The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-04
new DRAFT men
TO RECISTERFOR
ARMY TOMORROW
All Who Have Become 21 Since
Last June Must Do So.
Topeka Boards Are Ready for
Listing of Men.
II BOOTHS IN THE COUNTY
Any County Registrant May
Use Any Booth.
Plans Made To Suit COnven-
fence of the Farmer.
II BOOTHS IN THE COUNTY
Any County Registrant May
Use Any Booth.

Approximately 500 g Topekans who
have reached the age of FL since June
s. 1917, are expected to register for
military service tomorrow under the
new selective draft law that provides
additional eligibles for filling up the
quotas of the national army. All men
who have become 81 since last regis
tration day are required to report to
their local boards between the hours
of 7 a. m. and p. m.
All police officers, constables and
United States marshals have been in
structed to use extreme vigilance in
apprehending evaders of the draft.
The questions the .registrants of the
class of 1918 will have to answer are
practically the same as the questions
answered by the class of 1917. 1t is
expected that every man wilt present
himself at the place of registration
prepared to answer the following
questions without hesitation. The
your age in years; your home ad-
dress; the date of your birth; where
you were born; whether or not you
are a citizen of the United States (if
you are declarant or are uncertain
to your status in this particular
tdhe the IlldlleT up 1UlIEeuldtely Will
your local board); your fathers
birthplace; the name of your en-
ployer and the nature of your work;
the name and address of your near
est relative, and whether you are
white, a negro, an Indian or an ORR
entail.
Where to Register
Those who live in either the First,
Second or Fourth wards (North To-
peka and all territory south to Eighth
street, and east of Lane to the city
limits,) register at the fire marshaPs
office on the second floor of the audi
tofium.
Those who live in the Third, Fifth
or Sixth wards (south of Eighth street,
east, west and south to the city limits.
Potwin and Auburndale), register at
the office of local board No. 1 in the
auditorium.
Those who live outside the city lin
its register at the county clerks office
in the court house.
Under the terms of the act of con-
gress, May 20, 1918, registrants of the
class of 1918 shall be placed at the
bottom of the list liable for military
service, in the several classes to which
they are assigned"
County Registration.
Ten new registration booths have
been opened in Shawnee county for
the convenience of the young men who
will register tomorrow. These booths
have been opened with the view OF
taking up as little of the reg1Strants'
time as possible, owing to the immense
amount of work that lies before the
farmers in the care and cultivation OF
their crops Counting the one in the
court house, there will be eleven
booths in all.
The draft board wishes 1t plainly
understood that registrants will not be
REQUIRED to register at any certain one
of these booths. They may register
at the one most convenient so long as
they reside in Shawnee county but not
within the limits of the city of Topeka.
For example, if a man lives in Waka-
rusa, but chances to be in Elmont to-
morrow, he may register at the FL
mont booth. This is because the
names of all registrants in the county
will be turned over to the local coun-
ty draft board at the court house after
registration.
Registration Not Heavy
Last year 1,542 men registered IN
Shawnee county and it is estimated
that about one-tenth of that num-
ber, or about 154 men, will register
tomorrow.
The locations Of the various booths
over the county and the men who Will
act as chief registrants without COM
pensation are as follows:
Kiro, E. N. Martin; Wakarusa, N.
NJ Foltz; Silver Lake, C. F. Matt
land. r. S. Clingan; Bolz school, Will
bur N. Morrison; Elmont, r. S. Nc
Cullough; Dover, Capt. H. M. Philips;
Hartsock precinct, 1921 West Sixth
street, A. B. Smith; Rossville, c. E.
Gresser; court house, 1. d. Graham.