New Britain herald., 1918-05-20

June 5, two weeks from Wednesday, [ has been officially decided upon as the l day on which all men who have at ' tained their majority since June 9, ! 1917, will be called upon to register under the selectivc service law. This informa ton was announced today in a letter sent by General Crowder to the local exemption boards.
 Tn each district the draft boards will : have full charge of taking military en- rollment and plans are even, now be- { ing perfected. In this city the work ' will be greatly facilitated because 1t was the boards which eventually be- came the draft boards who had charge of the original registration year ago. .It is expected that registration booths ], will be fitted up at the polling places in the various wards and the hours for registration will be from early morn ing until about D. m. It is also in timated that federal agents have fair idea of what young men should register and it will doubtless so hard with any who are detected trying to . evade this compulsory act. The reg ! istration cards have already arrived and are similar to those which were used last year, except for few minor changes in the wording. The rules governing this registration of men have not been fully announced, but every male, citizen or alien, who has attained his 21st birthday since June 5, 1917, will be called upon to regis ter. It is also expected that in cases . where the young mans birthday falls on June he will be required to reg ister as was the case last year. It is expected that about 800 will register here.
 Going Thursday at 7:2t A. M.
 The two local exemption boards havc also received information re- garding the cntraining of the local contingent for Camp Upton on Thurs day. There will be over 200 men go- ing from this city and they will leave on a special train at 7:21 q. m., which is about half hour earlier than the previous quota went. They will go to Hartford where cars will be attached to a special train going to Yaphank, L. l.
 Physical Standard Raised.
 Another important statement re- ceived by the draft boards today was a telegram from Washing ton raising the physical stan dards of drafted men. Tho telegram m advises the draft boards to go over their present quota, which is preparing to leave Thursday, and eliminate any men who fail to come up to the new standards. The second board states that hardly any changes will be ne- cessary in their list, as, through the efficient work of Dr. D. W. OConnell the medical member of the board only men physically fit were selected The same is also true of tho first board, where it is not thought thai many changes will be necessary.
 The new orders regulating the phy- ; sical standard provide that no regis trants with hernia of any kind, with teeth that do not meet the required standards, even though they may be repaired, and with feet which are SC defective that the wearing of army shoes and the carrying of any great weight will interfere, shall be sent tC camp.
 The War Department also advises the draft boards by telegram to give ''orders to report to a local board fo, military duty should be issued in am. ple time for selected men to compose their affairs before leaving home."