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would be in next months call for SOL
diers. being between the ages Of nine
teen and twenty-one years and thirty
two and thirty-six years, which Provost
Marshal General Crowder ruled would
be the first 81 the new draft to join the
,colors.
However, this did not dampen their
enthusiasm or determination, as illus
trated by the CHEEKY remark Of one reg
istrant, Wen, it may be a rough road
to Berlin, but am good pedestrian"
Spanish War Veterans ..,.
Conspicuous among the many eligibles
enrolling today were hundreds of Span
ish War veterans, their service bars
showing on their coats They felt no
little pride in demonstrating that they
are ready to take another chance" for
Uncle Sam.
Philadelphia's quota was augmented
by 5000 registrants in prisons, charitable
institutions and asylums The ward
ems and superintendents of the various
institutions. being appointed as regis
trars. under the law deputized number
of their assistants and the work Of en-
rolling the men began at o'clock.
AS a patriotic move to facilitate
registration the Stock Exchange was
closed today. Many Philadelphia brok-
ers were among the registrants.
Similar motives prompted the sus-
pension of all the civil courts here
today. Many judges, clerks and tip
slaves were subject to the new draft.
Saioons Not Closed
| However, the saloons throughout the
city were open today despite the request
of Governor Brumbaugh that they re-
main closed during the registration.
| In accordance with the request OF
| General Crowder. supported by procla-
nation by Mayor Smith, there was a gen
erous display of flags and other patriotic
emblems in all sections of the city in
| honor Of the new registrants.
Let every band play" said Genera
| Crowder. Three bands from the navy
yard were on the job at the North
Plaza. City Hall.
Within the City Hall, in the Mayors
reception room and the general registra-
ton bureau, Room $50. many men were
in line for enrolment, despite the re-
istration booths, unless they were nom
| residents.
For the most part. the local boards
selected the regular polling places In
their districts as registration bureaus.
Four local boards did not find this ar
rangement convenient. and either en-
| rolled the men at the headquarters or at
| schoolhouses in their districts.
Local Board No. 22. presiding over
the Twenty sixth Ward, was among this
number. All the registrants In that sec
ton signed up at the board head
quarters in the Fifteenth street and Sny-
der avenue police station or the Third
Regiment Armory Broad and Wharton
streets.
Local Board No s, which has juris-
diction over the Sixth. Eleventh and
Twelfth Wards. chose TO enroll it's new
men Mt the board HEADQUARTERS, Fourth
District police station. s23 Race street
Here another big '1ine-up" started
during the early registration hours.
In the Twenty-frst Ward. Manayunk,
and the Twenty-third. Frankford, the
local boards having Jurisdiction over
those territories chose the various
schools for registration bureaus
Board No. o busiest
The honor of enrolling the largest
quota Of men today fell to Local Board
| iNo. ", iWcItn anu f1ne BtTeetS
This board. having taken over the duties
of Local Board No. 4, since suspended
by order of President Wilson. receives
credit for a double quotaLmore than
$4,000 men.
However. the largest single board
quota rightfully belongs to Local Board
No. 81. with Headquarters at, Twenty
second street and Hunting Park avenue.
The official estimate said that this board
should today accept 1880 men.
In addition to the regularly desig-
mated registration places. large indus
trial plants In this city and its vicinity
opened special enrolment bureaus at
their establishments. As the men re-
ported to work this morning they seized
the opportunity to register. Small groups
of workmen. from time to time during
the day. took advantage Of the plant
bureaus.
Local Board No. established one OF
these bureaus In the Curtis Building and
did rush business from the start. Al
the University of Pennsylvania the out
of-town students found opportunity tc
enroll. booth being opened at Room 3
Houston Hall.
Employees Of the Philadelphie Rapid
Transit CoupEHy had 3 special bureau
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