The Nevada County picayune., 1918-08-15
ORGANIZATION
 NEW REGISTRATION

N
 It is confidently anticipated that
 Congress will shortly enact legislation
 extending the present draft ages. At
 this time 1t cannot be stated with eX l actneSS what ages will be subject to draft under the new act but it is safe 1 to assume that very large number of
 men will be required to register and
 that the day of registration will be
 early ill September.
 ! The Governor of the State acting l through the Adjutant General will
 have supervision of the work of Local l Boards who in turn, will be called up on to direct and supervise the regis l tration within their respective JuriS- dictiOns. The actual registrat tion will | be accomplished at the usual voting precincts.
 1 There will not be sufficient time in which to perform the necessary pre-
 liminary arrangements if we wait un-
 til after the passage of the act. It is
 highly desirable that the services of volunteer registrars be secured and
 utilized
 Registrars should be competent to do clerical work, be citizens of the United States and be persons who have lived in the jurisdiction wherein they will serve long enough to be well acquainted with the residents thereof, All persons who volunteer their Serv ices for this occasion will be expected to serve free of charge and it is con
 tidently hoped that every jurisdiction will be served by competent yOlun
 unteers.
 This office is thoroughly convinced that there can be found in every town ship in the state patriotic men who will serve efficiently and without charge and who are men above re proach.
 A registration board of not more than five men, three registrars and two clerks will be appointed for each township in this state.
 Supplies will be furnished each registration board through the Local Exemption Board under whose juris- diction each registration board will serve RegiStrati ton booths will be established at the customary voting precincts or in public or private buildings ProprietOrs of such places will be requested to afford assistance to tine focal authorities by permitting the free lIsc of such places for pur- pose Of registration. All these details must he arranged in shortest possible time and in order that the perfection If these details may proceed in SyS- tematie manner the Chairman of each Local Exemption Board within this State k hereby authorized and dlree ted to call meeting Of the LCeai Board, the Legal Advisory Board. the County Council of Defense, ali com miftees on Public Safety and all other similar organizations for purpose ot selecting a Central Registration Com mittee This meeting should be held not later than August l2th and the names of the men selected for thls Central Registration Committee to gether with their addresses lmmedl- ately transmitted to this office. This committee should be composed Of not less than three nor more than live prominent men who will take an ac' tive interest ln the work. Such Gen tral Registration Committee shouid immediately proceed to the task ot To eating and selecting qualihed patriot ic citizens i'll each township who Will serve as registrarS-when so selected names and addresses of these regis trnrS together with the names of the | tOWnSnlp III WHICH LhSS NiAi oN' W "''' the location of the registration booth should be transmitted to this 0fflce | Registrars and clerks, as well aS | members of the Central RegiStra ton l Committee will be required to take path of office as prescribed by Section | il of Selectiye Service Regulations, This letter k being addressed to all men who served as registrars on June Eth 1917 and on June 9th 1918 with
 request that they immediately confer with the Chairman of County Coun- ,n of Defense or Chairman of Local ] Exemption Board and offer their ser
 vices which they are urgently re ueSted to do. Newspapers are earn rstly requested to give wide publicity to this call for volunteer registrars
 and patriotic citizens every where re uested to offer their services by let l ter or ill person to the Central Regis tration Committed Centra ReglStfa- l t,0n Committees will submit complete i>ts of registrars selected for each | 1wnship not later than August 24th. 1 Through the hearty cooperation or all l qa will take another confident step | coward world democracy and Peace. Lloyd England, | q