Evening star., 1918-08-23

Members Of the orthodox Jewish faith
and all others who are reluctant be-
cause OF the tenets Of their religious
faith to register tomorrow at the regis
tration of men who have become twen-
ty-one years old since June will be exr
cused from signing up until Monday by
direction OF ths President
Monday has been set by Provost Mar
shal General crowder az the date for the
registration Of those who are observant
of Saturday as their Sabbath. Tele-
grams to this effect, sent to local boards
Of the country late yesterday afternoon,
caused confusion among draft officials.
Registration Of those OF Jewish faith
and others who object to registering
tomorrow in the District will be held at
all eleven local boards OF the National
Capital from o'clock am. to o'clock
I'm. Monday.
Can Register Tomorrow.
Mai. Daniel ]. Donovan. director Of
day that young men twenty-one years
old who are required to register and
who are members OF the Jewish or
other faith observant Of Saturday as
the Sabbath, may be registered tomor-
row II they do not object.
The ten local boards situated in the
District building, and board No. 3. at
the city post office. in addition to
being open tomorrow from Z O'Clock
am. to Q o'clock p.m., will be open,
therefors Monday ya,oc from tba3 9GlEex nsbt IN IN
accommodate those who object to
registering tomorrow.
The granting Of the post-registra-
ton has thrown much confusion into
the registration at the eleventh sSr;nta
point into the great registration
scheduled for some Saturday in Sep
tember. The action granting the de-
ferred registration Monday was taken
dox Rabbis Of the United States and
Canada, it Is announced.
Being granted this time, 1t is held.
1t follows that such request would be
granted at the big registration Of men men
forty-fve years under the man-power
bill.
Future Confusion Seen.
Two registrations this time. tomor-
row and Monday. will not cause SO
much confusion, on account OF the rela-
lively small number of men to be reg
istered. But to register the men be-
tween eighteen and forty-five years in
two different registrations would cause
tremendous inconveRiences and con-
fusion, 1t is pointed out.
Two registrations will only result in
September If the office of the provost
marshal general sticks to its an
nounced determination to hold the big
registration on some Saturday during
post-registration Monday would mean
that q similar post-registration must
be granted in September. 1t Is believed,
IL the main registration is set for Sat-
urday.
that the date for the big September
registration will be set for some other
day than Saturday in order to avoid
the differentiation on account of re-
ligious beliefs.
Surprised by Order.
Since the military registration has
been held a sacred duty of every
American called upon to perform it
there are those who feel that con-
sciencious religious objection to reg
istering on Saturday should be
frowned upon, and. these have ex-
pressed surprise that the post-regis-
tration should have been granted at
the last minute.
Thousands of volunteer registrars
will be required for the September
will not be able to give their time
tofled all of a previous Saturday to
register the man-power Of the nation
not already registered by that time.