Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-05
DETAILS OF SCHEME
!. EXPLAINED BY CHIEF
!. CLERK OF THE BOARD.
Charles Evanson Makes Re.
\ view Of Work Accom-
fplished During Year.
tB~ .Cl,as. j. Evanson, Chief Clerl
Grand Forks County Local ,Boardl

(B- .Chas. j. Evanson, Chief Clerk
Forks County Local ,Board;)
Under and by authority Of an Act
ls, 1917, the president Of the United
States Was author.ed to increase
temporarily the military establish |
ment Of the United States.
Registration.
BY the pre- visions OF this act Of
Congress "all male persons between
tlle ages of twenty-dne and thirty.one.
both: inclusive, except as provided"
were subject to registration in accord
ance with the regulations, and mo
bounty, shall be paid to induce any
ttceIof the United States; and no per-
son taiable to military service shall
hereafter be permitted or allowed to
Furnish; a substitute for such serv-
Ice: nor shall any substitute be re-
ceived, enlisted or enrolled in the
military service of the United States:
and inc, such person shall be permit
6 o:%escape such service or to be
discharged therefrom prior to h ex-
piration Of his term of service by the
payment. of money or any other valu-
able thing whatsoever as considera-
ton tor his release from military SER
vice or liability thereto" =.
Administrative System.
Under the secretary Of war the"ad-
r1inistrative office of the federal gov
eminent for the execution Of. the reg
istration and. the selectiye draft, is
the office of the provost marshal
general. The state was made the
grand subdivision for the administra-
ton Of the act and the governor
through the adjutant general of each
state was designated as ITS admins
trative head. Under the state, dis
tricts corresponding ; normally to
counties were designated as units.
these units corresponding to units of
under. ~ =
On May Is, 1917. the governor OF
the state notified the Grand Forks
county unit as composed Ut Sheriff
A.. +. Turner as chairman, County
Auditor Hans Anderson as >clerk and
DIR. S,H. Irwin as county physician
as the registration board for said
met and organized inc appointed 10!
cal registrars for the several voting
precincts in the County to act as reg
istrars on June ssss1917. the day set
by proclamation by the president Is
Registration day. Or that day there
we're 2,7ss men registered in this
county.
A. registration card was made out
by each registrant' and sworn to by
him as to the truth Of each. and every
answer to questions asked on the
card, and each registrant was fur
nished q certificate. showing he had
registered. These registration cards
were:4then delivered to the. board at
the county seatasGrand Forks, and
each registrationsscard vas copied ex-
actly az made oft and sworn to and
the copies MAILED to the adjutant
general, Of the state at Bismarck.
Although compensation was allowed
by the government for this work, not
one cent was asked nor paid forethe
completion of h registration In
Grand Forks county. A list Of the
4 names Df the voluntary and gratuit-
5 oussworkers, who many Of them paid
their own expenses In making deliv-
eriessof cards and by other work do
mated their services free, was made
and sent to Washington d. G.. Com
pletes lists Of the names Inc address
es OF @all who registered was made
out, posted, and published free by the
Grand Forks Herald. and copies Of
the list sent to the adjutant general.
Each registration card was given a
'..Serial" number, commencing with
number one and continued by con-
,secutive numbers for all cards which
were. then turned over to the local
Local Board.
For. the, furtherance Of the work,
local boards were established as au-
thorized, for the units mentioned
above, and on.June 21,N 1917. the Of
ficials: Of the local, board for this
county were notified Of theier APP
continent by the president, the per-
sonell being the same as on the reg
ton the provost marshal general
that: members Of local boards are
quite as effectively. drafted for serv-
@itAfas much as are the soldiers who
are being. selected by them. The
great. sacrifice that this onerous and
practically uncompensated- service
has imposed upon the members OF
of sacrifce and efficiency stands u a
FemRrkable and significant manifes-
tattop Of substantial patriotism. for
no more. valuable service could hayc
HecnS rendered the nation IN Its At
tcnnUt n Organize, for wNf."
On Friday. june 20. 1917. The p-
pointed. members met and organized
Grand Forks, North Dakota, Sheriff
4. II Turner being made chairman
! County s#kuditor Hans Anderson,
II clerk and County Physician Dr. s.
H|ifwtn; physician Of the board. BY
thu, soreanisation the machinery q
.theSdraft+ain this county wa started
Z. Order Numbers.
ThfouKh q lottery system. ~ fair
and5salitable and just AS human
minds could conceive. serial mum.
.TersHassaKeady given thp several reg
iatrS4ion cards Wero. assigned ,ordel