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Caddo County Oklahoma - WW I 
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Contributed by Sandy Miller <skmiller@webtv.net> for the 
Caddo County Genealogical Society (c) 2004
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PROCLAMATION

To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:
 WHEREAS, The Honorable Woodrow Wilson, president of the 
United States, as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of 
the United States, has designated June 5, between the hours 
of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., as the day for registration of all 
male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and thirty 
years, both inclusive, in which proclamation is stated the 
purposes of said registration, this registration vitalizing 
the purposes in the heart of every citizen patriot, and 
providing for selecting those best fitted for patriotic 
service in the various fields of activity necessary for the 
successful accomplishments of the proper ends in this 
national crisis, be that the army or navy, or in the various 
industries; and WHEREAS, The state of Oklahoma, through its 
citizenship, including not only those within the designated 
age, but also of every other age, stands with a steadfast 
purpose towards maintaining and supporting our country in 
the present war and to maintain in the great contest for the 
perpetuity of democratic institutions in a struggle neither 
for revenge nor conquest, but for the preservaton of human 
liberty and governmental rights as transmitted to us by our 
fathers.

Now, Therefore, I, R.L. Williams, governor of the State of 
Oklahoma, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the 
constitution and laws of said state, and in accordance with 
the suggestion of the president of the United States of 
America, supported by the congress, do hereby set aside and 
proclaim Tuesday, June 5, 1917, as a state holiday for the 
purpose of facilitating and securing the registraton of all 
eligible citizens. Every eligible citizen is urged to take 
steps to comply with the provisions of said registration law 
and to be sure that he is properly registered. Those who are 
not eligible for registration are requested to aid and 
assist in the registration of those who are eligible. All 
churches of whatsoever denomination are asked to assemble at 
some proper hour on said date, and hold religious and 
patriotic services offering prayer to the God of Nations 
that victory may crown the right and the just and that the 
world may be redeemed, regenerated and emancipated, and may 
a peace recognizing the rights of all mankind be established 
among all the nations of the earth.

Done and dated at the state capital on this the 21st day of 
May, 1917.

R.L. Williams
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
Attest: J.L. Lyon, Secretary of State