New Britain herald., 1918-09-06
STATE IS PREPARED
 FOR REGISTRATION
Governor Issues Instructions Tor
 Men in 18-45 Glass

Hartford, Sept. 6--Detailed explan- aton has been made by the war de- partrent regarding the machinery for the registration, Thursday, Sep tember 12, of all males who on that date shall have reached their eight eenth birthday and shall not have reached their forty sixth birthday, only excepting men previously regis tered and men of those ages now In the army or navy.
 Governor Marcus H. Holcomb will supervise execution Of the registra- ticn in Connecticut, and Major John Buckley, state director of the draft, acting under the direction of the gov ernor, w-ill, as heretofore, be the cen tral administrative authority of the registration.
 The local boards will have imme- dtate supervision and direction of registration within their respective jurisdictions.
 Central registration committees in each city of 30,oo0 population or over having more than one local board, and in each county or similar subdi- vision having more than one local hoard within it's respective jurisdiC- ton, will be appointed from and by the membership of the local boards of such city, county or similar slbdivi- sicn.
 The actual registration will be made in the customary voting pre- cincts in the jurisdiction of each lo- cal board, or in such places within the jurisdiction of the respective local boards as they select, and generally in the manner ordinarily employed in the registra ton Of voters.
 Registrars appointed by each local board for each place of registration within its jurisdiction will he present in sufficient numbers to allow one registrar to each probab ble eighty reg istrant@, and the number will be in creased whenever and wherever nec- essary to secure complete registration in one day. Interpreters will be pres cnt 2 all places Of registration where local conditions require their services.
 The sick will be registered by per- sons deputized to make their regis tration.
 F'elons will he registered by the wardens of the penitentiarles.
 Persons awaiting trial and misde- n1eanants will he treated as absen- tees except that their registration cards will be obtained and filled in by the jailers.
 Absentees may secure from any To- cal board registration cards which yptH be filled out and certified, turnea over to the absentees, and mailed by them to the local board having Jurls- fiction of the area in which they permanently reside.
 Persons in training camps schools, colleges and other similar institutions will register as prescribed for absen- tees.
 Tn all cases where there Is doubt as to the method or place. of registration, reference should be made to the near est local board for ruling on the m alter
 If the designation and address of the local board is not known. address the mayor in city Of 30.000 popu- fation or over: the clerk of county, parish or similar unit in city not or s0,000 population or over; the clerk of the county to which the lnqulr- CTS county pertains for judicial pur- poses in case it has no administrative organization; or the clerk or inc township in case the area of the state or territory is subdivtded into diyl- sions for the purpose of the adm1nls- tration of the selectivc service law