The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-05

White or black, married or single, sick or we'll, 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 a. m. and p. m. for registration. It does not matter that a. man for any reason Is unnt for army duty; that will be establish ed later.
 . It does not matter that he may claim and be entitled to exemption from army service-that will be at-- tended in another way. It does not matter that he is not a citizen of the United States. Every man between those ages is required to register to- day unless he already is in the military service in some branch.
 After the men have been drafted the question of exemption will come up to be decided by fair and impartial boards. They will determine whether physical or mental defects debar a man from service; or whether the de- pendence of others on him or the country's need of him in civil life makes 1t necessary to exempt him from service at the front.
 Up to a late hour this afternoon
 
 trouble in any of the 12 districts whare the registering is being done. The Home Guard and police on duty were ready at any time to meet distur rbance, but their readiness was precautionary and Mayor Wilson's expression of confidence in the young men of Bridgeport was fully warrant i ed by the happenings About 12,- Oo0 are expected to register in Bridge port.
 Bells ana whistles of Bridgeport to- day aided in reminding young men liable for military service of their duty to register. At this morning and .12:3o this afternoon the bells were .rung and whistles footed for as long in some cases as three minutes. The warning will be sounded again this evening at o'clock l.
 Registrars are finding that the es- timate of three minutes as the time required to complete the registration of each person is not high. but in most cases low. Many people appear before the board as if they had never heard of the registration before today and the result is that they hesitate before answering each quesion. Counting the people who get into wrong districts, those who are over 31 and the few under 21, the number being turned away from each district for some req son, has been large all morning.
 In the First district here 45 reg istrars on duty under the direction of Chief Registrar Frank M. Garfield were kept busy from the minute the 2 booths were opened Mayor Wilson visited the quarters in the city hall rtf-r- PrsI- inson, today in the role of Home Guard captain, also kept close to the council chamber which was used as 7 the registration quarters. Morton Osborn Sterling. of 196 Prospect street, was Bridgeport's first man to register. At noon 500 certificates had been issued. Many of the men, apparently not approaching the inn portance of the certificates, stuck them in hat bands and otherwise dis played them to show that they had compiled with their duty.
 At all of the registration places to- day, members of the Bridgeport Equal Franchise league are repre- senting the Women's Council of Ma tional Defense and are distributing copies of President Wilson's war message. At the city hall, Mrs. w E. Seeley and Miss Elizabeth Seeley passed out the messages and were courteousiy treated by practically everyone.
 City Clerk R0binson's office looked like a, mail order house. Bridgeport 8 Ieligdbles away from home are mailing their registration cards here and this morning it was estimated that 1000 would be received Of this number, lAr-- .1k<> l. toy< olr Many of the cards are coming by reg listered mail and not a few of the lsenders have demanded receipts to make sure that they would be pro- ltected in case the certificates were lost in the return mail.
 At 10 o'clock this morning., more than 200 men were in line from the first floor of the city hall up the flights of stairs and through the corridors leading to the council chamber A policeman patrolled the line to keep order, but his presence was sufficient iThe Home Guards in the council chamber admitted waiting applican mt as the registrars finished with the preceding one.
 Registration was far heavier in the Seventh district registration. building this morning than voting at election The number of eligible young men ot the various nationalities and the obe- dience with which they complied with the rules amazed militia and police men in charge of the work
 Promptly at 2 o'clock the Home Guard patrols were sent to the differ ent registration offices. They had been preceded by the registrars and those who had been detailed to assist,