Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-09
$4,000 RICHMOND MEN
WILL REGISTER THURSDAY
Local Boards Havc All Arrange.
mcnts Well In
Hand.
NO EXCEPTIONS ARE ALLOWED
Provision Made for Registering Those
in Prison--Sicll People Must Send
n Friend to Get Them RcgistrH
t1on Gard.

ODlN fEra~ mo-7) aaI~ carnftnR tP'
day, separate the 100000 Americans
between the ages of eighteen and for
tyhvc. inclusive, who must register
Thursday under the selcctIvc service
Der it is estimated that $4,000 are
Virglnians and $4,000 Richmonders.
Daily the interest grows by leaps and
swampcd with questions from those
OF the affected ages who want to know
how and where TO register their names
o'clock in the morning and o'clock
at night.
All persons OF tho designated ages
must register. except those previously
registered. All persons Of the desig-
mated ages must. OF their own duty,
present themselves at the proper
and enlisted men Of the regular army.
The navy and the naval militia. while
In the service of the United states. To
fail to register is nlsdemcanor and
makes the offender liable TO punish
ment. If on Thursday a man is cigh-
teen he must register. and II on that
day he Is not yet forty-si1 he must
register.
wardens OF pcnitcntiarics and other
penal institutions arc by the Governor
mates of the designated ages. Local
boards will have immediate supervision
and direction Of the registration; and
ISTEHPR ETERS PROVIDED
~
Sworn rcgistrants will be on hand at
every registering place, the registering
| places in tho various voting precincts
! having bccn designated by the local
| boards, and these places having been
published in the newspapers Where
] necessary, interpreters Will be present
| for the reg istration OF those not speak
! ing the English language 1t shall
be the duty OF each person TO examine
the list OF registrants To be published
and posted later TO ascertain II his
of his local board. All persons failing
| TO register Thursday VIII he registered
whenever later detected as dclinqucnts.
On the day after RESTITUTION, the
stamped fro none to the highest num-
Der necessary with the serial number.
to be in use later in determining the
order OF liability IN the lottery. Reg
istration numberS will not be used
on the cards filled out Thursday II
being no matter whether one Is first
that only one person should approach
the registration table ut a time. The
regulations caution all registrars not
to undertake to mark or number the
reg istration ards in the place for the
serial numbers.
The proper place to register Is the
| ones domicilc is ones domicile is
the place at which he permanently re-
! sides at the time OF the registration.
n
SECURE REGISTRATION
The following method OF registering
has been provided for persons absent
| from their domicilcs 10 remove the
necessity OF their going home to reg is
ter
There is supply OF registration
cards at every local board in the United
, States. a clerk of any board. or a
J member thereof, is authorized 10 re-
cord tho answers or persons absent
from the Jurisdiction OF their respec-
tive local boards and 70 certify to
their registration cards. Then the
rcgiStrant must mail the card 10 the
local board in his domicile in time 10
reach the board on or before Thurs
day. II he does not known the dcsigna :
ton and address OF mis- local board.
then he should send the card to the
Mayor OF the city. if its population is
$4,000 or more: If not. then. TO the
clerk OF the county, parish, or similar
unit. Being responsible for the card
the person should inclose a self-ad :
dressed stamped envelope for the re-
turn 10 him OF his registration GER
ithcate. which he must carry on his