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Show REGiSTRATIDN Week Set Apart by Department Depart-ment of Justice in Accordance Accord-ance With Wilson's i Proclamation. AUSTRIANS ARE NOT INCLUDED Information, Photographs and Finger Prints to Be Gathered by Chiefs of Police Po-lice and Postmasters, WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The week of February 4 was set aside by the department depart-ment of justice today for registration of j the half million unnaturalized Germans in the continental United States, by police and postmasters in pursuance of President Wilson's alien enemy proclamation directing di-recting this action as a means of minimizing min-imizing the danger from enemy sympa- : thizers. Registrations will involve the gathering of detailed information concerning the business, relatives and habits of every German, together with his photograph and finger prints. After registering be must carry a certificate card, and may not change his place of residence without approval ap-proval of the police or postmaster. Violation Vio-lation of the regulations will be punishable punish-able by" internment for the war period. Tho order3 do not apply to German women, nor to any persons under 14 years of age, because these are not classed as alien enemies by law. Subjects of Austria-Hungary are not required to register. All Not Suspected. In announcing the regulations today, the department of justice took care to avoid creating the impression that the government looks on each German with suspicion. "Registrants are not to be treated as persons of evil disposition," said Instructions Instruc-tions to registrars, "and the registration officers are urged to deal with, them in a courteous and friendly manner." Certificate cards will be issued only after a complete verification is made. In cities of 5000 or more population recorded by the 11)10 census, the chief of police and ids assistants will administer the registration. regis-tration. In smaller communities and rural districts registration will be conducted con-ducted by the postmasters, and the postmaster post-master of the largest office in the local judicial district, in most states the equivalent equiv-alent of a county, will be the chief registration reg-istration officer to gather the reports from the others and forward them to the United States marshal and the department of justice. In most cities the work will be done by precincts. Photograph Required. Every German is required to go to the registrar and make out triplicate affidavit affi-davit Information blanks, and to furnish four photographs of himself one for each affidavit and one for his registration card. Tiie photograph must bear his signature sig-nature written arross the front, and must not be larger than three inches square. TL must be on thin paper and have a light background. The affidavit provides for recording name, address, axe, place of birth, occupation occu-pation and residence since January 1, 1914. date of arrival in tha United States, whether married, names and ages of children, chil-dren, whether the registrant has or has had any male relative in arms against the United States, whether registered for .the draft, military trainine, naturalization naturali-zation conditions and similar information. Full description of the man and the prints of each finger must be taken by the reg-islr:n reg-islr:n The registrant must swear to the affidavit before the registering officer. One of the triplicate records is to be kept by the registration agent, one sent to the United States marshal and one to the department of Justice at Washington. Germans not at their place of residence during the week of February 4. may be registered in the district in which "they happen to be, Registration plans will be made later for the Philippines, Hawaii, the Panama canal zone. Alaska. Virgin Islands. Guam i and Samoa. , |