Show WILL MAKE JUNE 5 A STATE HOLIDAY WILL CARRY OUT THE WISHES OF GOVERNMENT ON ENROLLMENT DAY Public Meetings to be Held on Registration Registration Registration Regis Regis- Day When Will Make Clear Purpose of United Stat States s In War SnIt Salt Lake City The The Utah State Council of ot Defense Is endeavoring to carry out the wishes of the government to make Enrollment day June 5 a wide state-wide festival Similar plans are arc under way in other mountain states and In fact universally throughout the nation The application of the selective draft to the problem of raising an nn army has aroused misgivings and doubt which If unchecked might affect the morale of If the countr country It is expected that thai there will be public meetings held In nearly every precinct of the state and nation on Enrollment day at which the purpose of ot the United States In the war will be set forth and the conscription tion Lion law explained The rhe speakers will make clear that the conscription law was passed by congress by the representatives of the young men who are areto areto areto to be drawn by lot so that the operation operation opera opera- tion of the law will simply result In a volunteering In mass of the young men of the nation in place of volunteering singly as ns was was done under the old tem It Is believed that there are arc few people people peo peo- pIe left who do not now understand that no humiliation whatever attaches or can attach to a young man selected for Cor service under the new news law nw since In fact tact he Is precisely as much a n volunteer vol vol- volunteer as if he walked up to a recruiting recruiting recruit recruit- ing officer and asked to be enrolled In his proclamation for lor the enroll enrollment ment President Wilson used the following fol following lowing words The significance of this cannot be overstated It is a n new thing in our history and a landmark In our pro pro- gress It Is a n new manner of accepting accepting accept accept- ing and our dut duty to give ourselves with thoughtful devotion to the common purpose of us all ull It Is la laIn In no sense sease a n conscription of the unwilling un un- unwilling willing It Is rather selection from a nation which has volunteered In mass It Is no more a choosing of those who shall march with the colors than it Is a 11 selection of those who shall serve an equally necessary anu and devoted purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose in the industries that lie behind the battle line The he day here named Is the time upon which all shall present themselves themselves them them- selves for assignment to their tasks It Is for that reason destined to be remembered remembered re reo as ns one of the most con conspicuous ous moments In our history It I la is nothing less than the day upon ullon which the manhood of the country shall shull step forward In one solid rank In de defense ense of the ideals to which this nation is consecrated It is important to these Ideals no less than to the pride of this generation In manifesting its devotion to them that there be no gaps In the ranks lanks the programs In Ia different localities will vary but In the main they will be marked by the tile following ing features 1 Flags will be flying from frow every public and private building 2 Bands will be playing and there I will be parades 3 3 There will be public meetings s during the day at which the duty and am responsibility of the United States Its purpose in the war and th the meaning of Enrollment day will be outlined by competent speakers 4 Some places have Indicated that in order to thoroughly get Into the spirit of the occasion they are arc planning plan plan- planning ning war dinners at which a menu puch guch uch as Is served to our soldiers will willbe willbe willbe be provided Everywhere In the mountain inter region there is Indications of concerted concert concert- ed celebration of the day so that little I doubt Is felt of ot the time realization n of the hopes of the Secretary of War Var who said at the National Council of Defense Defense De De- Cense conference The first step Is the registration of the men That Is a n very large under under- taking It Is one which ma may be attended attended attended at at- tended by confusion or It may be cond con con- Into a magnificent demonstration tion Lion of the unity of our countr country |