The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 31, 1917, Page 3, Image 3
EVERY MALE BETWEI
MUST BE REGIS1
H is sate to state that every man
who asks himself if he is required to
register in June "> must reply, "Yes."
"Yes."
* If you are over 21 years old and
have not yet reached the age ofJ!, j
your name and description must go j
down on your county's roster for
possible military duty. The only exceptions
are the names already there
?the names of the men of the army
and navy, the National Guard and the
naval militia in the actual service of
the United States.
It does not matter if you are blind,
deaf, dumb, legless and armless; if
you are in jail or a minister of the
gospel; if you are white, red, black or
yellow; if you have conscientious:
scruples against war, or if you are a i
citizen of Germany, Senegambia or
any other land on earth; if you are a
judge, sheriff, policeman, Federal em- ployee,
Mayor or Alderman, or any.
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tmng eise.
If you are physically able to reach
the voting place of your precinct, you j
are committing a crime, punishable
by a year's imprisonment, without the
option of a fine, if you fail to get'
there, and if you are not physically j
able to reach the registration place, j
you had better file a notice to that l
effect, and be very careful that you j
do not exaggerate your illness, on or j
before registration day, so that you {
may be registered by agent.
To Choose One in Twenty.
The fact that you register does not j
mean that you are going to be mus-!
tered into the war forces. It merely 1
means that about one in twenty ot j
you will be chosen for the first army j
of half a million.
If you are not fit for service, you j
will not be picked?diu mat nas
nothing to do with your registering.
Your job is to get on the roll; the
Government's job is to choose the
men for the army. You will have an
opportunity to urge your reasons for
exemption, if you havje a reason, later
on. The Government does not want
you if you are. unfit to be a soldier,
but the Government reserves the
right to decide on your fitness or un- .
fitness?that is not left to you.
Absence from your home town
does not relieve you of the necessity
of registering. If your home is in
Bamberg, the Bamberg registration
officers must .have your card filled
. out, though on June 5 you may be in
New York, Tallapoosa or Timbuctoo.
If you are in the rural districts or in
small town, the local county clerk
take your registration. It is
your business to hunt him up and he
will fill out your card. If you are in
MK* a city of over 30,000 population, the
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local city cierK is me mau ^uu ujuol
go to, and if you are in a foreign
country, the nearest consular agent
will perform the service.
Your Government does not intend
that any man between the ages of 21
and 31 shall be omitted from this
count of the nation's war material.
Give Uncle Sam the Doubt.
You will be wise to resolve every
doubt that occurs to you in favor of
the Government, any other course
means that you are taking chances
of being sent to jail, and the excuse
that you did not think the registration
proclamation meant you will
not avail. The Government is looking
for men, not for excuses.
First the physically unfit will be
eliminated: then those who are found
to be exempt for any reason will be
sifted out, citizens of, Germany, Austria,
Bulgaria and Turkey are not
likely to be taken into the army, but
that does not mean that citizens of
these countries are not bound to register.
Their failure will be punisha- j
ble just as much as that of other |
aliens, natives or naturalized citi-i
zens. j
AH this elimination and exemption j
is the Government's business, not the
business of the men who want to be
relieved, or whom the Government
wants to release from the obligation
of duty. It will all be ironed out
later. The business of every man of
the specified ages, on June o, is to
register. That's his sole job as far
as this stage of war preparation is
concerned.
How to Register.
Now, how does he go about it?
Suppose young John Smith had not
volunteered.
He wo::Id appear before the registration
officer in the blank precinct
of the blank district, where he is accustomed
to vote. The registrar
would produce a card and ask him
, first for his name.
. ' Suppose John Smith, instead of being
a patriot, was minded to escape
duty and gave a false name. He
# would thereby incur the penalty for
violation of the President's order. If
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the young man was in the habit of
signing himself J. Smith. Jr.. that
. would be the name he would register
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under. If he used a middle name he
would give that with the others. Next
! he would be asked his age. He
i would reply "23 years." meaning that
he was so many years old on his
I last birthday; the proximity of his
I next birthday has nothing to do with
it, nor would he be required to give
the months and days. When the registrar
had written this on the card
he would ask the young man's adI
dress. The reply would not be the
young man's favorite hotel or his favorite
club, but the number, street
and city would be taken down.
Then they will come to his birthday
and the year in which he was
born.
Xext Mr. Smith would tell them he
was a natural-born citizen of the
United States, born in blank city.
If instead of John Smith he had
chosen Tony Giacommo he might reply
Rome, Italy, and state that he
VS its it imiuiau^cu wuii.cu <_?i c* uv
clarant, meaning that he had taken
out his first papers. If he had not
even progressed so far he would state
that he was a subject of Italy.
To get back to our hypothetical
John Smith, he would reply to the
next question that he was a merchant,
it being presumed that a big
store constitutes his main business. ,
The hypothetical Tony Giacommo referred
to would say that he was a
clerk in a produce store, even though
up to a week ago he had been the
driver of a huckster wagon, and even
if he had been a driver for years.
John Smith would reply to the next
Question that he was in business for
himself. Tony would state that he
was working for Flores Bros., giving
the location of the store. Then the
young man would state if he had a
mother, father, wife or child under
12 years of age dependent upon him
for suport. The fact that either John
Smith or Tony Giacommo was eager
to get into the army would not relieve
him of the obligation to answer truthfully
any more than a contrary sentiment
and the invention of such a
dependent relative would avail him.
Details of Experience.
Next the young man would give the
details of what military service he
had had, provided he had had any.
Finally he would be asked if he
claimed exemption from the draft and
what his grounds for such claims ,
were. They might be excellent claims <
for exemption, but the young man
would not be exempt until the Government
has determined their value <
to him. The Government gives him
an opportunity to make his claim for
exemption later. This registration
card information is only for the rec*
ord.
Suppose our young man did not
wish to serve and so reported himself
as having only one leg, in order that
it would be obvious that he could not
be a soldier. The Government would
catch him later, but that is another
story.
Suppose the registrar, out of
friendship, or for any other reason,
accepted his statement regardless of
the potent fact of two sturdy legs.
That registrar would go to jail, without
the option of a fine. Nothing is
left to his discretion: he is under
oath to make a truthful return and
dare not connive at evasion or practice
favoritism.
What happens after the registration
has not been settled in its ultimate
details. According to a bulletin
issued by Provost .Marshal General
E. H. Crowder:
"From the lists of persons so registered
names will subsequently be
drawn by lot, by the fairest system
that can be devised. Persons whose
names are drawn and other persons
interested will be given an opportunity
to present claims for exemption,
exclusion or discharge from the draft,
and to support such claims by evidence.
"The determination of whether a
particular claim for exemption, exclusion
or discharge shall be granted
will be made by boards to be appointed
by the President. The only regulations
that has as yet been prescribed
are those governing the reg
istration alone. The determination
of exemption, exclusion end discharging
is a second step, quite separate
from the registration. Regulations
governing the determination of exemptions,
exclusions and discharges
will, when promulgated, be made
available to $1] concerned at the
offices of the local boards. Until
such regulations have been promulgated,
further information can not be
given, as it might later prove misleading;
and, even after the regui
REGISTRAT
1 j Name in full
(Given Name)
j Home
2 j address ,
j (No.) (Street)
j
3 i Date of birth
(Month
JAre you (1) a natural-born citiz<
4! alien, (4) or have you declared
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| Where were
5 I you born?
| (Town)
/ | If not a citizen, of what
? j country are you a citizen or subj<
" 7 What is your present
' trade, occupation, or office?
g By whom employed?
Where employed?
Have you a father, mother, wife,
9 under 12, solely dependent on yoi
for support (specify which)?
^0 j Married or single (which)?
I f | What military service have you h
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i Xation or S
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?<y j Do you claim exemption
i from draft (specify grounds)? ...
1 affirm that I have verified abo
(Sigi
If person is of African
descent, tear off
this corner.
REGISTRATION COMMI
The registration committee for j
this county is composed of H. C. j
Folk, chairman. A. L. Kirkland. clerk ,
of court, and J. J. Brabham, Jr., pro- j
bate judge. These gentlemen have j
appointed the registration officers for j
the various voting precincts of the1
county, as follows:
Bamberg?A. B. Utsev and H. X. I
Folk.
Colston?G. A. McMillan.
Denmark?W. L. Riley and F. V. '
James.
Ehrbardt?I. D. Copeland and E.
E. Hughes.
Farrell's?J. H. Fender and J. G.
Rhoad.
Govan?B. P. Hartzog.
Kearse?AV. H. Ritter.
Lee's?H. B. Grimes.
Midway?J. Y. Hi^ks.
Olar?S. E. Neeley and J. J. Brabham,
Sr.
Registration cards will be sent to
these precinct officers previous to the :
date of registration. On June 5 1
every man within the age limits must
present himself before this officer,
who will examine him, fill out the
card, and have the person examined
to sign the same in his presence.
lations have been made public, de- j
cisions conqerning exemptions, ex- ;
elusions or discharges in the indi-;<
vidual cases can not be made by this j
office, since the law provides that j
all such cases shall be heard and de-1
termined by the boards to be estab- j
lished for that purpose."
The registrars' duties do not termi- i
nate with the making out of the can-1
didates' cards.
In a short report which accompanies
each registration card he is asked
to state:
"Has the person lost arm, leg,
hand, foot or both eyes, or is he otherwise
disabled (specify)?"
it is not intended however, that the
registrar shall pass upon anything
but the most obvious physical defects.
Persons whose disabilities are
so indicated by the registrar will be
dropped from the lists, but others
who claim exemption on account of
physical disability are liable to draft
in order that their physical condition
may be passed up by army surgeons.
Claims of exemption upon other than
physical grounds will be passed upon
by local boards:.
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Ill addition IU xxuiiiig jjci in*
marked physical defects, the registrar
is asked to state whether the
applicant is tall, medium or short,
slender, medium or stout, color of his
eyes, color of his hair, whether or
not he is bald.
The provost marshal general's office,
in charge of the registration for
the selected army, finds that the
greatest amount of misunderstanding
has arisen in connection with the
method of registration of absentees.
It is not sufficient for the absentee to
obtain a registration card and fill in
the answers, for he must file his card
with the County Clerk where he happens
to be. or if he is in a city of
more than 30,000 inhabitants, with
the City Clerk. The Clerk is required
to fill in certain information on the
back of the card, regarding the
height, build, eyes, color of hair,
whether or not the person register
ION CARD
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j Age. in yrs.
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(Family name) ;
(City) (State)
(Day) (Year)
(2) a naturalized citizen, (3) an
your intention (specify which)?
(State) (Nation )
set?
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child under 12, or a sister or brother \
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Race (specify which)?
ad? Rank ; branch ; :
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nature or mark)
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Failure to register will be followed
by prosecution and punishment.
If the person is sick or otherwise unable
to present himself, he must send |
someone to enroll for him.
The cards contain the following
questions:
1. Name in full; age in years. 2.
Home address. 3. Date of birth.
4. Are you (1) a natural born citizen,
(2) a naturalized citizen, (3)
an alien, (4) or have you declared
your intention (specify which)?
5. Where were you born? 6. If not
a citizen, of what country are you a
citizen or subject? 7. What is your
present trade, occupation or office?
8. By whom employed; where employed?
9. Have you a father,
mother, wife, child under 12, or a
sister or brother under 12, solely dependent
on you for support (specify
which)? 10. Married or single;
race. 11. What military service
have you had? Rank, branch, years;
nation or State? 12. Do you claim
exemption from draft (specify
grounds)?
All males within ages are required
to answer these questions whether
white or colored, sick or well, eligible
or ineligible.
ing is bald, or whether he has lost
an arm, leg, hand, foot or both eyes,
or is otherwise disabled. After this
information has been supplied and
the clerk has certified the card, it
will be returned to the absentee, who
must mail it to the registrar of his
home voting precinct, so that it will
reach that official not later than registration
day. A self-addressed en
velope, stamped, should be inclosed,
so that a registration certificate may
be returned to the absentee.
The officials in charge of the registration
also desire to point out that
the question which asks whether the
applicant has a dependent child,
brother or sister under 12, does not
intend to fix that age as the maxi-1
mum for which exemption may be!
claimed on account of dependent mi- j
nor.
The question is intended only for
the purposes of census. Twelve was
the figure fixed in the civil war draft.
Question 10, in which the person
registering is asked whether he is
married or single, requires an answer
as to present status of the apT
utifA io Hno rl r\ r? h n
piRam. II II IS n lie 10 utau, UI uv
is divorced, he should register as
single.
Here is one case where absolute
democracy prevails. The only men
who escape are those who are already
serving thir country and the unfor- j
tunate fellows, who, by physical disability
or by stress of circumstances
cannot take the task that manhood |
assigns them.
Field Hospitals.
Chattanooga, .Mav 26.?It was an-[
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nouneed at Fort Oglethorpe today '
that four field hospitals and four
ambulance corps will be established [
on Chicamauga Park June 1. The;
> 1 an m?n tn hp rrniripfi in rhesp arms !
of the service will come in groups of j
300 June 1.
The officers' reserve detachment in j
training at Chicamauga got their first
drenching today, being caught in a
downpour of rain while on a long
hike.
HOW TO ANSWER T!
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The following poster will be placed j
in view of all on registration day, j
telling how to answer the various j
questions. All persons are urged to !
read it carefully and have their an- i
swers in mind when questioned:
Questions will be asked for you to ;
answer in the order in which they '
appear on this paper. These ques- j
tions are set out below with detailed ;
information to help you answer I
them. j
Do not write on, mark, or .otherwise
mutilate these instructions. Do
not remove them. They should be
carefully read so that you will have
your answer ready when you go before
the registrar.
All answers will be written on the :
registration card in ink by the regis- !
trar, who should be careful to spell I
all names correctly and to write
legibly.
1. Name in full. Age in years,? j
This means all your names spelled 1
out in full. ;
State your age today in years only, j
Disregard additional months or days, j
Be prepared to say "19," or "25," i
not "19 years 3 months," or the like.
2. Home address.
This means the place where you
have your permanent home, not the j
place where you work. Be prepared :
to give the address in this way: "232 I
Main street, Chicago. Cook county, :
Illinois;" that is, give number and |
name of street first, then town, then j
county and State.
3. Date of birth.
Write your birthday (month, day, j
anri vparl nn a niece nf DaDer before
going to the registrar, and give the
paper to him the first thing. Exam- '
pie: "August 5, 1894."
If you do not remember the year, j
start to answer as you would if some- !
one asked you your birthday, as "August
oth." Then say "on my birth- j
day this year I will be (or was)
years old." The registrar will then
fill in the year of birth. Many peo- 1
pie do not carry in mind the year
trey were born. This may be obtained
by the registrar by subtract
ing the age in years on this year's 1
birthday from 1917.
4. Are you (1) a natural-born j
citizen; (2)* a naturalized citizen; j
(3) an alien; (4) or have you de- j
clared your intention to become a I
citizen (specify which)?
(1) If you were boin in the Unit- j
ed States, including Alaska and Ha- j
waii, you are a natural born citizen, i
no matter what may have been the
citizenship or nationality of your '
parents. If you were born in Porto !
Rico, you are a citizen of the United
States, unless you were born of;
alien parentage. If you were born :
abroad, you are still a citizen of the j
United States if your father was a :
citizen of the United States at the ;
time you were born, unless you have
expatriated yourself.
(2) You are a naturalized citi-.
zen if you have completed your natu- 1
ralization; that is, if you have "tak* j
en final'papers." But you are not a ;
citizen if you have only declared your j
intention to become a citizen (that is, 1
if you have only "taken out first papers");
in the latter case you are j
only a "declarant."
You are also a naturalized citizen
if, although foreign born, your father
or surviving parent became fully
naturalized while you were under 21
years of age, and if you came to the (
United States under 21.
(3) You are a declarant if, al- j
though a citizen or subject of some
foreign country, you have declared |
on oath before a naturalization court ;
your intention to become a citizen of
the United States. Receipt from the !
clerk of court of the certified copy of ;
such declaration is often called "tak- ,
ing out first papers." You are not |
a declarant if your first paper was i
taken out after September 26, 1906,
and is more than 7 years old.
(4) You are an alien if you do
not fall within one of the three
classes above mentioned.
5. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the
State, then the country, as 'Columbus.
Ohio:" "Vienna, Austria:"
"Paris, France;" "Sofia, Bulgaria."
6. If not a citizen, of what country
are you a citizen or subject?
This need be answered only by
aliens and declarants. Remember
that a "declarant" is not yet a citizen
of the United States. If an alien
or declarant, state the name of your
country, as "France," "Japan,"
"China," etc.
7. What is your present trade, ,
occupation, or office?
This does not ask what you once j
did, nor what you have done most of
the time, nor what you are best fitted
to do. It asks what your job is right ;
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Winthrop College.
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION
The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop College
and for the admission of new
students will he held at the county
court house on Friday, July 6, at 9
a. m. Applicants must not be less
than sixteen years of age. When
Scholarships are vacant after July 6
they will be awarded to those making
the highest average at this examination,
provided they meet the conditions
governing the award. Applicants
for Scholarsnips should write
to President Johnson for Scholarship
examination blanks. These blanks,
properly filled out by the applicant,
should be filed with President Johnson
by July 1st.
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition. The next session will
open September 10. 1917, For further
information and catalogue, address
PRESIDENT D. B. JOHNSON,
Rock Hill, S. C. 7-6.
Read The Herald, $1.50 per year.
HE QUESTIONS
EGISTRATION CARDS!
now. State briefly, as "Farmer,"
".Miner," "Student." "Laborer (on
farm, in rolling mill, in automobile,
wagon, or other factory)," "Machinist
in automobile factory," etc. If
you hold an office under State or federal
government, name the office you
hold. If you are in one of the following
offices or employments, use
one of the names hereafter mentioned:
"Customhouse clerk," "employed
in the transmission of the mails," or
"employed in an armory, arsenal, or
navy yard." "mariner, actually em
ployed in the sea service of citizen or
merchant within the United States." .
8. By whom employed? Where
employed?
If you are working for an individual,
firm, corporation, or association,
state its name. If in business, trade,
profession, or employment for yourself,
so state. If you are an officer of
the State or federal government, say
whether your office is under the United
States, the State, tlie county, or a
municipality. In answer to the ques
tion as to when you are employed,
give the town, county, and State
where you work.
9. Have you a father, mother,
wife, child under 12, or a sister or
brother under 12 solely dependent
upon you for support (specify
which)?
Consider your answer thoughtfully.
If it is true that there is another
mouth than your own which you
alone have a duty to feed, do not let
your military ardor interfere .with
the wish of the nation to reduce
war's misery to a minimum, un tne
other hand, unless the person you
have ;n mind is solely dependent on
you, do not hide behind petticoats or
children.
10. Married or single (which)?
Race (specify which)?
This does not ask whether you
were once married, but whether you
are married now. In answer to the
question as to your race, state briefly
whether "Caucasian," Mongol- ,
ian," "Negro," Malayan," or "Indian."
11. What military service have
you had? Rank? Branch? Years?
Nation or State?
No matter what country you
served, you must give complete information.
In answering these questions,
first name your rank, using one
of the following words: "Commissioned
officer," "Non-commissioned
officer," Private." Next, state branch
in which you served in one of the
following words: "Infantry," "Cavalry,"
"Artillery," "Medical," Signal,"
"Aviation," "Supply," "Marine,"
"Navy." Next, state the number
of years' service, not counting
time spent in the reserve. Finally,
name the nation or State you served.
If you served under the United States
or one of the States of the United
States, name your service in one of
the following terms: "National
Guard (of such and such a State),"
"Militia (of such and such a State),"
"Volunteers of United States," or
"Regular Army (Navy) of United /
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states.
12. Do you claim exemption from
draft? Specify grounds.
Because you claim exemption from
draft, it by no means follows that you
are exempt. For the information of
the war department you should make
a claim now if you intend to prosecute
it. Some persons will be exempted
on account of their occupations
or offices, some on account of
the fact that they have relatives dependent
upon them for support.
Your answer touching these things
will be important in supporting the
claim you now intend to make in
your answer to the present question.
Be sure, therefore, that the grounds
you now state are in conformity with
your answers to questions 7 and 8.
In stating grounds you claim as exempting
you, use one of the following
terms: If you claim to be an
executive, legislative, or judicial officer
of the State or nation, name
your office and say whether it is an
office of the State or nation. If you
claim to be a member of a religious
sect whose creed forbids its members
to participate in a war in any iurm,
simply name the sect. If you are employed
in the transmission of the
United States mails or as an artificer
or workman in an armory, arsenal,
or navy yard of the United States, or
if you are a mariner employed in the
sea service of any citizen or merchant
within the United States, so
state. If you are a felon or otherwise
morally deficient and desire to claim
exemption on that ground, state your
ground briefly. If you claim physical
disability, state that briefly. If you
claim exemption on any other ground,
state your ground briefly.
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Bamberg, South Carolina
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