Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-12
ANNAPOLIS IS
BUSY WITH THE
REGISTRATION
Eush OF Men To Polling Places
Started Quickly And Kept Up
Throughout The Day
BAND CONCERT AT
THE STATE HOUSE
Naval Academy Musicians Help
Stir Enthusiasm Of People.
General Holiday Observed

While their companions to.he were
starting the first big drive in the
Lorraine sector OF the battle line of
France. Annapolitans between the ages
of is and 46 years. turned ont also this
morning. and, marching up TO the
captains" Office" enrolled for such
service as Uncle Sam shall demand of
them in the worldwide drive against
Hun barbarism. and for Christianity
and civilization.
The old town made something of a
celebration of it, and readily fell in
with the spirit of New Defenders
Day" The patriotic spirit was stirred
in the early morning hours, when a
twohour concert of patriotic music.
starting with The Star-Spangled Ban
ner," was conducted by the Naval
Academy Band. under the leadership
of Prof Adolph Torovsky. The con
cert took place on the west portico of
the State House, near headquarters
of the local draft board in the Office
of States Attorney n. II. Green.
The four registration offices in the
town were opened at Z o'clock and re-
mained hard at il all through the day.
The youths of Annapolis and the so
called middle-aged fellows between 81
and 46 years of age, We'd with each
other in getting to their appointed reg
istration places and signing up" BY
o'clock at each of the registration
places there was a long line of regis
trants awaiting admission to the build
ing. Because of a certain amount of
unfamiliarity with the job, both on the
part of the volunteer registrars and
the willing registrants, these lines
were still holding snake-like formation
throughout most of the day. The reg
istration of the individual select dur
ing the early hours was somewhat
slow, it taking in some cases as long
as fifteen minutes to elicit from the
registrant the needed information and
transcribe this 10 his record card and
then make out his registration card.
However. this condition improved
somewhat during the day But certain
il was that those who volunteered for
the job of registrars did a good job
and a hard one.
The Offices of registration will be
kept open until nine o'clock tonight.
and during that time all men between
the ages of IS and as must register or
run risks of getting into serious trou-
BILE. The responsibility to register
rests entirely upon the individual.
On the eve of tie great muster of
the nations manhood for the war Pro
vost Marshal-General Crowder last
night summed up the situation in a
brief sentence. addressed to the 49,
100000 men who registered today.
'The registrars are at their posts
awaiting youl"
General Crowder asked that regis
tration day be observed generally as a
holiday and that flags fly and bands
play in tribute to the men who will
enroll for the reservoir from which
will come the man power for the final
drive against the German armies.
Until the first classification have
been arranged and another stream Of
men assuredsto flow into the army can
tonments, executives will not attempt
to settle problems like the stoppage of
enlistments in navy and Marine Corps,
which have been held in allegiance for
the great muster. They were discuss
ed again yesterday, however, in con-
ferences between General Crowder,
Secretary Daniels and others.
An estimated total of $1,000 men has
to be provided for navy and shipping
needs. Meanwhile, the recruiting divi-
sion of the navy ordered all its officers
and inspectors to inform naval reserv-
lists not in active service that they,
too, must register, though local boards
thereafter will place them in Glass v.