Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-18
40 nov HAVE
QUESTIONABLE
sent TO THEM
Local Board Emphasizes
that Returns Must be Made
Within Seven Days.
Lawyers will Aid Regis
trants Beginning Tomor-
row at 10 A. M.

The local draft board To-Day sent
out ~questionnaires to the registrants
inclusive. On Saturday those who
have order numbers i to 140, had
their questionnaires mailed to them,
and yesterday the inquiries of the wal
department were sent to the mel
whose numbers run from 141 to $50.
Tomorrow questionnaires will be
mailed to registrants having order
: numbers 421 to $50 inclusive.
The complicated machinery which
the mailing of the questionnaires be-
ran. appears to De working very
smoothly becaus. of much prepara-
tory work having been done The local
draft board, has been reinforced by
volunteers. one of them being Olga
Hassell in the office of county judge,
and the other 1. H. Jeglum of this city
More volunteers are expected to offer
their. services as the government has
made it clear that it needs all the as
sistance it possibly can obtain.
What Must BE Done
1t appears from various questions
asked about town that all registrars
have not yet grasped the Importance
of giving full and correct to
the QUESTIONABLE. The board repeat
edly has reminded the men that the
information they give. is given under
oath. and hat false statements will
he considered perjury in the widest
sense of the term.
1t also seems hat resistrants have
failed to realize the necessity of fill
ing their returned questionnaires
within the seven day period stipulated
in the selective service regulations.
In his respect the instructions are
very explicit, for failure to return the
QUESTIONABLE. properly filled out,
within sever days, is a misdemeanor
punishable by a maximum penalty of
one years imprisonment. Such fall
ure. the regulations set forth. may
also deprive the registrant Of. valua-
BILE rights and result in his immediate
induction into the national army; that
one Of the consequences of such fail
ure may be trial before. a courtmar-
tial is added by way OF completeness.
Legal Aid offered.
BEGINNING tomorrows morning at 10
O'Clock local registrants may obtain
all the legal advice they need in con-
nection with giving the information
demanded in the questionnaires by
the government.
Every day until all the question
naires have been sent out, a group
Of lawyers will. be stationed in the
farmers room III LNe county COuIt
house for the purpose Of aiding the
registrants in disentangling the en-
meshed threads of the official docu-
ment, and the first days group will
consist Of the following local attor-
neys:
From 10 to ~, ]. B: Wineman and
Tracy r. Bangs.
From 2 to S. r. W. Cooley and
Theo. B. Elton. E+@S
On Thursday the following lawyers
will be in the farmers room:
From 10 to 12, George F. Wells and
George A. Bangs.
From 2 to 5. Sveinbjoern johnson
and Olger B. Burtness.
It is pointed out that registrant:
who desire to consult attorneys o.
their personal acquaintance naturally
will do so. While it is obligatory or
the part Of no one to "see a lawyer
in this connection, it is thought GER
tain that most of the registrants viii
realize the necessity of asking for ait
as many of the questions propoundec
are of such an intricate nature. an:
furthermore, it Is Of the utmost i'm
portance that the nswer he given a
correctly and as completely as pos
sible.
The questionnaires mailed Saturda.
are now beginning to come back t,
the local board, filled by h me-
whose order numbers are from t