Evening journal., 1918-08-24

Plan UNDER new
MILITARY BILL
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greater amount Of labor than was re-
quired TO put through the first regis
tration day. in June Of last year, for
the very reason that there is a far
sreater number OF men to be regis
tered With the energy and foresight
that have characterized the achieve
ments OF his office since the United
States entered the war, Provost Mar
shall General Crowder has already set
about arranging his machinery for the
works-thousands Of registration places
throughout the union and still more
thousands OF registrars 10 man them.
In 1917 The job WIS virgin, untrod-
den ground, and. therefore, despite
careful planning and attention TO de-
tail, there were hitches confusion and
mistakes Yet II was done and well
done. This time the task Is attacked
with experience TO furnish warnings
against pitfalls and precedents TO guide
the vast army Of registrars in the
proper performance Of their duty.
Consequently, the work is expected to
get on more smoothly even though the
number Of men 20 be registered is ap-
proxlmately a third In excess OF last
years.
Wilmington, Of course Is but a small
cog I'm all this vast englnry But it is
the one in which Wilmlngtonlans are
most interested. and that's what counts.
II Is, as II should be, a matter Of civic
pride that this city got through the
first registration day with remarkable
little trouble or confusion. Every part
Of the work was done in efficient, or
derly and palnstaking manner, thanks
TO the admirable personnel OF the local
boards, the highly intelligent aids who
gave their services and the patient, will
ing cooperation OF the reglstrants
themselves.
And now that another registration is |
coming, those who are 30 be in charge |
OF IT most earnestly desire 10 dupl- |
cate i9i7's fine record. What Is more,
they seek 10 excel it, and feel that with
the same type OF assistance and the
same readiness 10 respond on the part
OF the men 10 be Registered, Slus the
experience OF The past. this can be done.
They already have received their in
structiOns from Washington as to what
TO do and how TO do IL, and have set
ABOUT their preparations.
In the first place, conforming TO the
governments order that cities having
more than one local board shall or
sanlze a central body, composed Of /
members Of those boards, which shall !
coordinate and supervise all prepara- {
Ions as we'll as handle the activities
II the registration itself, a central reg 3
stration committee has been formed d
iere, consisting Of Captain Horace VIII T
ION OF Board No. 3, as chairman, and 4
Joseph Bancroft, Board No. 1, James II. I
Norris, Board No. ?, and Joseph Wig
ellsworth, Board No 4.
These gentlemen, as chalrmen OF their /
respective boards. are familiar with
he baslo the government requires them q
% do. have absorbed such new and !
additional details as have been called to
heir attention by the War Department
and are now organizing the work TO
be done on registration day. !
They VIII use. as before all Of fhe /
egular polling places OF the city as ,
eglsiration points. There are i2i OF 4
hem. The government expects, also !
5 before, that these registration places
hall be provided by their owners or
sssors free Of charge for the days 4
Sc. The government further expects n
ne municipality TO provide the neces- n
ary paraphernalia that is used on cleo !,
on day, such as chairs, tables, etc. D
orms, blanks and equipment, purely
nat OF registration, viii, Of course. be g,
FINISHED by the government. Political p,
rganizations, councils Of national de- n
lnse for both city and State, news II
apers and similar agencies are expect n
I TO render such aid as is In their q,
over, to bring about wide publicity In N
with the registration, TO the \,
nd that a complete record be made Of :,
u persons liable to be registered. T.
Providing the personnel OF aids TO
)nduct the registration Is In many r
ays one Of the largest Of the tasks m
'hich confront the Central Reglstra- n
on committee. Here Is what Provost n
arshal Cr0wder's circular TO the com n
iitsee says about the matter of regis q.
'ars: o'
For each probable eighty regis =,
trants In a precinct one registrar q.
snail be appointed. N
Registrars should be competent =,
to do the clerical work, must be .,
citizens OF the United States and re- an
side within the jurisdiction Of tho ''
local board by which they are ap- -,
pointed, and should be persons who H
have lived long enough i'm such jur- ~
isdlction TO be well acquainted with
the residents thereof.
All persons are expected 90 offer
such service as they can afford in q,
this patriotic duty without compen-
satlon. =.
The final paragraph quoted above ad- 90
its Of no real discussion as TO what az
ncle Sam expects Of his citizenry in "
% matter Of volunteering for duty O.,
registrars. lie says that persons 20
re expected TO offer such services as :.
ey can afford in this patriotic duty ON ON
lthout compensation" And that about W -,
ds t. pu
Assuming, therefore, that Whining in
mans are patriotcally the peers OF w
" in the land, although the fact It. ,
II has definitely been established by Oh
cir splendid responses TO every de- IL
and the government or war relief an
encies have made since the outbreak We
hostllities, It is bsxhly likely that M
g central registration committee will Go
on make a call for volunteer regis 30
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