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Show MUST REGISTER ONJUNE 5th The secretary of war authorizes the following: Witt the signing by President Wilson of the bill and proclamation designating Wednesday, June 5, us the day on which all men who have reached the age of 21 since last June 5 shall register for service. Provost Marshal General Crowder's office immediately began preparations prepara-tions for the enrollment of the men. Instead of using the election machinery ma-chinery as was done last year, Gen. Crowder will call upon the local boards. It is believed that their experience during the past year has peculiarly fitted them to handle the new registration economically and efficiently. Gen. Crowder has estimated that probably three-quarters of a million men will be added to the American army by the new registration. His ostimate is based on the fact that almost al-most 10,000,000 men registered last year. this number included all be tween the ages of 21 and 31, and statistics sta-tistics collected by Gen. Crowdr-offlce Crowdr-offlce show that a little more than 10 per cent of these men were 21 years old. On that basis It Is estimated esti-mated by draft officials that the total to-tal registration will exceed 1,000,-000, 1,000,-000, of which 750,000 will be available for military service. This makes proper allowances for physical physi-cal defectives, exemptions because of dependents, and other bars to military mili-tary service. ; The law provides that every young man in the United States who has reached the age of 21 years since June 5, 1917, or will reach that age on or before June 5, 1918, must register. ' The only exceptions are in the cases of men who are actuall.: in active military or naval service. All male persons, citizens or aliens, horn between June 6, 1896, and June 5, 1897, inclusive, except officers and enlisted men In the regular army, navy, and marine corps, and the notional no-tional guard and naval militia while In federal service, nnd officers in the officers' reserve corps and enllstei men in the enlisted reserve con f while in active service, must regi; tnr. Some misunderstanding hp been caused by the publication of p ports that medical and divinity si'-dents si'-dents need not register, and Gene: al Crowder has issued the followii: statement: "Divinity students and students r" . medicine must register. Under tb" terms of the law signed by Preslden Wilson on Monday, students who were preparing for the ministry in recognized theological or divinity schools and students who were study- lng for the practice of medicine and surgery in recognized medical schools on May 20, 1918, are exempt ex-empt from the draft. However, the law does not relieve such student' from the duty of registering Wednesday. Wed-nesday. June 5. Registration comes first; exemption afterwards. It is absolutely necessary that those students stu-dents register." The registration will be held In the office of the local board having Jurisdiction Jur-isdiction of the area wherein the person to be registered permanently (Continued on page 6) MUST REGISTER ON JUNE 5. (Continued from page one) resides, or in such other place as by public notice is designated by the board, between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m., on Wednesday, June 5, 1918. It is necessary to go to the registration regis-tration place in person. Any man who expects to be absent from home on Wednesday, June 5, 1918, should go at once to the office of he local board "where he expects to be and have his registration card filled out and certified. He then must mail this card to the office of the local board having judisdlctlon of the place wherein he permanently resides, and In view of the fact that this card must be received by his home local board on or before June 5 it is essential that anyone who expects ex-pects to be away from home on that date arrange for his registration mm immediately. Anyone who is sick on June 5 and and unable to present himself in person at the office of the local board may send, some competent friend, who may be deputized by the clerk to prepare his card. Any person In doubt as to where he should register should consult the local board In the place where he permanently resides, or he may obtain ob-tain the desired Information from the office of the mayor if he lives in a city of 30,000 population or over, or in the office of the county clerk or parish clerk if he does not live in a city of 30,000. It is not anticipated that many will be delinquent. It Is hoped that none will be, but for those who do fail to perform the duty congress has provided pro-vided a very heavy penalty. Failure Fail-ure to register on June 5 constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by Imprisonment Im-prisonment for one year, and may result re-sult also in loss of valuable rights and immediate induction into service. I |