Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-06-04
REGISTRATION

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men who have reached the age of Il
since last June 5th shall register for
military service. Instead of using the
election machinery as was done last
year for the enrolment of men, Gen.
Crowder has called upon the local
boards.
Gen. Crowder has estimated that
probably three-quarters of million
men will be added to the American
Army by the new registration.
The law provides that every young
man in the United States who has
reached the age of q years since June
5. 1917, or will reach that age on or
before June 5, 1918, must register.
The only exceptions are in the cases
of men who are actually in active
military or naval service. All male
persons, citizens or aliens, born be-
tween June 6, 1896, and June 5, 1897,
inclusive, except officers and enlisted
men of the Regular Army, Navy, and
Marine Corps, and the National Guard
and Naval Militia while in Federal
service, and officers in the Officers
Reserve Corps and enlisted men in
the Enlisted Reserve Corps while in
active service, must register. Some
misunderstanding has been caused by
the publication of reports that medi
cal and divinity students need not
register, and Gen. Crowder has issued
the following statement:
Divinity students and students of
medicine must register. Under the
terms of the law signed by President
Wilson on Monday students who were
preparing for the ministry in recog-
niZed theological or divinity schools
and students who were preparing for
the practice of medicine and surgery
in recognized medical schools on May
20, 1918, are exempt from the draft.
However, the law does not relieve such
students from the duty of registering
on Wednesday, June 5. Registration
comes first, exemption afterwards. 1t
is absolutely necessary that these stu
dents register"
The registration will be held in the
office of the local board having juris-
diction of the area wherein the person
to be registered permanently resides,
or in such other place as by public
notice is designated by the board, be-
tween a. m. and 9 p. m. on Wednes-
day, June 5, 1918.
1t is necessary to go to the registra-
ton place in person. Any man who
expects to be absent from home on
Wednesday, June 5, 1918, should go at
once to the office of the local board
where he expects to be and have his
registration card filled out and certi-
fed. He must then mail this card to
the office of the local board having
jurisdiction of the place wherein he
permanently resides, and in view of
the fact that this card must be re-
ceived by his home local board on or
before June 5, it is essential that any
one who expects to be away from home
on that date arrange for his registra-
ton Immediately.
Anyone who is sick on June 5 and
unable to present himself in person at
the office of the local board may send
some competent friend, who may be
deputized by the clerk to prepare his
card.
Any person in doubt as to where he
should register should consult the
local board in the place where he per-
manently resides, or he may obtain
the desired information from the office
of the mayor if he lives in a city of
10000 population or over, or in the
office of the county clerk or parish
clerk if he does not live in city of
10000.
1t is not anticipated that many will
be delinquent. 1t is hoped that none
will be, but for those who do fail to
perform their duty Congress has pro-
vided very heavy penalty. Failure
to register on June constitutes
misdemeanor punishable by imprison-
ment for one year, and may result,
furthermore, in the loss of valuable
rights and privileges and immediate
induction into military service.