The Nenana daily news., 1918-04-25
ICROWOER SHOWS IN REPORT FEW
 EVAD|NG DRAFT

In his report to the secretary of war on the operation of the first draft under the selective service act, Provost Marshal General Crowder says that during the interim between the enactment of the selective ser vice law and the registration day the department of justice and local peace officers throughout the nation, especially the police departments of the larger cities, feeling somewhat apprehensive of the spirit in which this novel and untried method of raising our armies would be accept ed, exercised the greatest care in providing for ample cooperation with the selective draft. officials for the speedy and effective registration of eligibles, which was, in fact the first step in the mobilization of the National army.
 Few Threats of Resistance
 During the fortnight preceding registration day an occasional threat of resistance was reported, but on June nearly 1O,OOO,OOO males of the designated ages were successfully registered. So willing were the registrants to demonstrate their ap- proval of the new order and to SUD- port the government in the emer- gency that throughout the 62 Fed eral district jurisdictions, practically the entire United States, up to December 1 we find total of only 5,870 arrests made or reported by the department of justice for fail ure to register.
 Policy of Leniency.
 The authorities early assumed an attitude of leniency toward all those who, after arrest, exhibited a will ingness to register, and extended the locus penitentia as far as pos sible, believing that the purpose of the law was to secure full regis tration rather than full jails. Con- sequently 2,663 of those appre- hended were released after having registered and prosecutions begun against 2,095, of which 1,645 cases are still pending. It is noteworthy that of those released or prosecuted 3,236 have actually been registered, and in the final analysis but O.OO026 of males between 21 and 30, inclus- i've, have failed or neglected to reg ister.
 There were some cases of persons aiding those subject to registration to evade or to attempt to evade the law, and on charges of this nature 18O arrests were made, of which 34 were convicted and heavy sentences usually imposed; Fl cases resulted in acquittals. There are still pend ing 98 cases of this kind.
 After the registration came the call for the physical examination of registrants for military service in the order of their liability. To the department of justice and local po- lice officials fell the duty of locat- ing the whereabouts and apprehend- ing those civilians who had not re- sponded to this summons. The de- partment of justice, up to December 1, had reported to it 14,212 regis trants who had failed to appear for physical examination at the various local boards throughout the United States. Of this number 149 were arrested, and 813 were transferred to the military authorities to be dealt with under the rules estab- lished for cases of this kind. The final data on this subject will un- doubtedly show that the number of those who willfully refrained from reporting is comparatively insig- nificant.
 Of the l56 districts and 4.557 local boards organized and estab- lished throughout the country for the execution of the selective service law, the department of justice notes few bona fide complaints and re- ports a negligible number of prose- cutions against members thereof.
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