The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-11
RETURNSARE SLOW
in QUESTIONABLE
Registrars and Legal Advisory
Boards On Hand But Regis
trants Fail To Appear

LNtt ytbtctuhy uitcHnVOh low ioBiS-
trants appeared at questionnaire booths
bringing their blanks,. the hrst to come
10 light in two days Tie FIRST blanks
were mailed BY the local sslective draft
boards on Monday morning. a.
Out in the fourth precinct OF the
fourth district Jack Medeiros rushed
into the booth holding his questionable
blank before him. He was enthusiast
tically received for he was the first
Iregistrant to bring business to that
booth. Y 8 81 d..
Gerrit p. Wilder and bis aids and the
legal advisory board assistant, leaped
70 their stations, and made ready to
assist Medeiros in gceting his answers
into the formidable document. The
Boy Scout on duty stood at attention,
and everything was properly staged for
the ceremony ~ =. 3d.
"say, I'm not going 20 fin this out
now, said Medeiros; nI'm going to
take Il home and studyit over; just
wanted 70 let you know / had mine"
Smiles Fade .F",.4
II was the same with booths all over
town, Not until yesterday afternoon
did some Of the questionnaires reach
addresses, and few reported at vari.
ous booths, but very few No ques-
tionnaire blanks had been returned to
the local boards, except two which had
been filed out by men leaving for the
Far East in the recently disposed Inter
Island steamers Noeau and Keauhou.
Yesterday morning Exemption Board
NJ YEnn.kA n.atrslkN aouk n,,k Arra
percent more blanks, or $50, bringing
the order numbers up to 500. v
Exemption Board No. 2 (Fifth Dis.
triet), sent out an additional 400
blanks, bringing the total Of order
numbers disposed Of up to s2s. S -5s
Registrants in the Fourth District
who hold order numbers between 500
and $50 will have their blanks mailed
to them today. Registrants in the
Fifth District who hold order mum!
bers up TO about 1900 win have theirs
mailed this morning 80 ".
Those holding large order numbers
say $500 or 800, for instance, will no.
have theirs mailed to them unit
next week. But IL is incumbent upor
mails. If they get q bit anxious 1t will
DC just ID wei TOT, tnem IL Iney mukP'
inquiries at the postoffiee. .,..1 i
H. Gooding Field, J.VA. Balch and
George +. Renton, ofnfheglocal boards
reiterated yesterday the advice given at
the commencement Of the work, that
registrants must make returns Of their
blanks within seven days after they
are mailed--not after they received
, them. This happens tocbe the law al
, passed by congress and che local boards
have no authority whatsvenrto change
the conditions, hard as they appear to
be. @ Z,
g Registrants are NOT compelled to &c
to any particular questionable booth II
the city, but can 90 into any and re
ceive help, 1" said h. Gooding Field yes
terday. ''s. g. go -s.., =
.nIf Il Ii more convenient for q mar
who lives in the Punahou district to 90
to the booth at Emma Square. that IT,
his privilege. The registrant. on com
pleting his return, must amail it himse!
in the envelope which accompanies tho
QUESTIONABLE. This isIplainly address
ed TO the proper board. All he has tc
do is place 1t inside, seal It and drop e
in the postoffiee. II might be well Il
drop them at the postofice instead Of ir
o drop box around town, particularly
If his time limit il short. .
"Any lawyer in town win also helr
a registrant''
Wait In Vain
Many booths were opened up early
yesterday morning. Some of the DOOR
were opened at seven O'Clock and pa
triOtic citizens were on hand. rs regis.
frarS.Rnd members Of the legal advisory
board. They waited in vain again, but
many passed the time reading the selec
tive draft service regulations which
consists of 254 closely printed pages. all
hearing on the draft and the question
naiTe.
Today will begin the real active duty
for there are now nearly 1850 blanks
cut. and registrants win lose little time
in getting before qualified registrars to
assist them in giving correct answers
The registrants will probably flow
into the registration booths in waves,
but the lawyers and laymen are pre-
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