Evening star., 1918-08-15
FEDERAL WORKERS.
MAYRHaSTERH HERE
CHAIRMAN Donovan Of Draft
!! Board Would ignore Not-.
F,s ing Residences.
PREPARING For NEXT JOB


in the draft in the District of Column
bia on August "a, in accordance with
the proclamation of the President re-
rarding men who have become
twenty-one years old since the last
registration day June $, were begun
at meeting of the local draft boards
yesterday afternoon in the office OF
Maj. Daniel ]. Donovan. Plans were
discussed also at this meeting Tor
registration under the proposed new
draft law, extending the draft ages
so as to include men Of eighteen ana
forty-five years,
The men who have become twenty
sone since June IS will be placed Tor
the most part in class l. it was said,
and will be called into military serv-
ice almost immediately, as 1t was
clearly indicated when the Presidents
proclamation was made yesterday.
After Federal Workers.
Efforts are to be made to have the
government employees register here.
even though they maintain voting
residences in the states. This Will
and the Districts quota, probably.
but will eliminate much Of the trou-
BILE experienced during the registra-
tion last year. Maj. Donovan holds
resides and pays out money to main
tain home, no matter where ne may
vote.
Public school buildings. which have
registration for, the draft, will not
be utilized for that purpose August
"a. it was announced today by Maj.
Donovan. Instead the men will regis
IT has been estimated that not more
! than 500 men will be registered at that
time, and for that reason it will not
be necessary to use the school build
ings; n aoo. not- know whore 70
register, he can obtain the informa-
tfon by applying at the office of any
ONE Of the local boards" said Maj.
I Donovan. p. ..--
Offices of Local Boards.
The Offices of the local boards are
( s14. District buiIdine: No. 2, room 20.
District building; No. 5. city post
office. North Capitol street and Mas
sachusetts avenue; No 4. room 4o5,
District buiIdinS.-No- g. room 427,
building; Nc 4 room III.
District building: No. 8. room 5, Dis
itrict sStplding; No. 3, room IL, Dis
trict .btllding. and No. II, rooms42s
These ofticss VIII be open for regis
tration Of men on August a4.from
There win be no excuse for a man
mot registering because he did not
KNOW to which local board to apply,
edid, Maj. Donovan. He can apply to
any OF the local boards and ascertain
hvhere he should register.
Registration day under the pro-
posed new draft law probably. FiHs. be
some day after September 5. the day
shal General Crowder. There; are
i number Of state primaries held on
: September 5. and for that reason 1t
. probably will, be considered advisable
| to postpone the registration few
days.
COMMITTEES Designated
A central committee on registration,
I consisting of three members. was ap-
i pointed at the meeting yesterday.
charge of the plans for carrying out
| the registration of the men under the
/ proposed law - -
1t consists of Mai DonoEan ehair-
| man; G. .. Watson. chairman Of board
! No. 8 and chief clerk of the .nre de-
/ partnfent.s and D. f. Garges. chairman
! Of board No. AND chief clerk of the
l engineer department. = -
Advisory Committees.
The central committee met at the
/ District building at noon today and
| appointed advisory committee ,on the
! following subjects:
Committee on High School Cadets
and Boy Scouts to assist registration
Committee. to obtain the services
n
Committee to provide means of
/ transportation at the places Of regis
tration.
! Committee on publicity.
/ buildings. -
Committee on summarizing the
; registration returns.
Committee on signs and dissernina-
| tfon of Information. -
Committee on selection and assign
1 noent Of registrars. g
Committee on utilization OF COM
&. nunity center orgarizations------s---- - -
Between 500, and 900 registrars will
| be needed to handle the registration
! OF men under the proposed draft law
! extending the ages. and about 500
I to handle. the registration of men
4 who have become twenty-one since
7 June 5. it was said. The District
Commissioners have ordered the Dis
trict building closed on" registration
day 80 that all employees may be used
as registrars Many school teachers
: who aided in registration in 1917 gill
!, not be available. because the schools
: will not be in session. = Z,
Indication Cards to Be PrnteE !,
Maj. Donovan said that a sugges-
stion made by NJ. O. Chance. chairman
. of local board No. 3. to the effect that
Aoafds' should be printed telling the
men subject to the draft under the
proposed new law just where they
should register would be adopted.
Thesascards are to be placed in the
, hands of the letter carriers of the
icity and are to be left in every house.
It was announced today that -I60
.colored men subject~tor the -draft had
been entrained for Hampton InStitute,
ITO take a course of instruction pre-.
paratoFy to being assigned to various
branches Of the Army. Every one of
the meh was on hand TO t4Se the
train. It was said. ----------------'
No New Lottery. ss. :.
fherA will be noys new drawing to
establish the order Of liability of
new regtstrants of. August .zx The
provost marshal generals ofiice an:
nounced that the 1900 numbers drawn
for the June registra1tst would be
sufficient 10 cover the August "a reg.
,istrants insthe largest district in the
Proposals to extendsthe draft sre
limits, have resulted in increased en-
1istufents in tho merchant marine
announced. Chairman Hurley !. said
that. r1nfa than ION MAN houn hAAn