Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
LONG NGL|NESFORM
AS MEN 18 TO 45
RUSH TO ENROLL
Stirred by Flags and Bunting
and Unhampered by
Cloudy Skies.
SCENES HERE. TYPIFIED
rTHROUGHOUT THE NATION
Seriousness and Self Consciousness
Evidenced-Work Will Continue
Until 9 O'Clock Tonight.


resentative OF the nation, is reg
istering its remaining man
power today.
Long lines OF men b-tween
the ages of eighteen and forty,
five years at every Ole of the
fcrty-one registration places
throughout the city at ! O'Clock
this morning attested to the
cagerness of Americas man
hood to place their names on
the war roll.
While the city flung out flags and
I bunting to brighten the cloudy morn
ing, the registrants of the city showed
that they cared nothing for the
gloomy skies. but gathered at the
schoolhouse registration places in
long lines.
Morning Rush.
The early morning rush was over
by IL o'clock. but registration by
1900 registrars of between $4,000 and
$4,000 persons will continue here un-
/ til 9 o'clock tonight. when the regis
tration places will close.
Men and youths, the former serious
and the latter self-conscious. stood
quietly and patiently in line to regis
ter. Men prominent in national life
waited their turn with young fellows
who have yet TO make their names
: famous
such scenes here were typical of
: like scenes throughout the nation,
which is expected to register 13.000.-
!, 600 men of the indicated ages before
! the day is over.
Local draft officials are looking
forward to a big rush this evening.
1t had been hoped that the great
ma jority of the regiStrants would pre-
sent themselves for registration by
:. o'clock today. but by noon it was
realized that this probably would not
he the. case At the first great regis
tration. June ). 1917, the greater bulk
of the registration had been COM
p!eted by the middle OF the afternoon.
Due to older men being required to
register. officials believe. a great rush
on registrars will be made from D
O'Clock on until the close of registra-
,on.
Given Time to Register.
Government employees and employees
of business firms throughout the city
generally were given necessary time
to register this morning. At the
Franklin School CSC men were regis
tered in the first hour and a half by
twenty-seven registrars. Merritt Q.
Chance in charge at the Force School.
estimated that his force OF registrars
signed up 500 men between q ana o
o'clock this morning.
Monks from the Franciscan MOnaS-
terry. in their somber brown robes. and
clergy in their cassocks from the
many other religious institutions IN
Rrockland formed a picturesque line
40 they filed into the Brookland
School 10th and Monroe streets north
east. this morning.
The Brookland School probably will
register more men connected with
precinct in the District. because of the
presence in that suburb OF the mon
astery, Catholic University and half a
dozen other study houses for various
orders of the priesthood.
When George w. Roberts, chief reg
istrar. opened the doors of the school
at Z o'clock there already was a line
of prospective soldiers extending for
half a block.
Gen. Crowder a Visitor.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
= took time off from his office this morn
ing to visit several Of the registration
places to inspect the initial process
of the great selecttve service ma
chinery of which he is chief engineer.
Gen, Crowder made his visits inform
ally, and it is probable that few of
the registrants who saw the tall Of
ficer go by suspected that he was the
provost marshal general.
So Quiet and orderly are today's reg
isfrants proving that the high school
cadets, who are acting as escorts at
the school houses, are having no diff
Guilty in keeping registrants moving
rapidly to registrars waiting for them
in the various rooms. An admirable
system has been worked out at each
building, whereby men are admitted
only as a registrar has room for him.
This method prevents crowding and
systematizes the work.
Registration certificates without
serial numbers are being issued to
each man who registers. All regis
trants are warned to keep the certifi-
Gates with them from now on, as it
10 their proof of having fulfilled their
duty under the selective service law.
Quire Of any man for his registration
certificate. and registrants required
to show them on demand.
Seventy-flve members of the French
high commission were registered to-
Gay at the District building at the
Offices of Maj. Daniel ]. Donovan, di-
rector of the draft in the District.
register, as are the soldiers OF other
nations now here.
Need for interpreters was not large
today, but several mon were detailed
TO the Franklin and Arthur schoolA
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