Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-30
SUBJECT TO PENALTY
Germans, Who Are Not Citi-
zens, Face Heavy Penalty
If They Fail to Register
Next Week.

The Attorney General has ordered
the reeistration of all natives. citizens,
denizens, or subjects of the German
Empire or of the German Imperial
Government, being males of fourteen
years of age or over who are within
the United States and are not natural
| lied as American citizens. This regis
tration will be made by the postmas-
ters in counties outside of cities The
registration will begin at six a. m. on
February 4th, and continue each day
between the hours of 6. a. m. and 8 p.
M until the close of the day on Feb
ruary 9th.
All persons affected by the order
are required to report to their respec-
tive registration officer duri G the
time specified and fill out question
aire, blanks being furnished by the
registration officer. The penalty for
| failure to register is severe. Any
person subject to registration who
fails to do so will be subject to arrest
and confinement during the remainder
of the War, and l presume in severe
cases, deportation back to Germany
after the War is over. A searching
inquiry will be made for all those who
avoid or try to evad9 the registration.
| NY experience in registering aliens
in the prohibited areas leads me to
know that the number of such persons
in the Western District of Wisconsin
is very largely underestimate. A
large number of people OF German
birth who have been voting on their
so-called first papers, for many years
and many of them who have consd-
cred themselves citizens OF the
| United States, are in fact not citizen S.
Some, for fear OF prosecu Ion because
| they have voted, have failed to reveal
that they are not citizens and for that
reason have claimed citizenship while
they in fact were alien enemies.
| There is no intention on the part of
the Government to disturb any per-
son who meets these requirements II
he fulfills the obligation of the regis
try in good faith. Any German OF
foreign birth is not citizen unless ne
has received his full second papers.
For their own protection they should
be urged to meet all of the require
ments promptly, faithfully and fully.
As this work is important in the ex-
IRENE, it is the duty of every Ameri-
can citizen to assist the registrar and
make known to the Chief of Police
and Postmaster the name OF any per-
! son who he has reason to believe is
German alien enemy, and it should be
the duty of every good citizen to as
sist during the time OF registration IN
making the work complete in every
respect, even though he does it at
considerable sacrifice to himself.
The registration does not apply TO
Austrians but only to German aliens
Yours very truly,
FRANK O'CoNNoR,
United States Marshal
Each registrant is required to
furnish four unmounted photo
graphs of himself not larger than
Is by 8 inches, on thin paper,
with light background. All tour
photographs should be signed by
the registrant across the face OF
the photograph so as not to OBJ
scure the features. If the regis
ltrant cannot write he must
make his mark in the signature
space and affix his left thumb
print in the space provided oppo-
site the signature space.