The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-29
REGISTRARS READY
TO PUT IN MOTION
CONSUMPTION PLANS
| Complete List of Men Selected To En-.
| roll Men OF Military Age on Regis
tration Day Announced.
EACH WARD MEETS FOR
INSTRUCTION THIS WEEK
Everything Asked For BY the Regis
tration Board Has Been Freely
Given BY Citizens, and Plans Are
Almost Completed.

At meeting last night OF the reg
istration board appointed by Mayor
Ainslfe to handle the registration on
June 5. full list OF registrars for
each precinct in each of the four
wards of the city was made public.
The selection OF these men was made
from the large list of volunteers who
responded to the boards call issued
last week. Each precinct has a chief
registrar. and other registrars in pro-
portion TO the pepuiaffori; ara each
ward will operate as a distinct ana
separate body.
In order that the registrars may
acquaint themselves with the duties
of their Office. a meeting will be held
OF the men selected for each ward.
Madison wards registrars from all
precincts will meet in Murphy's hotel
club room Thursday night at s o'clock
Lee ward will hold its meeting in the
Chamber of Commerce building Wed
nesday afternoon. The registrars Of
Clay ward will meet In Binfori
school Friday night at o'clock. and
Jefferson ward WIN meet IN Spring
field hail. Thursday night at 8 O'Clock
Every registrar named in the list given
below is urged to he present at the
meeting of his ward, so that he may
be instructed in how to handle the
big proposition ne is to be confronted
with next Tuesday.
Contributions Eagerly Made.
= A large number of chairs and tables
along with other necessary fixtures
asked for by the board. have been Of
fered. The Bloomberg company has
notified Chairman Clyde w. Saunders
that they will place at his disposal afl
In n ry1t f,a~ I- e., To-
the registering places. and the Cobb
Furniture company and Rothert & Co
made the same proposition. The Equal
Suffrage league volunteered twenty
five of their members for any service
on registration day that they could
perform. but Mr.. Saunders stated that
the lists had been filled and ne would
decline their offer with thanks.
Everything the board has asked the
public to contribute has been eagerly
forthcoming. Mr.. Saunders said, and
now the registration machine is al
most ready to begin operations. The
polls will be open at o'clock Tues
day morning. Jun, s, and will stay
open until . r. NJ. Every man. be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and
thirty, no matter what his condition
of life may be. Is required to register
in the precinct where he has his resi-
dence. Failure to register institutes
misdemeanor for which Jail sentence
IF twelve months may he imposed
The list of registrars and the regisi "a
ton places. are as follows:
Madison Ward.
First precinct. Bliley's. Third and
Marshall streets--A. H. Hatke, chief
registrar, Joseph Canepa. ]. W. Mere
dith. DIR. e. r. Fisher John h Biiiey,
Frank Biiley and John Becker.
Second precinct. basement entrance,
John Marshall High school--Joseph
E. Powers. chief registrar; W. D.
Foster. James j Tresnon. James e.
Hart. J. NJ. Morgan. Ralph Glielmo
and J. NJ. Allen.
Third precinct 100 North Seventh
street,. NJ. Bossieux. chief regis
trar: !. s. Bosher. Joseph J. English,
Jr.. Charles G. Harris. Alvin L.
Brockweil, C.. l. Thomasson. John B.
Harvie, John p. Lea, r, w. Sphinx,
c. W. Throckmorton and Robert G.
REYNOLDS.
Fourth precinct Cheatwood's Lum-
Der yard. near Twelfth and Broad
streets--Henry J. Cohn. chief regis
trar: A. c. Stage Edward Cohn.
George W. lawson. Charles F. Adams