The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-31
REGISTRATION DAT
WILL BE BIG EVENT.
War Department to Use Every Means
to Secure Publicity for the
Occasion,

| The enactment of the war Department.
| bill extending the ages of military duty
under the selective service law down to
| Is and up to 45 will require the registra-
ton of approximately H3,0o0eoo men
| in September. ~ -
Every effort is being made by the war
department and the agencies associated
with it in the plans for registration day Il
to obtain a 100 per cent registration.
They are faced with supreme necessity /
lof making certain that every man of the Il
/ 100000 liable to registration knows of Il
/ the call. receives the Presidents message +
proclainling his duty to register and I
comes forward frankly and honestly to /
answer. To reach every individual with /
an irresistible appeal to his patriotism
and his conscience neeessitates the most |
thorough publicity.
/ The office of the provost marshal gen. |
eral in cooperation with the committee |
/ on public information is preparing to is |
sue publicity from Washington through |
all available channels, and is relying es |
pecially upon the state, county and local
| committee of public safety to make it
| certain that every man turns out on reg
| istration day. You are asked, therefore,
| to take whatever measures may be nee
| essary to reach everys man in your local
Ility who should register.
II The council of national defense makes
/ the following recommendations:
i s.asirst, that arrangements be made for
! lpatriotic meetings at which information
/ NAV be laid before the community. The
Neye of registration day is perhaps the
best time for these meetings and every
meeting should include patriotic music
and singing.
/ baf n
have registration day day Of solemn
patriotic celebration; and to have the
bells ring, to have the flags flying and
to make use of bands and patriotic music
wherever possible.
II Third, that you consider the advisable
ity in mobiliZing the automobiles in your
locality on registration day so that men
who live at distance from their place
of registration may register with mini
mum time lost from necessary oceupa-
ton. This will prove necessary in many
: farming districts
: The provost marshal general counts
i upon the active cooperation from every
county and local committee of public
safety to insure the army and the nation
100 per cent registration.
General Crowder says to the state,
county and local committees of public
safety, Il want to have every flag flying
and every band playing on registration
day"
To guarantee 100 per cent complete
registration on registration day, every
Unavailable measure must be employed te
concentrate public attention and enthu-
siasm in each locality on that date. Fol
that purpose one of the most effective
measures will be patriotic band music
LOT ba ctraf s1la IN in
ity.
This committee understands that di
= reetions have been issued to all com
handing officers at military camps au
thorizing them to place military bands
If their organizations at the disposal O
as mayors OF nearby cities on that date. 81
OF far as not inconsistent with disciplin,
a and other conditions of military conyen
on fence.
lie, All mayors of cities are requested t.
or invite the universal display of flags b,
al citizens and the calling out of all privat
IN, military bands This recommendation
IS. will include a notice that mayors o
IRE cities proximate to military and naya
ms post can by timely request made to til
~ commanding officer obtain an assign
wo ment of band or detachment thereof
led for the purpose, pursuant to the author
ate fty given as above. 1t IS understood tina
the mayors request would include an as
sranee of transportation and subsist
nee for the day for the detachment. an
ON that no longer absence would be permit
ON ted than between reveille and taps on til
nd day of registration.
an Will you put every effort possible b
nee hihu THESE measures, IN ordef 10 niake
in aDsoiueeiy certain lhat every man Wnos
a. 1nhl 10 90 tial
des age renders ann iiapie 70 feslstIaele ,
lck VIII accept the responsibility Wliilhsi
of anu M4eiioue question, eheIeoy tlhsui u
I'D the army and nation 100 per cent regi
~, tration?
90 LEIGHTON p. SLACK, Chairman.
sd JOSEPH G. BROWN. secretary.
rav Vermont Committee of Publ
49, Safety a