Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-04
REGISTRATION CARDS
DELIVERED At PRECINCTS
Last Details Completed in Prcpara-
ton for General Enrolment
TO-MorrOw.
JAIL PRISONERS REGISTERED
superintendent Wood Is Completing
Enrolment Of Men In Virginia
Penitentiary-All Claims for Ex-
rmptiOn to BE Considered Later.

Registration cards mailed in by the
hundreds by f;iChmonders who will he
absent from tho city tomorrow were
arranged by precincts yesterday. ana
VIII lie turned over to tho proper oil.
cals thiS morning. Conditions through
out Nrg are. from all reports. III
almost az good shape to put the sclec-
tive draft act into operation.
The cards OF those who will hc ava?
from home have been arriving daily ror
lnoSt a week. Mayor George Ainsl!c
Yesterday morning turicG them over to
'''Ndc ". saunders. Scn=!. re-is;ratio
hartman. who. with in. assistance of
&c ward executives apDo TONED them
among the home prcciSc OF the abSen-
tees. 1t is expected that the full num-
bor OF abScutees VIII be III excess o..
l.1oo. while considerable more than
that number Will be sent their cards
away from Richmond.
Inmates of the jaiis ami pcniten-
tinrieS are being registered by those
in charge of the institutions. Sheriff
Webb w. Sydnor has completed The
WORK among the prisoners OF the Hen
rico County Jail city Sergeant John
l.. Satterhcld has All out -of-iown pris-
oners and will complete tho reristra-
ton of Richmondcrs this morning.
rE>IrENTIARY RECORDS
ARE BEING. SEARCHED
The hardest task OF all, however
faces Major James L. Wood. superin-
tendent of the Virginia State Peni,en-
tisry. Major Wood has zoo men under
his charge. The majority OF the men
are scattered through tho State on
road gangs, and the work OF rcGistra-
tion Is being done from their records
THIS means that the record OF every
prisoner must be examined, in order to
lind those of military age. IL il cx-
ptcted that more than onc-thirh OF tho
prisoners Viii he registered. The ma
jority of these, however. arc felons
aud viii not he drafted into the army
Those in durcss OF misdemeanor
charges will lie subject TO conscrlp-
tion
Under late construction of the law.
inmates Of all asylums for the insane
must also be registered. These men
viii not he drafted, hut the rcsistra-
ton is for the purpose of making an
exact census for military purposes.
Hospitals are seeing that their patients
are properly registered. as many men
arc TOO i'll TO attend TO the business
themselves
From hundreds OF puIpits yesterday
the necessity for registering was pro-
claimed. All over the State the min
listers called attention to the law To-
day school children will he instructed
to talk registration to the men of their
families or acquaintance. All arc being
impressed with the seriousness OF elici-
bic men failing to register
CLAIMS FOR EEMPrION
CONSIDERED LATER
Federal. State and city authorities.
working in cooperation with thous-
ands of volunteers. will take the Nir-
ginia census tomorrow. MI that re-
mains TO he done now is for men be-
tween the ages of twenty and thirty
one to 20 10 the registration booths
and enroll for possible military ser
vice. Only men who are in the mill
tary or naval service. or now subject
10 call or draft. will he exempt from
registration. All others. whether Grip
pied or sound. married or single. white
or black, must be enrolled. Those who
claim exemption from conscrption will
he heard later.
No excuses will be accepted for non
registration. The law has been we'll
advertised. and has been given wide
publicity by actual visitation OF county
officers TO remote districts For viola
;tons OF the law a penalty Of twelve
months i'm jail is provided. with no
alternative OF a fine. Arrests arc en-
pccted all over the country in rare
instances Of wilful failure to register.
Sheriff Webb w. Sydnor. of Henrico
County. has completed the appoint
ment and instruction OF workers i'm
each Of the precincts under his juris-
diction. The Hcnrco registration will
be done at the regular precincts by the
following officers:
Tucknhoe MREIsterinl District.
Short Pump Precinct. Henley's store,
at short Pumr--Chief, John r. Nuckois.
Charles A. Bowles.
Ridge Church Precinct. Junior Me-