Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-28
FIX PLACES FOR A
NEW REGISTRATION.
Local Draft Board Will Collect
Data On New Selects All Day
On June Fifth.
RULES FOR THE DAY.
Government Provides Stiff Pen
alties For Those Who Fail
To Present Themselves
Before Officers.

In preparation for the coming regis
tration of youths who were under 81
years of age last June. but who have
| since that time become of age. and
must therefore under danger OF severe
penalties register for military serv-
ice in the National Army, States AT
torney Green is now arranging for the
| registration TO be held in this county
on Wednesday. June 5th.
The registration i'm Anne Arundel
/ will take place at three points. Those
selected are the police station at
Brooklyn. the polling house at Har-
wood and Mr.. Green's Office on School
street, just opposite the gate to the
Executive Mansion in this city.
The proclamation of the President
directing that all young men who
have reached the age of 21 years
since June 5, 1917. shall register
with their respective local boards on
June 5, this year, except the follow
ing: Officers and enlisted men of the
Regular Army, the Navy. the Marine
Corps, and the National Guard and Ma
! val Militia while in the service of the
United States, and officers i'm the on
! GERS Reserve Corps and enlisted men
in the Enlisted Reserve Corps while
in active service The proclamation
further provides:
Any person who, on account of
sickness, will be unable to present
himself for registration may apply on
or before the day of registration at the
office of any local board for instruc-
tions as TO how he may register by
agent
Any person who expects to be alb
sent on the day designated for reg
istration from the jurisdiction of the
board in which he permanently re-
sides may register by mail, but his
registration card must reach the local
board having Jurisdiction of the area
wherein he permanently resides by the
day herein named for registration
Any such person should apply as soon
as practicable at the Office of a local
board for instructions as to how he
may register by mail
Any person who has no permanent
residence must register at the place
designated for registration by the
local board having jurisdiction of the
area wherein he may be on the day
herein named 70 registration.
Any person who on account of alb
sence at sea, or on account of alb
sence without the territorial limits
of the United States, may be unable
! to comply with the regulations per-
tanning to absentees, shall, within five
days after reaching the first United
States. port, register with his proper
local board or as provided in the regu-
lations for other absentees.
This registration will be completed
in one day and the various boards
will pass upon the qualifications of the
registrants as heretofore. In the
event any one is dissatisfied with his
classification he may appeal to the
district board and should there be one
dissenting from the decision reached
the registrant may take his case to
the President
The opinion is expressed that the
total number of young men regis
tered will reach 10 per cent OF the
| number registered heretofore. This
view is based on the fact that 10 per
cent of those enrolled last year were
81 years old. There will be wards I'm
which this expectation will not be
realized and there are others again in
which is may 60 as high as Is per
| cent