hi c h
Went into Effect on
Tuesday

! OF special interest to all registered men
| in this and all other districts in Maine
are the new regulations announced by
the government, now in effect, making
it necessary for them to secure permits
| from the local draft boards before going
to Canada and to pledge themselves to
; return when called on TO do So
/ Former Governor F. w. Plasted, chair
man of Local Board No. ], in speaking
of the matter Friday. said: kennebec
county has two divisions. Local Boari
No. l has its office in the Federal build
ing and has under it's jurisdiction 22N
men who reside on the east side or the
Kennebec river and also the cities OF
Augusta and Hallowell. The other towns
in kennebec county. practically all west
of the Kennebec river. are under Jurls-
diction of Local Board No >. of which
Hon. Harvey D. Eaton of Waterville IS
chairman, and contain about the same
number of registrants as this division.
Men planning trip to Canada have
even before this law went into effect
secured notes from their local board ad-
dressed to the Canadian immigration off,
GERS, which have saved them much trou-
Die WnPn CROSSING TIE iiiici anu ~" - Z
law requires them to Obtain permits 10
go TO Canada and men without them
will not be permitted to enter the Do
minion of Canada. This law appiles
to all men between the ages of u and ii
who come under the selective draft law
1T is an excellent idea also for per
sons going to Canada to take with them
a birth certificate from the city or iowa
clerks to prove that they are American
citizens. otherwise they may have dlffl-
Guilty in getting back into the United
States"
The following official announcement mas
been made by the government:
Steamship companies and all Interested
in the procuring of passports are urse''
to inform all men of draft age OF inc
necessity of obtaining such PERMISSION.
The paragraph in the new regulations
which deals with the question of permits
is as follows
1.-THE state department issues pass
ports to persons subject to draft only
when the application is accompanied by
a permit of the provost marshal general
to leave the country.
ono passport is required by the State
department to go to Canada. but per
sons subject to draft who desire 10
cross the line are often subjected 10
ce1sy while their cases are being m
vestigated.
when any registered person deSlres
passport or to go to Canada. he may
apply to his local board Tor permit
The local board shall consider the APP
/ &c, o.
Nv to be called within the period of the
proposed absence. or if the board IS
otherwise assured that favorable &C
ton will not result in evasion OF or
I interference with the execution OF the
| law, the local board shall take from
the applicant q statement OF his ad-
dress while absent and an engagement
| to keep himself informed OF any can
! that may be made upon him and to re-
| turn Immediately upon call. Thereupon
the local board may issue the permit.
"The forms for this application
(form 1920 and permit form l02O Will
be found in sections 299 and 300 but
no printed forms will be furnished.
If TIE applicant is so far distant
from his own local board that it would
work hardship for him to apply there
| to for G permit he may apply to the
nearest local board to investigate his
! case and at the registrant's expense to
! telegraph or write to the registrantS
| local board for authority to issue tn"
permit with a recommendation as to
the advisability Of issuing il. Upon re-
ceipt of such authority the local board
to which the registrant applies may is
/ sue the permit"
/ All correspondence on subject Of
passports will be had directly with To-
cal boards