Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-04
Aliens, Ashamed,
Register Today

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of his sons all of whom are nat raii5eu
Americans.
Il don't object to the trouble OF ret'
ration" the old man said. WIN ps
tears standing In his eyes, 'but ! ,ooa
lut my first naturalization papers son,o
time ago and II hurts TO have 10 ~ ""
record as an 'enemy'W
Five early registrants before ser,
geant McMlchael, In the Thirty-secvnu
street and Woodland avenue station
seemed equally downhearted as they
submitted to having prints taken 0,
their thumbs. Eight men appeared ~
.he Fifty-hfth and Pine streets station
eight at the Thirty-ninth street and Ian
caster avenue station. seven at the
F'ifty-fourth and Media streets station
and five at the Sxty-flrst and Thompson
streets station within the first hour ior
registration. All were n woebegone io'
All the registrants brought vita them
the four photographs of standard SIZE
which they were required to present.
Photographers must have done rush-
lng business in the last week. AT some
Of the police stations the lieutenant
took charge of the registration, at others
a sergeant was assigned to see that the
some cases the reglstrants were allowed
to take the blanks home with them 10
fll out.
The registration downtown was slow
and ext. emeiy light, though those that
came seemed good-natured about II. Az
noon three had registered at Fifteenth
and Snyder avenue; one az twentieth
and Federal streets, and five at Tweh-
tieth and Fitzwater streets.
INTERNMENT is PENALTY
imprisonment or internment for the
duration of the war is the penalty for
failure to register.
The roundup In the eastern district
Of Pennsylvania philadelphia Berks,
Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Delaware,
Lehigh, Northampton, Lancaster ana
Schuylkill Counties) is in charge of Dep
uty Marshal Amsler, with Superintend-
ent Of Police Robinson as chief regis
tration officer in the city and Postmaster
Thornton as chief registrar for the re-
mainder of the district, where In places
Of less than 5000 inhabitants the regis
tration is conducted by postmasters.
Only male Germ ms fourteen or more
years old. who are not naturalized citi-
zens OF the United States. are affected
by the order. Women need not register,
nor need Austrians register; but Ger
mans with only their first American citi-
zenship papers are required TO comply
W tn the order
Following is a summary in part Of the
regulations sent out by the Attorney
General of the United States:
WHO MUST REGISTER
All patives, citizens, denizens or sub
iects of the German empire or Of the
Imperial German Government, being
males of the age of fourteen years and
upward, who are within the United
states and not actually naturalized as
American citizens, are required to reg
lister as alien enemies.
PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REG
ISTER
Any allen enemy required to register
who fails to complete his registration
within the time fixed therefor, or who
violates or attempts to violate
any regulation is liable to re
straint, imprisonment and detention for
the duration of the war
WOMEN NOT ALIEN ENEMIES
Females are not alien enemies within
the present statutory definition
TIME OF REGISTRATION
The registration in the eastern dis
trict will commence at 6 n. m. on Feb
ruary and continue on each day sue
cessively thereafter between the hours
of a. m. and 5 p. m.N up to and in
Guiding February 0 at p. m.
First. Registration shall be made by
affidavit Of the allen enemy required to
register, to be executed in triplcate and
accompanied by four unmounted photo.
graphs Of the registrant, not larger than
3 by inches in size, on thin paper, with
q light background. Each photograph
must he signed by the applicant across
the face thereof 50 as not TO obscure the
features. IL the applicant is able to
write.
Second. Each alien enemy required
to be registered shall be required to
register his finger prints.
Third. A registration card will be
issued by the registration officer TO each
registrant who shall have properly reg
iStered under these regulations