Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-04
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR REGISTRATION
Department Of Justice Issues
Final Warning Against
Attempts at Evasion.
TO PROSECUTE THE DISLOYAL
Expects as Whole That Young
Men of Nation Will Be
Ready to Answer Call.
o PROSECUTE THE DlSLOYAL

WASIiINGToN. June $.-rinal prep
arations for tho registration Of more
than lo.ooc,o0o young Americans next
Tuesday for war service and for the
prosecution OF the disloyal who at
tempt to interfere with the regulation
went forward day At the Offices of
BriEadicr General Crowhar provost
marshall general. and httorney-,;encIaI
Gregory.
Into the Office OF General crowdcr
VIII come the reports Of the State oni-
cials who arc conducting the military
census. Probably by midnieh, Tuesday
II VIII be possible to state with approx
innate accuracy the number Of men who
have presented themselves during tho
fourteen hours of registration y
week later the lists OF the registrars
vii! have reached Washington and
further analysis will he possible
With Registration Day only twenty
iour hours off, the Department of Jus
tice tonight issued it's final warning
against attempts to cvade the law
.\ttorncy-Gcneral Grcgory's statement
follows:
we anticipa,e no resort TO force TO
should attempt II he will be promptly
dealt with
In almost every community there
will he persons who viii attempt 20
.>ade reg istration ono class viii! con
sist Of weaklincs. who lack the physi-
cal and moral courage necessary to
face the possibility OF a fight. and
another NJ those under the influence
scription age. who are endeavorinE TO
dissuade young men from registering
some of the people excr,inG this in
fuence are wholly disioyal: others are
lack ing III patriotism or an apprccia.
ton OF the needs OF their country and
a.. animated by Il fear Of the possible
loss OF members OF their families.
YOUNG MEN or COUNTRY
ARE BItANE AND LOYAL
The young men OF the country who
come within the provision of the con-
scription act are brave and inherently
loyal, They are ready and willing in
nearly every instance to answer TO
the nations call. and do their part
in protecting i, from foreign foe.
The registration Law puts into CT
tcct a practice that is entirely new to
tho generation. II is 10 he expected
that some individuals subject to the
law Will attempt TO evadc ii. To him
who docs not grasp the magnitude of
tho registration proposed. the number
who on June D appear to have failed
10 register may seem large.
Attention is called 10 the fact that
nc than lo.oUV,o0o men, according 10
census facts. arc subject TO rccistra-
ton. The failure of one man in loo !"
do so Will make II considerable total.
II the carly returns show that the
number registered does not equal the
preliminary estimates il VIII Indicate
that tho Law has not been generally
obcycd. Those who attempt TO eNadc
will be promptly punished and com
pelled 10 the service required by the
Law. |, is the duty of this department
TO prosecute these cvaders, and IL Is
prepared to do So
II was pointed out AT the depart
mcnt that of the eleven arrests made
in Cincinnati yesterday. ten OF the
prisoners had German names This
single instance is taken as evidence
of the wholesale propaeand being
carried OH in This country. and which
is hourishing especially in the Central
and Far West. despite the govern
meMts efforts To stamp ii out.
Attorney -Gensrai Gregory admitted
that there probably would be not less
than 10000 men who would fail 10
cEister or attempt TO evadc register
ing.
The plans of the department, for
dealing with this large number Of
cases have been made. Arrests Will
follow in every instance. and there
Will he no court delay. rs failure to
register will he an open and shut mat
ter in every case
Immediate draft Of all those physi-
cally capable into the army probably
will follow. They will lie imprisoned
and sentence on the drafted ones de-
ferred until after the war.
EyADEus MAY nE PLACED
IN INTERNMENT CAMP
Lack of prison space for the number
OF persons who will lie convicted of
attempting to evade the law will be
met by the establishment of intern
mcnt camps, it is believed.
The men arrested in Cincinnati yes
terday for distributing Socialist Iitcra
ture urging noncompliance with the
registration law were Charles The-
man. Frank REFS. Fred Schneider.
Alexander }. Feithaus, William Greu
der. Joseph Cirier, Philip Rothenbusch.
Arthur Ticdtkc. Walter GrocGcry,
George llalDcn and Fred Walker
Their names were forwarded 10 ihc
Department of Justice hy Nhc United
states attorney at Cincinnati.
Another arrest was made ut lIascrs-
town. Md. according to messages re-
ceived at the department to-day The
arrest was made at the request of an
army recruiting officer. who found the
prisoner attempting to diSsuade men
from registering.
The department expects reports to-
morrow OF large number OF further
4rrests as the result OF The registra-
tion eve activities OF government
agents. who arc prepared for a de-
cisive stroke at the propasandists and
plotters. This blow will fall so heavily
that 1t will discourage hundreds of