Evening star., 1940-10-16

and service is the keystone in
with some local board, which will
take overlate registrations. And it
will be up to these men 10 explain
satisfactorily why they are tardy.
Selective service headquarters had
arranged for SpeciaI registrars to be
at docks where Great Lake steamers
were scheduled to touch during the
day The crews OF vessels had re-
quested this service. Cincinnati was
chosen as the registration place for
eligible newspaper, camera men and
others ABOARD the Wendell L. Willkie
campaign train.
Americans out of tie country to-
day are required to register within
five days after they return-no mat
ter when that NAV be-
While men away from home may
register at any offic:al registration
place national headquarters en-
phaslzed that each reglStrant should
give an address where he can be
reached promptly within the next
4S" NNCho. II Olll lIlc
ion that would result from old ad-
dresses or those from which en-
rolleeS may be absent for some time.
officials pointed cut thai a regiStrant
giving a distant address might be
summoned to appear before a draft
board there. which would be at his
own expense. -.---
The registration was expected to
exceed by several millions the num-
Der who enrolled for the first draft
in 1917. On that day, with the age
limits from 81 to 81, 10000, 900 reg
istered.
New York City, with an estimated
100000 eligible men. faced the
toughest registration job. A third OF
the city's 10000 policemen were on
registration duty, with $500 flremen
in reserve. There were 400 volun-
teer interpreters ready to represent
registrants talking 80 languages and
dialects.
In Omaha 100 clergymen attend
ing the convention Of the United
Lutheran Church Of America plan
ned to register. Members of the
clergy and divinity students are de-
ferred from service by law, but are
required to register.
Patriotic Holiday Air.
In many communities the day was
made a patriotic holiday, with bands
playing, flags and banners flying.
Veterans organizations, civic and
patriotic clubs, which have supplied
a great number of the volunteer
registrars, had reserves on hand tc
help out in case of congestion.
In Philadelphia, Daniel Ruggiero,
%, clothing cutter, led members Of
his social club to the neighborhood
schoolhouse door, where they spent
the night, determined to be the first
to register.
Thirty-one of the 101 members of
the famous Philadelphia Orchestra,
including six soloists, were among
those early in line.
A band saluted the first registrants
at Indian Creek School, near
Aurora, Ill.
A one-family army was sent to
register by John x. WegmannS at
| New Orleans. Six of his II sons,
two of them priests, were registrantS.
Those slated to register during
the day included:
Francis Warren Pershing, 81, only
son of Gen. John j. Pershing, COM
mander in chief of the A. E. F. Mr..
Pershing is New York stock broker
! and has declared himself fitted by
experience ito be private"
Joe Louis, 26, the heavyweight
boxing champion; Max Baer, former
champion, and his brother, Buddy
Baer.
Peter Lehman, %, one of the two
sons of Gov. Lehman of New York.
While veterans of the World War,
generally speaking, are far past the
draft age, there are few exceptions
lads who stretched their ages
bit and looked old enough to get
into the late conflict.
Among these is Frank Sauliere,
reporter for the Miami CFla) Daily
News, who is known as 'the youngest
veteran of the A. E. F." He enlisted
at 12 insisting he was 16, and served
10 months with the 18th Engineers.
Since he will not be 36 until jan
uary "a, he planned to sign up
today.
Governor Among Registrants.
Harold E. StaSsen, 33-year-old
Governor of Minnesota, was among
the registrantS. So was his new ap-
pointee for Senator, Joseph H. Ball,
"a. st. Paul newspaperman. Their
Offices make them exempt from mill
tary service. Minnesota's Lieuten-
ant Governor, C. Elmer Anderson,
%, is not specifically exempt, though
he may receive deferment because
he is married.
Youthful mayors of cities subject
to registration included Carl Zeid-
Ter, 80, of Milwaukee.
The one-year enlistment in the
Regular Army, which brought a
rush of recruits during the last two
weeks, was closed last night, and the
recruiting officers will accept here
after only the usual three-year
enIstments.