Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-31
German Subje
 10 be Res ,lered
BY THE POLICE AND THE POST.
 MASTERS
THE WEEK OF FEB. 4
Registration Will Give Details of Bus mess and Habits, Together With Photograph and. Finger. Prints-AIl to Be Treated Courteousiy.

Washington, Dec. 30-The week of
 February f was set aside by the de-
 partment of justice today for regis
 tration of the half million unnatural
 ized Germans in the continental Unit
 ed States by police and postmas sters
 in pursuance of President Wilson's s
 alien enemy proclamation directing
 this action as means Of minimizing g the danger from enemy sympathizers
 in the United States
 Earlier plans for administering the
 registration in the eastern cities first
 and gradually extending it to the en-
 tire country were abandoned because
 of the fear that some Germans might
 avoid registration by moving from
 district to district.
 Points of Registration.
 Registration will involve the gath
 ering of detailed information con
 corning kAe business relations and
 habits of every German, together With
 his photograph and finger prints. Af-
 ter registering he must carry a cer- titfcate card, and may not change his
 place of residence without approval of the police or postmaster. Viola
 ton of the regulations will be punlSh-
 able by internment for the war. Orders do not apply to German wo- men nor to any persons under years of age. because these are not ciassed as alien enemies by law Sub jectS of Austria-Hungary are not re- quired to register
 In announcing the regulations to- day, the department of justice took care to avoid creating the impression that the government looks on each German with suspicion.
 To Receive Courteous Treatment. "Registrants are not to be treated as persons of evil disposition" said instructions to registrars, and the registration officers are urged to deal with them in courteous and friend ly manner"
 to cooperate in the roundup during registration week, and to investigate l and check up each fact reported by the regiStTantS.
 Certificate Cards. Certificate cards will be issued only The .infermation obtained will be. ot Hist tinGs value to ofEeials in running | down enemy plots and propaganda and in discovering what Germans bear close watching. The task will be great in cities where the German population is large and newspapers and. citizens will be asked to assist. h cities of 5000 or more popula- ton recorded by the 1910 census. a list of which is issued by the depart nlent of justice, the chief of. police and his assistants will administer the recistrat;on. In smaller communities and rural districts. registration will be conducted by the postmaster and the postmaster Of the largest office in the local judicial district, in most states the equivalent of a county, will be the chief registration officer to ga ther the reports from the others and forward them to the United States marshal and the department of jus tice. In most cities the work will be done by precincts.
 1. Trip!icate Affidavits. Every German is required to go to the registrar and make out triplicate affidavit information blanks. and to furnish four photographs ot him self enc for each affidavit and one for his
 registration card. The photograph ! must bear his signature written across the front, and mus. not be larger than three inches square. It must be on thin paper and have ! light background.
 The affidavit provides for recording name, address, age. place of birth, occupations and residence since Jan uary 1. 1914, date of arrival in the United States, whether married. the names and ages of children. whether the registrant has, or has had any male relatives in arms against the United States, whether registered for the draft, military training. natural iZation conditions and similar infor nation. Full description of the ma n and the prints of each finger must be taken by the registrar. The regis trant must swear to the affidavit be- fore the registering officer
 Small postofhces not equipped with finger print apparatus are advised to borrow a small quantity Of printers ink and a roller from the town print e" and to make the impression upon the ink spread on pane of glass. One of the duplicate records is to be kept by the registration agents,
 one sent to the United States mar
 shal, and one to the department of justice at Washington.
 Germans not at their place of resi-
 dence during the week of February
 1 may register in the district in which
 they happen to be.
 Registration plans will be made la
 ter for the Philippines, Hawaii, the
 Panama Canal Zone, Alaska, Birgin
 Islands, Guam and Samoa. Several
 million registration blanks and other
 forms are being prepared by the de-
 partment of justice and will be dis
 tributed within the next few weeks.
 The registration is under the direc-
 tion of John Lord O'Brien, special as-
 sistant to Attorney General Gregory,
 and staff of lawyers appointed for
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