Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-08-15
THE NEW REGISTRATION
OF Men to be Embraced in the Law
Congress is Expected to Pass,
Preparations Already
Under Way

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in anticipation of the Act which
Congress is expected to pass shortly,
extending the draft age, probably
from Is to As years, as recommend
ed by Secretary Baker, General
Crowder has directed the draft ex-
ecutives of the various States to
organize the machinery necessary
to carrying the law into execution as
soon as it is effective and the Presi-
dent proclaims the date. Governor
Cornwell and Captain Anderson are
already at work preparing plans and
setting up the machinery to make the
enrolment in this State, which will
necessarily include MANY more men
than the enrolment of June 5, 1917,
which covered only the men between
q and 81 years.
Under the schemes, as outlined by
General Crowder, the Governor will
again be called upon to supervise the
execution of the registration Cap
tain Anderson, Chief of the Depart
ment of Military Census and Enroll
ment, acting under the direction of
tho Governor, will be the central ad-
ministrative authority OF the regis
tration.
The Local Boards will have immed-
late supervision and direction of the
Registration within their respective
jurisdictions.
The actual registration viii be
made at the several voting precincts
in the several counties.
Each Local Board will appoint one
registrar for each voting precinct or
more than one, where deemed nee
essary.
All persons are expected to offer
such service as they can afford, to
aid in registering the men on Regis
tration Day. Governor Cornwell is
in possession of complete list of the
persons who volunteered their SER
vice on Registration Day in 1917 and
will appeal to those patriotic persons,
especially, to aid in this bigger under
taking.
Mayors, City Clerks, and election
officers will be called into service by
the Governor. in his proclamation,
which will be issued as soon as the
Act becomes effective and the Presi-
dent has proclaimed Registration
Day, and they will aid in preparing
the places of Registration as we'll as
actually registering the men of the
age included in the Act.
The responsibility of producing and
arranging the places and conveniences
for the registration will be on the
Local Boards, but they will be EN-
powered to call their assistance ell
ection officers or others to aid them
in such preparation. The Local
Boards will furnish cards to the sick
and nonresident registrants.
County and City Attorneys will O.
operate with members of the Legal
Advisory Boards and Marshals, De-
putty Marshals, police officers and
sheriffs will render every service with
in their power. The newspapers are
confidently expected to give full pub
Lefty to the work in the same gener-
GUS way they handled the former reg
istrations.
Sick will be registered by persons
appointed by the local registrars for
that purpose and persons in prison
will be registered by the Warden Of
Jailer.
The work will be heavy on the
Local Boards and State officials but
the vital necessarily of it's complete
ness and promptness will insue faith
full work on the part of all officials
and generous assistance from the peo-
pie generally.