The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-11
Elaborate Preparations Made
to Register All Of City's
Eligibles Tomorrow.
HOURS ARE Z A. No P. NJ.
Dodgers to Lose Deferred
Rights and May Be Sent
ut Once to Camps.


OF an excuse for not presenting himself
before the proper board placards will be
displayed at every street corner in the
city telling registrants where their
boards meet.
The piacards are the invention Of
Martin Conboy, director of the draft
for this city, and will be posted by the
police between now and o'clock to-
morrow morning, when the registration
places will open. The hours for regis
tration are from A. NJ. until Q p. n.
Every man who has reached his eight
zenith birthday by tomorrow must reg
lister, and so must every man who has
not then reached his forty-sixth birth
day. Men between the ages OF Il and
81 who registered under the previous
draft are excepted.
Mr.. Conboy believes that with every
street corner marked and the proper
registry place for the residents Of every
street indicated clearly the whole bust
ness OF registration will be SO clarified
that every registrant who ought to be
on the books by the closing hour will
have presented himself in good time. In
addition to the corner signs the police
will carry memoranda which will en-
able them to advise any man who seeks
the Information just where his proper
place OF registry can be found
Extra Rexistrars Available.
1t has been estimated that about
100000 men will register in New York
State and about so per cent. Of this
number from the five boroughs Of New
York city. The draft director, realizins
that congestion will be avoided IL as
many men as possible appear before
thsir boards sometime during the work.
ing day, has arranged that a sufficient
number Of registrars shall be on duty
at every registration place to allow one
for every eighty men who shall appear
About $4,000 Of the men who will serve
as registrars have been drilled carefully
In the work they will have to do.
The signs which will be displayed in
and about registration places tomorrow
have been printed in thirteen different
languages and interpreters conversant
with thirty-two languages have been en-
gagged for the day to aid in enrolling
the registrants. At i've concentration
points, two in this borough, two in
Brooklyn and one in The Bronx there
will be forces of extra registrars kept
on reserve during the day, to be as
signed to any district where the conges-
lion indicates that there may be diff
Guilty in enrolling all the registrants by
closing time.
Offers everywhere by large employers
OF labor indicate that the day will be
observed as a part holiday in many
business and industrial establishments.
Mr.. Conboy has sent requests for as
sistance Of this sort to all the employers
organizations of the city and has re-
ceived replies fkom 400 Of them stating
that they would shorten their day from
one to several hours to allow employees
10 register. The Stock Exchange and
the Cotton Exchange will be closed all
day tomorrow and SO will such schools
as have been designated as registration
places.
short Session for Court.
1t is probable that a plumber OF Judges
will follow the example OF Judge Roy
o. the County Court in Brooklyn, who
announced yesterday that he would ad-
Journ court Immediately after calendar
call tomorrow to enable jurymen and
others concerned to register for the
draft He urged the clerks and at
,aches OF the court to devote the day to
service of their country by aiding in
the registration.
For the benefit OF men who will have
Just reached Is by tomorrow and those
other men whose forty-sixth birthday oc-
ours on registration day Mr.. Conboy re-
terated again yesterday that the eight
een-year-old men must register and the
forty-six-year-old men need not. Men
whose forty-sixth birthday falls to-mor-
row are considered to have passed out
of the contemplation OF the draft. For
the benefit of men who will be neces-
sarily absent from their homes he made
public the following telegram which he
has sent to all local boards:
Numerous inquiries are being re-
ceired respecting registration OF men
under jurisdiction Of New York City
boards who will be necessarily temper
arlly absent from this city on registra-
ton day. and IN whose cases the ordi-
nary procedure relating to absentees
tsections 81 to SO of registration regu-
lations No. 30 cannot apply.
Upon application to local board prior
to Registration day. the board should
require from such person an affidavit
giving the time and reason OF his de-
parture. the destination of the absentee
and the duration OF his absence, the
reasons why he cannot register on reg
istration day and why the absentee pro-
visions do not cover his case.
No Cards before Registry Ends.
III the local board is satisfied with
the reasons the clerk. or a member.
should fll out the registration card and
certify 70 II. The card should be held
by the board until the day Of registra-
ton, when II should be delivered to the
chief registrar who wiz file 1t with
other cards at the close Of the day.
The registrant should leave a stamped
envelope bearing his address and his
registration certificate will be mailed
TO him, but not before registration day.
Boards must not issue certificates to
anyone before registration day"
The city has been placarded with no.
tees calling upon men to register early
and explaining that failure to register
may involve punishment. loss of de-
ferred classification, and immediate in
duction into the army. These notices
like most of the other registration no.
tees have been printed in n number OF
languages.
The British Bureau OF Information
announced to all British subjects in
the United States yesterday that they
must register tomorrow II within the
draft age Those British subjects reg
istered before July 80 may apply for
exemption to the British Aniba ssador
before September 90. those registered
August "a also before September 60,
and those registered September 4 before
October 16. Eniistments Ia the British
or Canadian armies will not be accepte 4
in the first class after September 2s.
in the second after September 20 and
in the third after October ~.
Truck Blocks Brooklyn Bridge
4 big motor truck loaded with heavy
timber broke down between the trolley
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