The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-08-17
Get READY FOR
REGISTRATION
LOCAL BOARD HAS ORDERS TO
PREPARE FOR BIG JOB
1T NEEDS EXPERIENCED MEN
To Handle the lob Which Will be
Imposed Upon the Board by the
Is to as Registrations

County Clerk Wall, secretary OF the
local board, received word last week
to prepare for the coming registra-
tion OF the men that will be made
amenable TO registration by the anti
cipated change in the draft law The
war department is figuring that the
change will come in September, and
II looks as il ii will come about the
middle or latter part Of that month.
There will certainly be some con-
tention over the exact ages that are
to be included. but from the express
sions heard on every side, from press
and pulpit, it seems certain that the
nation is in mood to accept the ages
fixed by the war department and that
the final figures will be somewhere
about where they have been fixed In
the draft bill.
Requires Advance Work.
Registration OF such large num-
bers requires detailed and expensive
preparation az there will be no time
for preparation after the act is passed
by Congress. Instructions outlining
the procedure will be at once forward
ed by mail
Pending the receipt thereof the To-
cal draft board is instructed to mako
preliminary arrangements at once in
order that registration may take place
soon after the act is passed The ma
chinery for the registration must be
perfected and ready for immediate
operation when the presidents procla-
nation is published.
officials Of the local board stated to-
day that registrars will be appointed
at once at the rate Of one for every
eighty respective registrants. There
will be one chief registrar. naming
one registrar for every eighty regis
trants means that they will have
one and one-third as many registrars
for this new draft as we had for that
of 1917. The men must be citizens of
the United States and competent to do
clerical work. Services in this work
should be volunteered as patriotic
duty. but In cases where compensation
is necessary we will pay the regis
trars.
Interpreters Needed.
Interpreters must be secured in or
der that we may make a correct reg
istration OF all foreigners. We will
be glad to have any man who speaks
a foreign language offer his services
in this work on registration day.
The presidents proclamation to be
issued upon the passage OF the bill by
Congress will fix the date of the regis
tration and the acknowledgement or
the draft executive OF each state will
be furnished in advance with the ne
cessary blanks and forms to conduct
the registration.
Needs Men Of Experience.
IL can be seen from the orders men
toned above that Uncle Sam is put
ting strenuous effort into the work OF
getting enough soldiers on hand TO
end this war quickly In this effort
he needs the assistance OF every ex-
perienced man In the United States,
especially the members OF the local
boards.
There Is some talk In Iron county
OF making a change in the member
ship Of this board. not because OF any
ncompetency Of It's members. but for
political reasons.
Our readers can see what an ill-ad-
vised movement this Is, coming at q
time when so much OF vital import
ance Is resting on the shoulders of the
members OF that very important body.
We need John Wall and Robert Will
son just where they are Our couni
try needs them and II Is to be hoped
that the good sense OF the people will
prevail and that Iron county will con-
.inue TO lend It's support to the ma
tion.