The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-14
Will Enroll Names of Al
Males Between Ages
Of is and IS
GOVERNOR ORDERS
WORK TO BE DONE
Requirements Outlined Today by State
Tax Commissioner in Course of In
structions 20 Listers - Enrolment in
No Sense an Enlistment.

qulItu 10 max" bN authority Of Gov.
Horace +. Graham, were divulgcd to-.
day by Tax Commissioner Charles A..
llumey AZ the listers meeting now in
progress. The regulations will soon be
promulgated by Adit.Gcn Lee $. Til
lotson, aud thcg require the listers to
enroll oil men between the ages of Is
aud -. The enrolment is not in any
sense an enlistment but simply an
enumeration cf all the men Of military
age IN the state; in other words, il is
q measure Of preparedness which GOV
cmor Graham ha, exercised % meet The
present condition., Of national affairs.
The regulations 60 be issued are sub
stautially as follows:
Regulations for Military Enrolment.
'fhc following regulations for the on
rDIm'ut Of men liable 10 military duty
pursuant 90 the executive uraef uI
March 5, 1917, are hcrcbr prescribed.
]. Tho law under which The enroll.
mcnt is mudc b contained iii Sections
j, =, and , Of an act OF the general
assembly Of the state Of Vermont, On
titled IN act 10 Establish the Mill.
ia approved March 3. l0l1. and Is
rr'ted below for ready reference. This
lnw 81 not new. Ii was formerly ON.
bodied IN Sections duls TO JG2l of the
pubic statutes
Section !. Able-bodicd mate riti.
2cns ~ the state, between the ages
nl eighteen and fuEty.Gvc wears. OK.
ccpt Is hereinafter provided. shall be
lio9ia 90 perform military duty aud
shall bc enrolled iu The militia. The
listers ~ each town shall make such
curulImruis az such time and under
uth regulations a> the commander IN
chloe rlrsrrirgs. and iu c0sc of u,e.
lyrt Tire commander ia CHIEF shall
forthwith cause the ynrollnenf tu bo
W1U' by other persons, az the cV.
p,Dse ~ such towns; aud. for such
neglect, the listers. shall forfeit one
hundred dollar. 20 tp recovered in
au action OF tort. on thi, statute. hy
and i'm the name Of the adiutut and
Inspector general The supervisors
tor morpdnj<ad towns aud gore.
shall perform the same duties in Tia,
towns and CORES for which they arc
appointed as are prescribed in this
section for listers in towns, and shall
bt subject 10 the same liabilities.
Soc. .. Tho Wee president of the
United states, the members of both
houses Of congress, postnastCrs, per
SOILS exempt from military duty 10y
the laws Of the United states on ac
count of service. aud, while engaged
Boa their several pursuits, sworn mai
carriers telegraph operators, engi
ucct, II locomotives on railroads, ant
engineers and pilots OF steamboats,
which carr the United states mail
shall be- exempt from tho pcrformanc,
ot military duty,
See. b The right ~ cxemptior
from military service. for physica
disability Or other causes, shall b,
determined bv such officers and il
such manbcr aud under such regula
tious asl the commander in chic
prDJfihQs.
See. 4 Tho keepers of hotel.
boarding mud dwelling houses shall
upon the application Of person au
thotilcd 90 make Jch enrolment
give information of the names o
persons residing or lodging in sue
houses iulIr ~ hc curollcd and, j
70 person thu. applied 20 refuses {
give such information as he posses,
rs or knowingly gives false iufol
nation, hc shall forfeit ten dollars
aud d grfsm Who refuses to civ
his name aud proper informatio
when applied % by person author
lied 90 make such enrolment, q
gives "A false name cor Information
shall forfeit a like sam; such pcna
ties to be- recovered in an action Q
TORT on this statute, in tie name q
the town iu which the penalty wa
ir urcl, for the use Of such town
aud the person making such enrol
myut shall institute suits 20 rccovt
tAr sam..
.. WHO will be- enrolled Under th
law aud the Governor order the lister
Wr not authorized 60 pass upon N
question pt man right 10 exemption
rhui matter will be determined late
Ii thU occasion arises, under section
ot the Jaw above quoted, by such o
iircu 0s the Governor dcignates. +,
present purposes, therefore, all men vi
r1tr arrived 40 the eighteenth brit
lay aud have not reached the fort
siSth hnthdav Wil bc enrolled and D
ported.
g Age. The listers may accept
u1u own statement as to his age, b'
Is, In the lister opinion. = misstat
mcui has boon made the ease will !
investigated aud dealt with under Sc
tUu Fl tUg law. !; Is the lister
duty ~ sHn thar this II done.
.. Physical condition. The listc
have no authority 90 exempt a man f
ph sigal disability, but in ease the III
auiliN apparent, Oh the man clair
Disability tby fart wfl Lp noted IN II
report 4 doctor certificate, il ~
s'u'cd, wiil lr attached to aud Sc
with the report
Aliens. Aliens will be ENROLL
and reported. as IL is desirable TO q
tain statistics az IL this class OF re-
dents OF the state. An alien who h
declared his intention, 10 become
,itizcn, that b., filed his first papers {