Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-07
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Registrars Appointed for
Every Post Office in Ell
More County to Make
Possible Task of Filling
Cards.

The War Department has cut out
a Herculean job for itself-the regis
tration of 100000 men in single
day 1t has planned to list every
man in the country 1S to As years
(both inclusive), except those pre-
viously registered, on Selective Ser
vice Registration Day.
That might we'll be job for the
whole month of September, but the
War Department says it must be done
in day, and can be-
1t can be done if every man, wo-
man and child on and before Regis
tration Day makes it point to speed
the work of registration. 1t can be
made an easier job if every one plans
for the day builds for the day, and
does everything iii his power to make
the preparations complete
OF course, the big undertaking is to
educate the men to register without
delay. In this education the War De-
partment is counting upon the CO.
operation of leading men and women
in every section of the land
No effort which can teach every
man of the ages specified to realize
that he must register should be omit
ted. He must be made to appreciate
it as Rpatriotic obligation, the neg
lect of which brings penalty of a
year in prison.
This can be accomplished in a
thousand ways by the men who have
these ways at their fingers tips,
Merchants, public speakers, instruc-
tors, advertising men, preachers, all
the great spreaders of information
should direct their abilities and capa-
bilities towards scattering broadcast
the meaning of Selective Service
Registration Day.
They must fix clear understand
ing in the minds of those near them
and employed under them. They
should use newspapers, billboards,
posters and cards in whatever man
ner is at their disposal.
They must awaken a great public
conscience towards the obligation
of Selective Service.
That is today the great work of
every American citizen, whatever his
age
Thousands of Registration Boards
will be ready on Registration Day
to take care of the millions who must
register. The great organization,
brought to perfection when men be-
tween 21 and 81 years of age
registered, is expected to surpass the
wonderful record they made at the
first registration.
No preparation has been overlooked
by the Provost Marshal General that
would speed the work. The Govern
ment is determined that the vast
registration shall be fastened
through in the day allotted to it. All
the schedule of placing huge army
in Europe next year is based upon a
one-day registration.
The enlarged military program re-
quires that the Selective Service sys-
TEN, which must supply the addition
al men needed, shall have a Glass !
of over two million available to be
drawn upon on and after October.
In order to obtain two million
Class l men, the nation must register
about thirteen million more men for
classification. These thirteen million
represent the total males in ages 80
to As and Is to 21.
Why does the Army need over two
million men? Because the Allied
program to speed up the final over
throw of the German armies, calls
for an early mastering of America
final contribution. The War Depart
ment has stated that Americas army
must not fall below five million men
OF this amount nearly three million
men are now under arms. This leaves
more than two million men to be
made ready (including replace
ments), aud the time has now come
to obtain them.
Why must these two million and