The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-05
REPRESENTATION
OF alien ENEMIES
/ WILL BEG|NT0DAY
Complete IabpIations of AN Ger
mans To- TerritoryWHI = .
j BE Made -
CIRCULARS ARE ISSUED
STATING REQUIREMENTS
Registrars Told That They Are
Only Giving Proof of
Good Intention

The final registration of all German
alien enemies will be begun today
throughout the Territory for the pur-
pose Of making a complete tabulation
of all Germans, to mpplant the in
complete register that was taken at
the beginning of Americas participa
ton in the world war.
Between today and the end Of the
week $50 Germans in all parts of the
Islands will be forced to furnish in
formation and records of themselves
which will enable the authorities to
trace and keep accurate records for
any emergency. The work will be be-
gun at nine clock this morning at
postoffices in all'the towns Of the Ter
ritory.
Issue New Cards
The record consists of the complete
bertillion system of the modern police
department, including photographs, fin
ger prints and complete descriptions.
The order entails the temperance of
| each registrant between the tenth and
the fifteenth day following his regis
| tratiOn when he will receive a new
be known and listed for the period of
the war
In general charge of the work is
United States Marshal J. j. Smiddy
who is responsible to the Department
of Justice at Washington for the car
rying out of the instructions. The
chief registrar of the Territory is viii
liam Peterson, assistant postmaster at
Honolulu, and the postmasters in the
various localities throughout the Ter
ritory will be his assistants. In CO.
operation with the postmasters of the
cities in the work of obtaining the
| names of German aliens are the
| sheriffs, each of whom is in touch with
all the German aliens in his county.
The notifications have, in most cases,
been served and a heavy penalty is
| provided for failure to comply with
| the restriction.
Purpose Outlined
The circulars issued by the govern
| melt point ont that persons required to
register shotild lhhde ustatd thak; in 30
doing they are giving proof of their
peaceful disposition and Of their Inten-
| ton to conform withthe laws of the
| United States. The registration officers
| sistaDce to registrants in explaining all
points of the registration, the filing
out of the blanks and the furnishing
of records, and this function of the
| registrants is extended even to the
advancing of advice to the registrants
| as to the information to be furnished.
Each registrant is required to fur
nish four unmounted photographs of
| himself not larger than three by three
inches in size, on thin paper with light
background. All four of these photo.
| graphs must be signed by the regis
| trant across the face Of the photo
| graphs in such way as not to OBJ
scure the features.
Requirements Stated
Three blank forms of the registra-
| ton affidavit must be completely filed
out by the registrant or his representa-
tive and other blanks must be filed out
IN each case by the registration officer
himself. All these must be signed and
sworn to before the registration officer,
who will fill in the desert ption
of the registrant and supervise the
| fixing of the finger prints and
the attaching Of the photographs.
| The left thumb is used in making the
is another space in the blanks where
prints are made of each finger and
thumb Of each hand. Printers ink is
used for this part of the record, of
which Marshal Smiddy procured "a
large quantity to send to the points
| where registration will be in progress
this week.
| The finger printing will follow the
practise observed IN the military and
naval service of the United States
Each registrant will be informed that
he must present himself to the regis
tration offer between ten and fifteen
| days to receive his card which is to
take the place of all previously issued
permits and cards, and the thumb print
will also appear on this card.
Ready for Task
The assembling and tabulation of all
| this data will be a considerable task,
which will fall to the assistant postmas.
ter. This is expected to be completed
by April when the complete reeistra.
tion will be turned over to the United
States marshal for transmission t,
Washington. Up to last night, only
two Of the Sheriffs whose assistance
had been solicited by Marshal Smiddy
had failed to send in his reply signify
ing his willingness, and these two ara
| considered to be ready to take THEFT
part in the work.
This registration is in accord with n
general registration throughout Uni
ted States territory, which, when finally
compiled, will constitute complete rec
ord of each German enemy within
American territory, together with IL
method of keeping track of their move.
ments throughout the war.
WAGE SCALE REVISED