An amusing and also luciferous story in regard to National
Registration has been going the round of the Press. It appears that a young man not only refused to fill up his paper but crumpled it up and flung it back in the enumerator's face, with the defiant statement that no power on earth would ever induce him to answer the questions put to him. The enumerator, like a wise military commander, sought reinforce- ments. When he returned with an inspector, prepared for drastic action, he was told that the young man was out. He had gone to the Town Hall to enlist ! That is the proper and patriotic way for those who dislike being registered or having to answer questions. As Abraham Lincoln pointed out long ago, men of military age who have a conscientious objection to being compelled to defend their country in arms can easily get out of the difficulty by volunteering.
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