Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-24
PLANS UNDER WAY
Continued from pags I


the work wns done in an Efficient, orderly
and painetaking manner, thanks 70 INC
admirable personnel of the Local Boards,
the highly intelligent nids who gave their
services and the patient, willing cooper
alton Of the repistrants themselves. =.
And now TINT another registration 's
coming, those who are To be In charge
of it most earnestly desire To duplicate
1878 fine record What IL more, they
seek to excel il, and feel that with the same
type of assistnnce and the same Readiness
To repond on the part N the men to be
registered, plus the experience of the past,
this can bc done. They already hive
received their Instructions from Wash
ington as 10 what TO do and how TO do IT,
and have set about their preparations
In the first place conforming 10 tho
Governments order that cities having
more than one Local Board shall organize
central body, composed Of members
Of those boards, which shall coordinate
and supervise all preparations az well
as handle the activities Of the registration
itself, Central Registration Committee
has been formed here, consisting OF Cap
tain Horace Wilson Of Board No. 3, s
chairman, and Joseph Bancroft, Board
No. /, james Morris, Board No. 2, and
Joseph Wigglesworth, Board No. 4.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE AT wonE.
These gentlemen, az chairman Of their
respective boards, are thoroughly familiar
with the basic the Government requires
them TO do, have absorbed such new
and additional details as have been called
to their attention by the War Depart
nent and are now organizing the work
20 be done on registration day
Thau Hll as hcfnru all nf shr
regular polling places Of the city az regis
tration points There are l2i Of them.
The Government expects, also as before,
that these registration places shall be
provided by their owners or lessors free
Of charge for the days use. The Govern
mcnt further expects the municipality
IN provide the necessary paraphernalIa
that is tised on election day, such as chairs,
tables, etc Forms blanks and equipment
purely that Of registration will, of course,
be furnished by the Government. Po-
itlcal on ganiZations, councils Of national
defence for both city and State, news
papers and similar agencies are expected
10 render such aid A. is IL their power,
10 bring about vide publicity in conncc-
tion nith the registration, n the end that
A complete record be made Of All persons
liable to be registered
HOST OF REGisrR.Rs sEEDRp.
Providing the personnel Of aids 20 con-
duct the registration is IN many ways
one Of the largest Of the tasks which con-
| front the Central Regisi ration Committee.
| Here IS what Provost Marshal Crowder $
| circular 10 the committee savs abou.
| the matter of registrars:
For each probable eighty rcgistrants
in precinct, one registrar shall be
| appointed
| Registrars should be competent TO
! do the clerical work. must be citizens
of the United States and reside within
| tho jurisdiction Of the Local Board
| BY which they arc appointed, and should
be persons who have lived long enough
| In such jurisdiction To be we'll acquainted
with the residents thereof.
| All persons aIe expected 10 offer such
service as they can afford in this pa.
triotic duty without compensation
The final paragraph quoted above
| admits of no real discussion as TO what
| Uncle Sam expects OF his citizenry IN tho
| matter Of volunteering for duty az regis
trars. He says that persons are "ex
pccted TO offer such services as they car
! afford in this patriotic duty without
| compensation" And that about ends It
Assuming, therefore. that Whining
tonians are patriotically the peers OF
any in the land. although the fact
| itself has definitely been established
by their splendid responses to every
| demand the government or war reilei
| agencies have made since the outbreas
Of hostiiities, it Is highly likely that tn,
| Central Registration Committee vii
soon make a call for volunteer registrars