New Britain herald., 1917-06-05

America Is stepping forward today 1 to do her part in making the world 1 safe for democracy.
 l, In every city and town, in the most
 remote valley. hamlet and at the wild- est mountain cross roads, ten million sons of liberty are inscribing their 1 names on the honor roll of the ages. l that the free governments for which
 their fathers died may not perish
 from the earth.
 x White or black, married or single, sick or well, alien or native born
 even enemy subjects of the Kaiser | all men between the ages of 21 and 31 are expected to present themselves ] today between ' .. m. and 3 p. m. for registration. It does not matter thar
 . man for any reason Is unfit for army duty: that will be. established | later. It does not matter that he may claim and be entitled to exemp- ton from army service-that will be attended to in another way. It does not matter that he is not citizen of the United States. Every nan be- tween these ages is required to reg ister unless he already Is in the mill itary service in some branch or other. War Department's Primer.
 | The following Is the war depart- ment's primer:
 | Who must register-All male per- sons (citixens or aliens) born between the sixth day of June., 1886. and the t fifth day of June, 1917, both dates I inclusive, except members of any duly f organized force. military or naval, subject to be called, ordered or draft I ed into military or naval service of the United States, including all ofti- 1 cers and enlisted m of the regular
 army, regular army reserve, ohlcers' reserve corps, enlisted mems reserve ! corps National Guard and National ] Guard Raserve recognized by the militia bureau, the navy, the marine
 corps. coast guard: naval nailttta, naval .ffsreserve1sf force, mazane cofps, ressrvs ana national naval volunteers recog- nized by the navy department.
 1 when-Today between a. m. and 9 p. m. 1 Wherein your home precinct
 ! How-Go in person to registration place of your home precinct; if sick. send . competent friend. The clerk may deputixe him to prepare your I card. Penalty for not registering--Liabil- l ity to years Imprisonment: then en- | forced registration.
 To register is not to be drafted. That is another step in the great plan As each man registers today he will l be numbered and at a later timc the ! numbers will be chosen for service but not until then will any man know whether he has been drawn for the ] first increment of 650.O0O men who ] probably will be called to the colors 1 for training early in September Before l they 10 to the battlefields of northern
 France or the trenches of outraged l Belgium.
 After the men have been drafte.l ! the question of exemptions will come up to be decided by fair and impar- tial boards They will determine ] whether physical or mental defects debar any one from service: or whether the dependence of others up- 1 on him, or the country's need of hinl 1 in civil life, makeSN necessary to exempt him from service at she front. sz.S, In the meantime. today's duty r. registration. The long arm of the federal law is reached out to seize those who seek to evade the first duty to which all have been called and those who by counsel or influence seek l to prevail upon others to shtrk 1t. Y The department of justice for the i time being has put aside all other | work; the great machinery of the fed t erals government has been concentrat- cd today upon enforcement of the law. | Citizens have been called upon as in- dividuals and vigilance committees to report any violation of the law; and while tho machine of the free nation al elections b being utilized to accom- plish the registration. the entire fab rit of the civil government is being l employed, to sec that 1t Is done.
 Of the approximately 1O,0OO.0O0 men who arc registering today. the census bureau estimates that about 4,50O,O0O are married and about D. oOO, 900 are single. They are distrib- uted through the walks of life ap-1 l proximately in this number: Agrtcul- ture, forestry and animal husbandry. 2,SS4,O00: manufacturing and me | chanical industries, 3.036,0O; no g&tn- ful occupations 5o0.00o: transporta- ton 967, ,000; trade, 1,054,000: public service, 144.0OO; domestic and per~ sonal service, 1000; professional' service, 35.00O:. clerical occupations. 374.0O0; extraction of minerals, 364.- 900. These figures total less than 10.00O.O0O. The remainder are scat tered through occupations not here classified which are many and varied. The provost marshal-generars of- flee estimates the number of men sub ject to registration today at 10.264.-s S90. They are scattered through the l states as shown by the following table: Alabama. 214,7s5; Arizona, 34,sl4;
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