AMERICA'S PART.
(Per Press Association — Copyright) the rush to register.' ,EAGER AMERICANS. (Received June 7th, at 12.20 a.m.) , ,WASHINGTON, Juno 5. Country-wide registration was curried out without serious trouble, at is impossible to estimate the figures. When the finals arc received it is expected to total eight to. ten millions. The officials are elated and say tho selective draft will bo thoroughly vindicated.
„,The President’s- proclamation was read in the schools. , , NEW YORK, June 5. The morning was marked by tho sirens of hundreds of ships in the harbour and the ringing of bells. There were floods in Minnesota, and thousands usel the boats to reach the registrars. Rioters at Butte, in Montana, were, dispersed by troops. 'Several shots were fired. This was
an isolated ease. German agents iin the Southern States failed to prevent the registration of mountaineers and negroes. The return from the West is incomplete, but it is believed that it is satisfactory. / Tho numbers registering in many districts are so great that tho tune had to bo extended. Thousands under twenty-one attempted to register.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1917, Page 3
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