Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1917 — WILL ARREST ALL SLACKERS [ARTICLE]

WILL ARREST ALL SLACKERS

Provost Marshal General Crowder has sent word to all governors to inaugurate a vigorous and aggressive enforcement of the penal clause in the selective conscription law, which provides for a year’s imprisonment of all who failed to register. It has also been decided that the jury wheel will be used in selecting those to serve, and local boards will be appointed to pass on the claims of all those seeking exemption.