The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
REGISTRATION
OF new DRAFT
START NOW
Those Living in District Blu,
Under Other Boards
Must Give Names.

Although registration day Is not
until June s. the work Of registering
those young men who, residing tenn
porarily In the District. maintain resi-
dence I'm some other part Of the coun-
try. in whose draft lists their names
are included, will begin tomorrow.
Such men may be registered in the
District Of Columbia, but their regis
tration cards must be mailed TO their
home draft boards. In time to reach
them before the close Of business.
June 5.
Acting Adjutant General Donovan
announced yesterday that the regis
terinr of these "absentees" would be-
gin in the District Building at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. and would
continue Saturday. and Monday and
Tuesday Of next week. the once In
the District Building to be open on
all Of the days except tomorrow from
ID o'clock 10 40.
Report In District Building.
Men OF this class are directed by
the Adjutant General TO report to
Room p, in the west corridor of the
basement Of the District Building. on
one Of those days, to have their regis
tration cards filled out and certified.
Mr.. Donovan wishes emphasized the
fact that the responsibility for mall
ing their registration cards back TO
their home boards in time for filing
there, June 5. rests upon the register
ed men themselves. In view Of this
fact Mr.. Donovan stated yesterday y
that men Of this absentee class, who
will have to register. should do SO as
soon as possible. instead of waiting
until Tuesday. the last day. This ap-
plies particularly to those who live
at such a distance from Washington
their cards to reach their home
boards.
The locations on Wednesday. regis
tration day. OF the local draft boards
have not yet been made public. with
the exception Of board No. J, which
will be in the Grant School, on @
street between Twenty-hrst and
Twenty-second street northwest. Since
last registration day. ten Of the eleven
local boards have been located in the
District Building. Board No. having
been located at the city postofice.
Postmaster Chance. chairman of
Board No. 5. yesterday announced the
plans of his board for the work Of
registering the young men OF his di-
vision. The city letter carriers have
been drafted into the work OF the pub
licity campaign. which Mr.. Chance Is
conducting, in order that all the men
in his division may know that they,
Tho are Of the required age, must reg
lister Wednesday.
Beginning Monday, the letter carriers
will deliver to every house in the Jur-
isdiction Of the board cards calling
upon all male persons residing at
this address" who have since June 8
last reached the age OF q years to
register on Wednesday. June 5 OF this
year.
The Grant School will be open for
registration purposes June 5. from z
O'Clock in the morning until O'Clock
at night. as will also the schools in
which the other ten boards will be
located. Postmaster Chance will pre-
side as chief registrar at the Grant
School.
Letter Carriers May BE Used.
The territory under the jurisdiction
OF Board No. 3 extends from the mid
die OF Fifteenth street west TO lock
Creek, and from the south side CT Q
street to the river.
II is not known whether or not Post
master Chances plan of using the let
| ter carriers 20 deliver notification
cards to all the residents in his dis
trict will be followed in the districts
CT the other ten boards. II II were
done in all OF the eleven IL would ne
| cessitste the printing Of $500 cards
of different varieties. because OF the
different boards, to be delivered to
that number Of households in the Dis
trict.
Acting Adjutant Gen. Donovan stat
ed yesterday that he hopes to he able
TO announce by the end Of this week
the school buildings in which the 9TH
er ten boards will be located.