Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-30
women TO Do THEIR BIT /
HERE REGISTRATION DAY.
School Teachers Named to Assist
Registrars June @Government
Asked to Excuse Clerks.


their bit on registration day.
The registration board announced to-
day that it had appointed 1874 public
school teachers as registrars and fifty
other woman teachers reserves for
next Tuesday. These, with the fifty-five
woman clerks of the District government
who are employed as registrars, will
make total of 259 women engaged in
persons who will take the military
census.
The school teachers will not be re-
quired to serve throughout the day
They will be divided into. two shifts.
one going on at am. and remaining
until 2 pm. and. the other beginning
at pm and working through until 9
pm They will act as general assistants
to the already trained registrars. 5
But not only in the registration work
Will women render active service June S.
Ihey are playing a large part in the
planning for the community celebrations.
This Is especially true Of the women in
the territory covered by the activities
of the Mid-City Citizens Association. In
this territory are three schools. Busi-
ness High, Thomson and Franklin, and
the women of the several home and
school associations, headed by Mrs. N.
II. Dalton, are preparing to serve food
to the registrars who will be on duty
at the three buildings Women Of the
Park View and Petworth and many
other neighborhoods are making similar
serve IN those communities.
Program Tomorrow.
of community ceremonies are to be
staged registration day will be an
nounced tomorrow. when the citizens
celebration committee meets in the Dis
trict building at pm. Associations
that are planning patriotic observances
are requested to communicate today
with Charles S. Shreve, president Of the
Federation OF Citizens Associations in
order that he may submit a complete
mittee. =
The Mid-city association, it was stat
ed today by President Driscoll, will de-
tail fifty members for duty at each of
the three registration precincts in that
and Franklin schools. The association
also is planning for a patriotic mass
meeting in the evening in Franklin
Park
With but five days remaining before
registration day. the time for absentees
10 register by mail in their home states
is all but exhausted. Today is the last
oay When persons living in the Pa
cine coast states may register. To-
morrow morrow. Will be the last day for those
living In the far western and south-
western states. Persons living in the
middle western states have two DAYS
le1t IN which to register by mail, ac-
cordlng to the registration board.
In order to secure prompt begin
ming of the work on June S. r. q
Wllmarth, chief accountant of the pub
lie schools, who is in charge of ar
fansements, has instructed janitors and
tanoIers OF the various public school
buildings which are to be used as reg
lstrat1on places to be on hand at am.
and have everything ready by $50.
Ask Leave for rlorl~.
Letters have been addressed by the
registration board to the heads of gov
eminent departments and to cabinet
officers, requesting that all government
Gu who are subject to registration
OF ~. lyme 5 until II o'clock am.
iii II enis request IS complied with it
VIII greatly facilitate the work of req
lsterlns the people of the District. It
VIII pc impossible to register every
one after 4:30 and before 8 o'clock nm.
less some such arrangement can be
made, said Daniel J. Donovan, execu-
tive tive officer of the Registration board.
this mQFHing. "'
Il Understand that the Retail Mer.
cnants, Association, members are con
sioerlng excusing in relays their en-
pioyes who must register. so as NOT -
anect the working machinery of their
establishments. VI 'neif
~ me same plan might be adopted for
q III. ver sos a department. This is
q very drastic law, and those persons
VINO are too late on the night Of June
to register will find themselves in q
very serious predicament. II the gov
ef ~ clerks, can be excused from
once until II O'clock in the morninr
the work OF the offices will not be seri.,
ousiy impaired and the work OF the
registrars aas will be considerably relieved.
VI course, only those who are sub
ject to registration should he excnsaJ
The possession of a registration certifi-
cate Will be evidence Of the fact that
clerk has been bona f1de in his fail