Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-29
no matter in what town of the county
they reside:

Sullivan.
Deer Isle
Bucksport.
a. m. TO p. m. DR.. L w. Hodgkins,
OF the local board, will be in charge at
Ellsworth, with J. A. Stuart as assistant;
George X. Fuller, Of the local board, at
Bar Harbor, B. f. Clark as assistant; 4.
A. Flye, OF the local board, at Deer Isle,
Paul w. Scott as assistant; Andrew p.
Havey. chief registrar, at Sullivan, w.
b. Blaisdell as assistant, and Wiley c.
Conary, chief registrar, at Bucksport,
Michael ]. Guilty as assistant.
WHO MUST REGISTER-All male per-
sons (citizens or aliens) born between
June 8, 1896, and June s, 1897, inclusive,
except officers and enlisted men of the
regular army, navy ami marine corps, and
the national guard and naval militia while
in federal service, and officers in officers
reserve corps, and enlisted men in enlisted
reserve corps while in active service.
WHEN-On Wednesday, June 5, 1918,
between a. m. and 8 p. m.
WHERE--Hancock county men may
register either at the office OF the local
board in Ellsworth, or with the registrars
at Bar Harbor, Sullivan, Bucksport or
Deer Isle, whichever is most convenient
for them.
HOW Go in person on June 8 to your
registration place. II you expect to be
absent from home on June 5, go ut once
to the Office OF the local board where you
happen to be. Have your registration
card filled out and certified. Mail it to
the local board having jurisdiction where
you permanently reside. Enclose a self
addressed, stamped envelope with your
registration card for the retdrn Of your
registration certificate. Failure to get
this certificate may cause you serious in
convenience. You must mail your regis
tration card in time to reach your home
local board on June 5. II you are in on
June and unable to present yourself in
person, send some competent friend The
clerk may deputize him to prepare your
card.
PENALTY FOR NOT REGISTERING
Failure to register is misdemeanor,
punishable by Imprisonment for one year.
1t may result in loss OF valuable rights
and privileges and immediate induction
into military service.
WORK OR FIGHT.
Every man OF draft age must work or
fight after July /, under drastic amend
mentto the seiective service regulations
announced Thursday by Provost General
Crowder. Not only idiers, but all draft
registrants engaged in what are held to
be nom usefpl occupations, are to be given
the choice OF a new job or the army.
Gamblers, race track and bucket-shop
attendants and fortune-tellers head the
list, but whose who will be reached
by the new regulation also include
walters and bartenders, theatre ushers
and attendants, passenger elevator
operators and other attendants OF clubs,
hotels, stores, etc, domestics and clerks
in stores.
Deferred classification granted on ac-
count of dependents will be disregarded
entirely in applying the rule. A man may
be at the bottom OF class 1, or even in class
4, but if he falls within the regulation and
refuses to take useful employment, he will
be given new number in class ], that
will send him into the military service
forthwith. Local boards are authorized
TO use discretion only where they find
that enforced change OF employment
would result in disproportionate hardship
upon mans dependents.