Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-05-30
RULES CONCERNING THE
+ REGISTRATIONS OF MEN
List Of Men Who Act IA
Registrars IN This
5~ Town.

this district at the Exemption Board
on Wednesday June 9th. George p.
Hardenburgh, W. ]. Hatmaker, Allyn
Fuller, N. w. Hardenburgh, w. ].
Reel, w. B. Brewster, Dewey Cam
field, B. j. Stratton, John 8.
Reed, Ivanhoe Scott, J. II, Lansing,
H. A. Holt. A meeting of this com
mittee will be held at the Exemp-
ton board at o'clock on Saturday
evening, to apportion hours of duty
and receive other instruction.
The Secretary of War authorizes
the following:
| With the signing by President
Wilson of the bill and proclamation
designating Wednesday, June s, as
the day on which all men who have
reached the age of 81 since last June
shall register for military service,
Provost Marshal General Crowder's
Office Immediately began prepare
tions for the enrolment fthe men.
Instead of using the election machine
as was done last year, Gen. Crow
der will call upon the local boards.
It is believed that their experience
during the past year has peculiarly
fitted them to handle the new regis
tration economically and efficiently.
Gen. Crowder has estimated that
probably three quarters of a million
men will be added to the American
Army by the new registration. His
estimate is based on the fact that al
most 100000 men registered last
year. This number included all be-
tween the ages of 81 and 81, and sta
tistics collected by Gen. Crowder's
Office show that little more than 10
per cent of these men were FL years
old. On that basis it is estimated by
draft officials that the total registra-
ton will exceed 100000, Of which
100000 will be available for military
service. This makes proper allow
ances for physical detectives, .exemp-
tions because of dependents, and
other bars to military service.
The law provides that every young
man in the United States who has
reached the age of 81 years since
June 5, 1917, or viii reach that age
on or before Jone 8, 1918. must reg
ister. The only exceptions are in the
cases of men who are actually in ac-
tive military servise. All male per-
sons, citizens or aliens, born between
June 6, 1896, and June 5, 1897, in
elusive, except officers and enlisted
men of the Regular Army, Navy, and
Marine Corps, and the National
Guard and Naval Militia while in
Federal service and officers in the
Officers Reserve Corps and enlisted
men in the Enlisted Reserve Corps
while inactive service, must regis
ter. Some misunderstanding has
been caused by the publication of re-
ports that medical and divinity stu
dents need not register, and Gen.
Crowder has issued the following
statement.
Divinity students and students of
medicine must register, Under the
terms of the law signed by President
Wilson on Monday students who
were preparing for the ministry in
recognized theological or divinity
schools and students who were pre-
pairing for the practice of medicine
and surgery in recognized medical
schools on May 20, 1918, are exempt
from the draft. However, the law
does not relieve such students from
the duty of registering on Wednes-
day, June 5. Registration comes
first, exemption afterwards. 1t is
absolutely necessary that these stu
dents register"
The registration will be held in the
office of the local board having ju-
risdiction of the area wherein the
person to be registered permanently
resides, or in such other place as by
public notice is designated by the
board, between z a. m. and Q p. m.
on Wednesday, June 5, 1918.
1t Unnecessary to go to the regis
tration place in person. Any man
who expects to be absent from home
on Wednesday, June 5, 1918, should
go at once to the Office Of the local
board where he expects to be and
have his registration card filed out
and certified. He must then mail
this card TO the Office of the LEGAL
board having jurisdiction of the
place wherein hepermanenrly resldes
and in view of the fact that this card
must be received by his local board
on or before June 5, it is essential
that anyone who expects to be away
from home on that date arrange for
his registration Immediately.
Anyone who is sick on jane 5 and
unable to present himself in person
at the office Of the local board may
send some competent friend, who
may be deputized by the clerk to
prepare his card.
Any person in doubt rs to where
he should register should consult the
local board in the place where he
permanently resides, or be may OBJ
tain the desired information from
the Office Of tho nnYnr If h. liYar in