McCormick Reminds
Draft Requirements
Calling attention to the fact
that failure to register is a viola
tion of law and makes the de
linquent liable to penalty, John
L. McCormick, Alaska Director
of Selective Service today out
lined registration requirements
under the Universal Military
Training and Service Act. as
amended, which he said he be
lieved were not thoroughly un
derstood by all of the general
public.
“The obligation to register,”
Mr. McCormick said, "is a con
tinuing obligation and must be
fulfilled. The obligation to reg
ister is imposed by the Act on
every male citizen and every
other male person in the United
Stales between the ages of 10
and 26, with the general excep
tion of members of the armed
forces on duty and certain
aliens.”
The young man who becomes
18 is required to registe r at a
local board office within five
days of the date of his 18th
birthday, Mr. McCormick ex
plained, but if he happens to be
away from home he need not
return; he may register at the
nearest local board convenient
to him. or contact the Selective
Service registrar in his com
munity, and the record will be
sent to the local board having
jurisdiction, even though it is
in another state. If he is in a
foreign country when he be
comes If! he registers with any
U.S. diplomatic or consular of
fice. After he registers, it is
mandatory that a registrant
keep his local board informed
of any change in his address or
change in status, the director
pointed out. This apnlies after
he becomes 26 as well as before.
Registrants, generally speaking,
who are deferred subsequent to
June 10, 1931, are liable until
they are 35.
Mr. McCormick said he could
not overemphasize the impor
tance of the registrant giving
his permanent home address as
his place of residence when he
registers at a board away from
home, since the place of resi
dence which he gives when reg
istering determines the local
board which will always have
jurisdiction over him.
“Any person who changes
from a status which did not re
quire his registration to a status
which does require it must reg
ister promptly to be within the
law," McCormick said.
Mr. McCormick said that in
general aliens entering the Unit
ed States for the first time are
required to register at a local
board within six months follow
ing the date of their entry.
The maximum penalty for vi
olation of any of the provisions
of the Selective Service Law,
Mr. McCormick pointed out, is
five years in prison or a fine
of $10,000 or both.
The registrar in Seward is
Mildred Kirkpatrick, at the
Seward Record office on Fourth
Avenue.
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Seward Machine Shop
Fourth Avenue and Railroad Street
Seward, Alaska