The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-12
100000 Are Expected to
Register Here To-day in
Obedience to Law.
EMPLOYERS WILL HELP
Anti-Draft Placards Appear In
Harlem-Police Search
for Culprits.

workers., more or less, WIN hio III oeN'
and honor bound to enroll their names
under tho law calling for the services
Of men between the ages OF IS and 70
inclusive, the confusion will DO due to
the obtuseness or derellction OF men
concerned and not because every prep
aration has not been made by the draft
machinery to list the men accurately and
rapidly.
II was announced last night by Mar
tin Conboy, director Of the draft for
this city. that the plans for the regis
tration had been completed and that at
2 o'clock this morning every registra-
ton place in the city VIII be equipped
to handle the registration at that place
A little more than his duty 10 ex-
pected to-day OF every man IN new
York affected by the present draft law.
II IL his bare duty to register his name
at the proper place between the hours
specified, z A. NJ. to p. NJ.
Further he is expected. II he IL
sound American. to find the place where
he must register without putting others
tn the trouble Of finding It for him: to
register early so that he may not I'M
,,ede the registration Of those who will
have no opportunity to enroll before the
end Of the day; and to inform acquaint-
ances who do not understand English
or who may be less intelligent than
himself what their duty Is and where
their proper place OF registration 10
located. And II he Is an employer It
Is his duty also to arrange the business
OF his establishment 80 that every man
In It who ought to register will have
an opportunity to do so during the day.
Additional Advice.
Adding TO tho full and detailed in
structions which have already been is
sued from his Office within the last two
weeks, Mr.. Conboy gave out the FOL
lowing for publication this morning:
There should be no lingering doubt In
any ones mind at this time Of his duty
TO register II he Is within the new. ages
This applies to every man OF these ages
without exception. 1t not only applies
70 citizens Of the United States but every
alien as we'll. whether he has declared
his intention OF becoming citizen or
not. It applies to enemy aliens. in
short no one n relieved from the neces-
sity Of registering unless he has already
registered on one Of the three previous
registration dAys-June s, 1917. and
June and August -. 1918. OF course
those who registered under the State
military enrolment must register again
at this time.
torians As one Of the most important
days In the annals OF this country. Ii
10 the duty Of every man to assist In the
work OF registration.
"All employers can be OF incalculabie
aid in assisting in this work II they will
permit their employees to register dur-
ing tho day. Many Of the largest con-
earns in the city have given me thsiI
assurance that they will do 30, realisinG
that unless the work OF registration can
Be distributed during the course Of the
day great hardship and difficulty will
be experienced both by the registrants
and the large body OF patriotic volun.
teers who are assisting the Government
in this work.
Changes OF Address.
.one further word Of advice to regis.
trants They will save themselves In
convenience. annoyance and probable EN-
barrassment II they will bear in mint
after tomorrow that every time the,
change their addresses they must inform
their local boards OF such changes II
order that notices may be mailed to such
places as will reach the registrants."
Referring to the announcement from
Washington that the first call under tn,
new draft will be for men between tn
ages Of 10 to 20 and so to SO Mr.. Con
boy said.
Local boards will be notified short,
that on a day to be fixed they are t
send out missionaries only to thos
registrants of September IL who on tina
day had attained their nineteenth birth
day and had not attained their thirty
seventh birthday. Men within thes
ages will receive questionnaires. will b.
classified, and will be called for servic
according to the classification.
I'm other words, questionnaires vii
be mailed at the time to be fxed, onl,
TO registrants Of the ages specified
Later on, men of the other classes with
in the new draft will receive their ques
tionnaires when instructions are re
ceiyed from the Provost Marshal Gen
eral."
It has been estimated that 10000
men will register to-day in this State
and that 60 per cent. Of them wi
enroll from among the five boroughs Q
this city. In the State altogether NOR
than 1000 registration places will
open and registrars to the number G
1880 have volunteered to take tn
names and other data OF the men VIII
will present themselves
Excitement I'm Harlem.
Considerable excitement was cause
IN Harlem yesterday by the appearance
of placards urging men within the me-
draft ages not to register. Tho plat
ards had been posted during the Nigh
time In neighborhoods where there ar
large numbers OF foreigners and In ar
pearance and mako UP followed closel
the style Of official placards which hay
been put up with the design of helpin
and instructing men who are liable III
der the new draft law.
The police bounced upon the placart
carly In the morning and destroyed a
they could find and then. with the Al
sistance Of Federal officials. began
search for the persons responsible II
their appearance. 1t has not bee
learned yet whether the placards wei
of enemy allen origin or were the VOL
Of pacihsts.
Two men are detained at police hea,
quarters in Paterson. y. j.. and Al
being questioned by the Federal author
ties In regard to the appearance
anti-draft posters on the streets of TIL
city Tuesday night These posters we
put up In conspicuous places and we
crude affairs. The printing was po
and the phraseolosy was worse.
Signs appeared along Cranberry stree
in the Heights section of Brooklyn. ye
terday directing men to register wi
local board No. rs. As Middagh sire
10 the real dividing line between boar
20 and %. and a line through era
berry street would deprive board 23
four blocks. the mistake caused mu
confusion until II was pointed out to &