New-York tribune., 1918-02-06

greeted the voice. and the police. in
astonishmcnt, asked the man whether
he was a German also
II am not" he answered hotly. 81
was born in Germany, but l left it
when I was boy. going to England.
For more than score of years lived
in Great Britain. l swore allegiance
to the Union Jack, and forgot about
Germany, and have lived here since.
l did not take out naturalization pa
pers, but if you say I'm German
you'll have to fight me. Pm with the
Allies heart and SOUL
After being shown the regulations,
including all those born in Germany, in
the registration the little Teutonic-
British American obtained the required d
affidavits, which he will file. He left
the station, muttering: "I'm no Ger
man, that's all. No oBche for mine"
Registration Light
The Eeighty-eighth Street station, ir
the most populous Teutonic district ir
the city, had registered exactly sol out
of it's estimated total Of 5000 aliens BY
5 o'clock last night. The official fig
ures given out by the police up to moor
showed that 5,236 in the five borough
had complied with the regulations ou
of an estimated total Of $4,000.
By boroughs the strength of th'
registration at noon was: Manhattan
1850; Brooklyn, i 1896; The Bronx, 6Sa
! Queens, 7O3, and Richmond, 104.
At 10:30 last night these totals wer,
given out by Police Commissions
Enright:
"Havc you any relatives fighting
against this country?" was asked of
blond giant at the Eighty-eighth Stree
station.
"Well, no." he replied hesitatngly
IL had four brothers and couple o
have all been killed. l have no on
left in the world, except two younl
nephews in Germany. | don't know
what has become of them. They arr
seventeen, and may be drafted soon"
Ho wthe war has set brother agains
brother was exemplified when +. Au
gust Lingner, of 1908 Willow Avenue
Hoboken, appeared before the registra
tion officials.
Have you any relatives fighting
against the United States?" he wa
asked "Threc brothers in the German
army"
"Any fighting for this country?"
"Sure. Two brothers who are sailing
| for France soon.'
Another registrant in Hoboken, Will,
! Frederick Karl Gittler. of 3O5 Washing
ton Street. said he had a brother fight
ing in the French army. On the sam,
line with him stood Johannes Schroeder
Of 165 Third Street, who said that thre,
of his brothers had entered the Ger
man armies at the beginning of tn,
war. Two were killed in Belgium, h,
said, while the third was so severed,
wounded at Nerdun, he will be cripple,
for life.
He Fought in '64
An ancient German, who squared hi
shoulders and stood stiff as a ramro,
in spite Of his years, appeared in Ho
boken to register.
"Iavc you done any service in tn
was assisting him through the maze
Of the affidavit asked. The old MAJ
clicked his heels together sharply a
he answered., full of pride:
ia. In "a was in the Prussia,
army. For two years fight. Then, il
1870, Prussia with France again wen
to war, and / went once again. an
too old to go now.
Word was received at the East Six
ty-scventh Street station, Manhattan
that many rcgistrants were so i'll the,
could not appeay during the six -da.
period. When this notification cam
from physician or from an officia
source a sergeant and a patrolmal
were sent to the bedside of each in
valid. and the affidavits filled out there
To-day will be registration day 70
about 200 enemy aliens who are ward
Of the city on Blackwell's Island. /
squad of policemen from the Sixty-sev
'enth Street station, who will handl
the job, don't expect more than a yaw,
of ennui when they finger-print tn
/ prisoners once more.
Federal officials yesterday declare,
that the light registration during tn
first two days presaged heavy attacl
on the police stations at the close. an,
feared that the rush wluld ind then
unprepared to handle it. At every sta
tion where congestion was apparen
yesterday the force of workers was in
creased. the Eighty eighth Street sta
tion maintaining thirty patrolmen an,