The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-21
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Must Register Soon
June 8 Is Date Set'For Listing oi
Youths who Have Attained
Their Majority SihCeFThat day
Last Year; Machinery Is Ready

| MI gOuNHh III I1hWhll .sMHV HhNo
reached the age Of twenty one years
since june 8, Ipi7,win be required to
register for the draft on and fhfter
June 5, ofIieial messages from Washing
ton received by The Advertiser yester
gay announcing that this viii be the
date selected for bringing An addition
al s0O,OOU men into the draft In every
part of the United states. - i -,
Capt. II. @. Field, selectiEe draft OIL
Ger, has not yet received official mott,
fcation from Provost Marshal General
Crowdet, to prepare Tor registering the
new men IN Hawaii, but Ne has received
large number Of blanks and doc.
uments which will{be NECESSARY TO err
ry out the law passed recently By cong.
ress to bring the new allotment Of men
into the registered lists. ~. 80
The decision Of. the governmkntg 70
add almost a million more young men
to the war lists in anticipation of q
much heavier call for man power than
was originally planned makes just one
more questionnaire campaign which all
states and territories will have to PIT
into operation. L.. 2 ..ils.,.,-. -. O.. =.
In Hawaii II will not be necessary to
employ all the machinery used in the
previous campaigns.
Report At Capitol 49, ~ ".|
Captain HeldiwiIl designate the. Sc.
lectiye, draft headquarters in the Capi
tol as the ''questiohnaire Office - for
all young men residing. in the city Of
Honolulu proper. Instead Of erecting
booths, In the precincts and calling on
a large number Of volunteers to. man
them and meet the ttney army ,, there,
all will be ordered to- report at the
Capitol, The medical boards will. be
continued, MS well as, the local, boards
and district board and the work car;
ried through as rapidly as possible
| ri have had intinations Of such an
order coming here, " said Captain Field
yesterday, land am prepared to meet
! II whenever il reaches me from General
Orowder. Our work Is IN such shape,
that we can tackle ire new campaign
without Being inferfered with by the
former work, That isPtaetieallly com
1''rfAs to outside districts, I'shaII prob.
ably arrange for central place for the
| filing out of questionnaires. We viii
do everything to meet the convenience
| Of those who have to come into the
draft Under this new, order.
Date Uncertain ~ ~ 90. =. I
Whether or not we will start on
June 5 is a matter of conjecture. We
may be required to start our campaign
later; than that on the mainland.
Captain Field has no figures to es.
innate the number of young men who
| will have 10 be. Registered. . Y, ?
The new draftees win mot be callad
upon for services howsSeft. until the
old registration lists are exhausted.
No information has yet bsen received
at the draft Office as when fher draft
quota for Hawaii is to. bs2 called. Cap
tain Field returned yesterday morning
| to inspect the records ofrthe registra,
tfon, which he found in good shape.
Men. Of Age '.-
The Army. and Navy journal of
April 81, commenting on the new law
and the manner in. which it passed the
house Says: -. g.
"The resolution, 8. ]. 1874, placing in
the selective draft men who have be.
come twenty-one years of age since
June 8, 1917, which appears on, our
congress page, was passed by the house
April 25, with slight amendments, The
house amended the resolution as adopt,
ed by the senate by STIMULATING that
those. thus entering the draft should
be placed at the bottom of, the list in
their respective classifcations, Repre-
I sentative Hull of Iowa. offered this
amendment, which he said was not OPP
posed by the war depREtment. 1t was
adopted by vote oftti9 TO 81. The
house refused to exempt any person
who becomes twenty-or" years of age
since June, 1917. It fri"cfed w vote
of 262 to 90 the sc6ath antr"dment ex.
empting divinity nd r1r1ical st" cnts.
"The original draft lay exempted
such students from active service upon
recommendation or request of the Presi-
dent or dean of a college, or divinity
school. 1t was urged in the house that
there was no JUSTICE III exemptipg this
class. of young men, inasmueh as the
original bill Ind already made such ex-
emption, and there, was no proba biIity
that the country would suffer from a
lack, of physicians and clergymen.
Major General lCroyder estimates that
4 fully 700 900 men have bee ONE twenty.
one since June S, 1917, and win be at.
fected by this legislation : a..
|; "Al1revision Of the regulations FOR
the physical examination of the men
drafted under the Seleetiye Service
Law is now being considered by a
board Of, army medical officers in the
surgeon general Is, Office. The, purpose
Of the revision. isato simplify the previ-
oua, regulations on that subject. The