The Washington times., 1918-09-20
81 AID STATIONS
FOR REGISTRANTS

Plans for city-wide free legal as
siistance to registrants who begin
filling out their questionnaires next
Tuesday today are practically COM
pleted. with the cooperation OF
more than 300 local attorneys, the
legal advisory board of the District
will have fifty-one legal aid stations
in operation on the morning Of Sep
tember "a These stations will be
located at central points throughout
the city, and. registrants are urged
to make use Of the services which
patriotic attorneys will render free
of cost.
Questionnaires will be mailed reg
istrants of the 1o-to-21 and 32-to-ob
classes next Monday morning. There
is a total registration OF 22,OOe men
in these classes in the District ana
10 per cent of the total will receive
their uuestionnaires each day. This
means that more than 1000 question
naires must be completed every
twenty-four hours, and 'registrants
are urged to call at the legal aid sta
lions on the day their Questionnaires
are received from the local boards.
Must Not Delay.
1t has been estimated that an aver
age time Of one-half an hour is re-
quired for filling out each set OF pa
pers. With a large number to be
handled every day 1t is imperative
that there be no delay on the part Of
the registrant in seeking aid. To
postpone the matter would result IN
great confusion the latter part or the
week, the advisory board pointed out,
and IL is urged that registrants CO
| operate to the fullest extent In this
matter.
Legal Iieutenants and aides have
been appointed for each Government
department, together with a corps OF
assistants in the several large pu-
reaus. They will care for regis
trants in Government service, and re-
| lieEe advisers at the general statlons
of d large amount of work.
In addition to these departmental
stations. there will be large legal
aid corps at the United States court
house, First and B streets northwest
in charge of United States District At
torney John E. Laskey; at the city
/ postofnce, in charge of Henry p
Blair: Public Library, H. Prescott
i Galley: District building, ]. ]. Darling
ton; United States Custom Court, Fiji
| teenth street and New York avenue
northwest, Judge Smith; Potomac
Savings Bank building, Wisconsin
avenue and NJ streets northwest
George W. Offutt, jr.; Petworth School
Eighth andShepherd streets northwest
.IJ. L. Carr: Pythian Temple, 1885
| Twelfth street northwest, B. L. Gas
kins: United States Housing Corpora
1 ton, 6I3 G street northwest, Henry
Gale; Central High School, Frank S
pri1ht and station at the Library
of Congress, with q director yet to b'
named.
At Police stations.
Ten precinct police stations will
also serve as quarters for legal ad
vistory boards. and arrangements ar
being made to have these aid station
open for several hours at night.
Associate members of the legal ad
visory board will meet next Monda!
night at 1880 o'clock at the George
town University Law School, E stree
between Fifth and Sixth streets north
west, to receive final instructions
Every detail of the new question
naires will be taken up, and member
advised just how to aid registrant
answer the several questions. 1t 4
hoped that Provost Marshal Genera
Crowder. Col. Charles w. Warren ant
Col. James S. Easby-Smith, of Gen
, eral Crowder's office. will address tn
meeting.
All details Of legal aid to regis
trants are in the hands of the Distric
Legal Advisory Board. This board !
composed of Justin Merrill Chamber
lin, chairman; Frank Sprigg Perry
secretary, and Jesse c. Adkins