El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-23
DOZENS APPEAR
To FILL PAPERS
Registra nts For Draft
Keep Legal Advisors
Busy Many Needed.

Registrars by the dozens appeared
Monday at the bar associations Ii
brary. fifth floor Of the court house.
for assistance in filling out their
questionnaires. Courts were suspend
ed for the entire week. during which
the attorneys viii be at the library
to give this assistance
All lawyers whose proper names be-
sin with any letter from A 10 X. in
elusive. are asked by chairman J. G.
McGrady TO serve Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday Of this week. All
with any letter from L to Z. inclusive.
are asked to serve Tuesday. Thursday
and Saturday, 20 aid registrants- The
library room on the fifth floor Of the
court house. as well as the 4lst dis
trict court room on the third floor.
and 65th district court room on the
fourth floor. viii be open for this
work all week any lawyer not able
TO attend must furnish a substitute
in lawyer not on duty that day. The
work VIII be heavy, yet with 50 law
yers serving each day. IL is believed
that all reEistrants viii be accOmmO-
dated promptly said Ar. McGrady.
Need Spanish Interpreters.
The lawyers are in great need OF
interpreters. as but few OF them
1lf|a-EA s'lNaAAAAaAA- any NEAe4l n no III
interpret, woman or man, girl or boy.
who can conveniently do so. is asked
to attend these sessions as many days
or parts OF days this week as prac-
ticable and serve as Interpreters
Merchants ard other business houses
are asked TO spare clerks who can
speak Spanish to the extent that viii
not materially interfere with their
business AT least 80 Interpreters viii
be needed daily this week Some
merchants were called upon for this
aid Friday and Saturday Of last week
and they responded generously.
ReEistrants May Expedite
"Registrauts who are business men.
or who have fair education. or who
have the aid Of a friends with such
education, VIII confer a favor upon
the legal advisory boards and attOr-
news by filling out their question
naires, in answering all questions
they understand. before going before
the sessions, but they should have
their work examined and approved By
some attorney. and as far as practical
bic. swear to their questl0nnaires be-
fore some officer in these sessions
such viii expedite the work." said
Mr. LcGrady-
Mean to stop CHARGING.
Members Of the legal advisory
boards are determined that no one
snail charge any reEistrant for aiding
hin In filling out his Questionnaire
nor for swearing him to it. These
members say that any affidavit taken
before notary after September q
where fee is charged viii not be ac-
cepted by the exemption boards. and
Judge L A. Dale. chairman Of exemn-
ton board No ]. has authorized this
statement.
Legal advisory boards urge every
attorney to render all aid practicable
N making the sessions for this week
complete success. Any one volun-
teering services as Interpreter and
desiring 70 communicate in regard
thereto. they viii telephone J. y
Phillips clerk Of these sessions.
Reports an IrreEularffy.
keE1strants are acting promptly IN
Milling their missionaries and many
nave already returned the forms to
their respective board One frregu-
larity was reported. however. BIZ A.
Boone. OF the county board NIr.
Boone said that in precincts % and so.
many registrars had failed to secure
the postoffice address Of regfstrauts.
the result being that their question
naires have been returned to the
board undelivered.
Must Procure Blanks.
Mr. Boone suggested that all regis
trants in these precincts who have
not received the forms communicate
with the county board. at the court
mouse. at once. as the government
places al responsibility on the regis
trant and he cannot plead he did not
receive his Questionable