The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-29
YOUNG men q YEARS old MUST
REGISTER june 5--CALLED BY
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS
Government Regulations Given In Abbreviated Form by Conec
cut State Council of Defense-Youths Made Available for
SeeCtNe Servce-Seyee Penalty for Failure to Register.

Every young man In the United
States who has attained the age of
twenty-one years after June 5, 1917,
and on or before June s, 1918, must
register on Registration Day, Wednes-
day, June s, under the selective serv-
Ice act. The registration Is nation
wide and makes available for military
or other national service an estimated
army of one million men. 1t places
the young man Of twenty-one in exact
ly the same responsible relation to the
national government as all men be-
tween twenty-one and thirty-one years
were placed by registration last June.
This article is issued by the Connect
cut State Council Of Defense at the
request of the Governor of Connecticut
to explain the law to the young men
of Connecticut
The duty of registration is compul-
sorry. By act of Congress andDy proc
lamation of the President of the United
States all young men who were born
between June 5, 1896, and June 8, 1897,
are subject to registration. Persons
in the military or naval service Of the
nation are the only exceptions. Regis
tration Is required Of oil male per-
sons of the age designated and not
simply United States citizens
Important Facts.
Registration day will be on Wednes-
day, June 5, 1918.
Registration hours VIII be from Z
a. m. to p. m.
Registration quarters wifi in most
cases be at the Offices of the local
draft boards or such other place as
shall by public notice be designated
by the local boards.
Upon registering all persons will be
furnished a registration certificate
All persons subject to registration
should keep the registration certif1-
Gates in their possession at all times.
They must exhibit their registration
certificates when called upon by any
police officer to do so. Hence all reg
istrants will spare themselves much in
convenience if they keep their certif1-
Gates constantly in their possession.
The machinery of registration is
grouped under three departments, the
Provost Marshal General at Washing
ton, the Governors Office at Hartford
and the local draft boards. Careful
plans have been made far in advance
Of Registration Day to so arrange pre-
1iminaries that a complete registra-
ton will be taken on June s. To as
sist the local boards to secure a COM
plete enrolment, the police authorities
Of the municipalities and the State
are required to effect thorough en-
forcement of the law through the pres
ervation of order at registration
places.
Penalty for DeIinquents.
Men who fail to register will be re-
ported by all marshaEs, deputy mar
shals, investigating agents and police
officers. Local boards will report such
delinQuents to the United States dis
trict attorney. Failure to register has
been made a misdemeanor. The pen
atty is Imprisonment for one year, and
may result in loss of valuable rights
and privileges and immediate Undue
ton into the military service. Per
sons who obstruct the work of regis
tration by classifying, evading or refus-
ing to answer the questions put them
by registrars on Registration Day will
be given proper forbearance, but If
they continue refractory will be re-
ported to the proper authorities for
the punishment designated.
Persons temporarily absent from the
Jurisdiction of their local boards must
secure registration card, not a Ger
tificate. before Registration Day from
the Office of any local draft board.
Upon receipt Of this card the appli-
cant should mail it in time to reach
his own local board by the day set
| for registration A self-addressed
stamped envelope should be enclosed
with the registration card for the reg.