The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-09-05
Men of America will Respond to Their
country's Call with AIacrity---Stiff
Penalties for All SIackers

Penalties for All Slackers
One big walop end the with glorious victory for
democracy is the plan of Uncle Sam.
The plan is feasible too, and will be put across.
The bgness of would stagger any other nation the
world but the United States
The plan place army of 100000 cean-cut scrap
ping Americans before June 1919 The present
army nearly 100000 and with the 100000 additional
Uncle Sam through the line whenever and where
The manpower bill enaeted by congress few days
ago providing the regsaonof all male citizens between
the of 8 and 45 years e for the big undertake
The selective draft wlscaH upon 100000 to
register on Thursday, September L, 1918.
This Jaw means that if your 18th birthday comes
before Sept. II, 1918. you must register
1t also means that if you have not reached your 10th
birthday Sept IL, 1915 you must register.
The only exception is that if are between Fl and
81 and You already registered in the previous draft
if you in United States army navy need
not register
No within the ages can get away from this regsra-
ton. he fails heavy fine and Imprisonment will follow
REGISTER AT UsUAL VOTING PLACE
The question naturally arises where will we register"
the usual voting place of Representatives OF
will be at these places continuously Sept II
from Z a. m. until p. m. Thursday.
At the present time many able bodied holding
down soft jobs the departments army Under
the registration able bodied man in the quarernaster
ordnance medical noncobatan positions will be hurried
into the front lines at the earliest possible moment
Their places will be filed with who be accepted
for limited service only
The 100000 selected from the coming draft will
undoubtedly be indicted into active military life within the next
few months Many of them in a few weeks.
Provost Marshal Crowder of the War Department Oh Mon
day issued the following warning to all affected under
the new draft law:
.Obhgaton rests on you and you that your
registration card properly made out is in the hands of your
local board before registration day.
"a supply of registration blanks hand at every local
beard for the convenience of those who be on
ton the address of the local board not known the card
be addressed to the in home is IN city OF
10000 population to the clerk of he county, parish or
unit in town of fewer than $4,000 popua
the county which your county pertains
for judicial in has administration organa
ton The receiving the card will forward them to the
local boards self addressed and stamped envep should
be enclosed with registration card for registration
certifcate.
Persons not exempted from registration and absent from
their hones at training and at schools colleges
and other similar institutions will be treated absentees and
should register prescribed for absentees.
the convenience Of such persons the local board hav
jurisdiction of such authorized to deputze cope
person certify the registration cards of nonresden in
such institutions but furnish registration certificates or
register such and to furnish sufficient supply OF
cards to do
"Such registration be made in time to enable such
mail their cards to the local board having
over the area in which they permanently reside"
The passage of the seectve draft law not made
because the Allies danger Of being de
feated passed with the idea of cleaning the dageeabe
job up quickly.
That danger passed when the Yanks administered thel
crushing defeat to the Huns at Chateau Terry early in July
The German ar1 being forced closer to Berlin and de-
feat each day.
All of military age should thank their lucky stars
that they have an opportunity 70 take active part IN human
ty:s war.