Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-31

PROCLAMATION
Governor Calls On All To Help
Expedite The Work On
June 5

The President of the United States
1918, as Registration Day under the
Selective Service Law for all male
persons who have attained the age OF
twenty-one years since June 5, 1917.
The obligation to register is placed
on all such male persons in the United
States on June 5, 1918, whether citi-
zens of the United States, persons who
have taken out their first papers only.
Persons in the military or naval SER
vice of the United States are not re-
CURED to register while they remain
in such military or naval service, but
are required to register Immediately
upon leaving it.
The place of registration is ordinar-
lily the office of the local board having
jurisdiction of the area wherein the
persons required to register per-
manently reside. Within the jurisdic-
ton of the local board having an ex-
tensive area of poor railroad connec-
tiOns additional places of registration
will be established, and these will be
announced in the public press.
Persons who are likely to be absent
from their homes on June and who
cannot register with the local board
having jurisdiction over their places
of residence should present themselves
at the earliest possible moment to any
local board wherever they may be-.
This local board will furnish such
persons registration cards, and certi-
fly to the answers made on such cards.
The duty is placed upon such persons
to see that such cards are filed with
the proper local board This should
preferably be done by registered mail
There should be enclosed with the card
a self-addressed, stamped envelope in
order that registration certificate
may be issued to the persons register
ing
Special provisions have been made
to register the sick
Male persons of the designated age
who on account of absence at sea, or
on account of absence without the ter
ritorial limits of the United States,
may be unable to register as absentees
the first United States port, register
with his proper local board or as pro-
vided for other absentees.
The places of registration are re-
Z a. m. and 9 p. m. on June 5, next.
But though the offices will be open
during these hours, it is confidently
expected that the registration may be
o'clock in the afternoon. Every patri-
Otic agency and all good citizens will
cooperate with us in securing a COM
plete registration early on June 5.
union to report it's registration returns
to Washington last year. This report
reached the Provost Marshal CrOwder
four hours before the report of the
District of Columbia. 1t was a splen-
did illustration of the willingness of
the citizens of this state to pull to-
gether, for a national purpose 1t was
only beginning of the splendid SER
vice citizens everywhere in the state
have given to the national government
I am confident that we can do again
this year what was done last year.
/ call upon all persons now admin
istering the draft, all public officials,
all good citizens and particularly the
newspapers Of the state, to cooperate
in this great common enterprise.
l call upon all citizens who are will
ing to act as registrars on June 9Th to
offer their services to their own local
board
When these twenty-five thousand
men of the designated age present
themselves for registration on Amer
icas roll for the cause of humanity
and dedicate themselves to their coun-
try and the civilization of the world,
let us all re-dedicate ourselves to the
great cause to which the President of
the United States, our COMMANDMENT in
Chief, has offered all our resources,
human and economic.
In conformity with the Proclamation
of the President of the United States,
|, Emanuel l.. Philip. Governor of the
State of Wisconsin, do hereby desig-