The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-07
The Work Is Left to Police Chiefs, the MarshaIs and the Post
 masters.
TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS
Finger-print Records Also Must Be Taken of Every German Alien
 Woman.

WASHINGTON, June r - United 1 States marshals, postmasters, and po-
 lice chiefs in every city of the Unit
 ed States will register between June
 F and 2S every German alien woman | in the United States, recording fin ger prints and photographs, and pro- viding the registrant thereafter with
 an Identification card which must be carried on the holders person for
 the duration of the war.
 The work will be carried out under
 regulations issued by Attorney-Gener- al Gregory, and women who do not, comply may be interned, imprisoned, or deported.
 American women who have married German aliens will also be required to register, under the regulations, unless they have taken steps to get return of their original citizenship status. Women of German national ity who have taken out American citizenship papers need not register The regulations also hold that the wife of a German who has become naturaliZed and has completed the requirement of American citizenship is a citizen herself, and need not register A German woman who mar ried an American before April is also outside of the class required to register, while special provision is made in the regulations for the treat. ment of natives of Alsace-Lorraine and of Schleswig Holstein.
 Police stations in cities of 5000 inhabitants or more are designated as registration places, and postoffic es in the other areas. Details of To- cal procedure are left to the officials in charge of the work Four photo graphs of the registrant, each one personally autographed, will be taken, and her affidavit of parental history must show a variety of facts. Her occupation, relationship to soldiers 1 in the German army or to persons | now in Germany, length of residence and circumstances attending the ar rival in the United States are particu- lar matters of inquiry. The regula- tions emphasize the fact that regis tration will be considered as giving | proof of the peaceful disposition and | intention to conform with the laws i of the United States" Each regis trant will be required to state speci- fically whether or not she has ever been required to report to or register with any German military, diplomatic, or secret agent.
 False statements or representations in the affidavits required will subject the woman concerned is immediate internment Her card, showing that she has complied with the law, will be issued to her within 15 days after her appearance. It will carry one of ssthe signed photographs, and a print of her left thumb. The printed forms provided for the registration have been distributed to the proper officials.
 When the registration has been completed, three sets of the affidav- it's will be prepared, one of which is to be sent to Washington, the sec ond to be held by the United States within the district where the women have registered, and the third is to go into the local record
 German women who are outside of he Territory in which they usually reside during the period set for the registration must apply for temper Try cards in the place where they to be and then complete their \ \