New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-08-31
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE.

War Department, through Provost Mar
shall Crowder, has called upon the Lou
isiana Council of Defense to make reg
istration day the greatest patriotic hol-
iday in the history of the State. Tele-
grams and letters are pouring into TIE
State Council office at Baton Rouge from
Washington urging that every effort be
made in Louisiana to make the registra-
ton one hundred per cent.
It is requested by the War Depart
ment that every flag be raised and tina,
every band be utilized at the patriotic
celebrations to be held at every point of
registration.
Provost Marshal General Crowder has
addressed the following letter to the
Council of National Defense, and his let
Letter has been sent to John Marshall.
Secretary of the State Council of De-
Tense. It follows:
"The approaching enactment of the
War Departments bill extending ages
Of military duty under the Selective
Service Law down to 10 and up to IS
win require the registration of approx
imately thirteen million more men eariv
in September. This signifies that ev-
cry effort must be made by my office
to insuce 100 per cent registration.
"1n this task Of reaching every COM
unity and every individual within tn.
.-asw ages, ! shall have to rely upon the
assistance Of those agencies Of the Cow
ernment which have an organization
calculated to be effective in accomplish
ing that purpose. The Council Of Ma
tonal Defense is undoubtedly one Of the
most important Of those agencies. It's +.
nationwide organization, and its direct +,
touch with each community, will enable (,
Il to carry this appeal 80 emphatically
that the response on Registration Day .
viii be completely assured. !.
Il, therefore, invoke the assistance Of
pour Council in rapid campaign con- y
lensed into the next twenty days. :,
The details Of it can be taken up with -
he appropriate committees and sub-com- !.
nittees As illustrative of their scope,
I wsat to have every Tag flying and =,
very band playing on Registration ~
)ay) 50 that the Local sentiment of en- !,
husiasm will embrace every one in its :,
nnta gion. :,
Il know that need only state the :,
ase to receive your assent; but I de- :.
re to express my appreciation of III. 4;
alue and effectiveness of the power !,
'hich your Council will thus place at
10 disposal Of this office. =,
Yours faithfully, :,
signed) E. H. CRoWDER, AZ
Provost Marshal Gneral. ~
Supplementing the letter Of General b;
rowder, Mr.. Arthur r. Fleming, Chair n
an Of the State Councils Section, of the tic
osncil of National Defense, has is
,sd the following letter to all State
puncils:
Registration pay for men from eigh-
IN to forty-five both inclusive, unless
leviously registered, will be held some
me early in September. The exact date -.
III be announced through the press, as -,
ION - Congress acts and the President =.
res the date. ~
'The problem before the War De- 20
lrtment and the agencies associated a.
ith il in the plans for Registration Day -
Of great importance. Aside from the -.
4 -. - e0nos'as n. '''a Sc
gistration, they are faced with the e.
necessity Of making certain that every ~
m TO the thirteen million who are sub 3 8
Ct to register knows Of the call, re- /.
ives the Presidents message proclaim -
Z his duty to register, and comes for
nd frankly and honestly to answer L. -.
, reach every individual with an ire :.
Itible appeal to his patriotism and his -.
nscisnce necessities the most thor
% publicity The office of the Pro- +,
st Mafshal General with the coopera- =.
n Of the Committee of Public Infor- -
atioa will use for this purpose tele- =.
aphic press dispatches, Newspaper ad-
rtisements, the motion picture busi- -;
%, the Four Minute Men, foreign ~.
aguage papers, farm papers, trade pa our