Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-12
SMILING FACES
SEEN AT CITY'S
POLLING PLACES
Citizens and Aliens of Many Age
Classes Gather at Registration
Stations in Response to Uncle
Sans War Summons.
Quoedonnaires Coming Soon.

Quostionnafres Coming Soon.
Adjutant General G. A. Fraser to.
lay notified the local board that he
had received the following tele-
graphic Instructions from Provost
Marshal General Crowder at. Wash
ington:
"Cnder the authority of the act
OF congress, approved August 8,
1918, the president directs that
In calling and drafting for mill
tary service men who register
september IL, 1918, or at any
time thereafter in pursuance of
the proclamation of the presi-
dent, dated August 81, 1918, only
Iegistrants who ON September IL,
1918, shall have attained their
10th birthday and who shall not
have attained their 37th BIRTH
day. shall be called for classifi-
cation and dr.Zted for military
service until further orders. A
day will hereafter be designed by
the provost marshal general
when the mailing of question
mares shall commence and in
%structions will then prescribe the
time within which the question:
H.tircs shall be mailed by local
boards. In pursuance of this or
der, questiOnnaires will be mailed
ny oca boards during the time
TO be hereafter designated only
o reSistIantS of. h ages here
tOfOre specified. Hereafter only
the third edition Of the question:
naire shall be mailed or deliver
ed to registrants."
Tho meaning of this order is OBJ
vlous, and many of the men who reg
istered today are making up their
minds that they will be sent to camps
IN the very near future. AS to the
disposition of men in the class above
80 years no detailed information has
been forthcoming at this time.
Work in the Stations.
The registration appears to have
oeen comparatively heavy in the
morning hours, and although a rush
was expected about noon, some reg
lstrars reported very little activity
between IL and 3 o'clock.
In the first precinct of the First
ward the number given at noon was
1855; about three hours later this had
increased only to 100, but many more
reglstrants We're expected during the
late afternoon and evening. The
number of registrants in the Second
YARD Of the first precinct grew from
~ - 9 dIlu D " ClOCk.
The Second ward registrars report
ed good progress made i'm the middle
hours of the day; at noon IS had reg
istered, at 3 O'Clock there were II.
Thlrty-two registrants had appear
ed at the polling place Of the Third
ware up to noon, and three hours lat
er a total of "A, incluring 10 aliens,
had registered.
In the Fourth ward, Sc had regis
tered at ~ o'clock, and 1O8 al 3; in
the two precincts Of the Fifth ward q
total of 142 were recorded by
o'clock; in the first precinct there
were SO at noon and II at 8 o'clock;
in the second precinct, 3S at noon and
IS at 3 o'clock.
The first precinct Of the Sixth ward
showed a total of re%gistrants at noon
Of 40, and three hours later of II,
among whom Z were aliens; the sec
ond precinct had 43 at noon and II
at 3 o'clock.
In the first precinct Of the Seventh
ward 80 had registered, when the din.
ner whistle blew Inc 40 three hours
afterward; the second precinct pre-.
sented a record of As at noon and Il
at 3 o'clock.
At 3 o'clock the total for the cit,
was 1872 men registered.
During the day a large number OF
flags were displayed in honor of the
registrants and of the significance O.
the event.