Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1917 — Indiana Ready to Get Census On “Draft” Day. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Ready to Get Census On “Draft” Day.

Washington, May 20.—Preparation to register ten million young men for military service on June 5 are proceeding swiftly throughout the country. Advices reached the war depart - ment show that forty-two states now have their machinery already otganized and’ nearly to proceed with the work. Governor Goodrich’s message says: “Indiana ready. All boards and registrars will serve without pay.” The reports mean that central boards have been established in county and xfity for each thirty thousand population-, that blanks and forms have been distributed and that nationwide machinery sands ready to take the military census in the shortest tune ever allowed for such a 'huge undertaking—one fourteen-hour day. The plain was evolved by Brig. Gen. Crowder, provost marshal general as well as judge advocate general of the army, and its efficiency rests upon its simplicity. The scheme is to co-ord-inate the vast electoral machinery of every state under one control authority. At one step Oil local conditions are met in this way. No matter what prooeduer off election system any State may have, lit wiffll function perfectly in the national l registration scheme and function without readjustment. Supervised decentralization is what was acted on and what has been accomplished according to the reports that came pouring in today.