Date March 27, 1917 |
Duty Cooperate with local police; take precautions against hostile acts. |
Date April 6, 1917 |
Duty War declared. Warn Germans to "Obey the law." |
Date April 10, 1917 |
Duty Advise Germans to surrender all weapons. explosives, and radios; arrest any who do not. |
Date April 16, 1917 |
Duty Arrest specified enemy aliens and turn them over to War Department for internment. |
Date April 20, 1917 |
Duty Establish restricted zones around docks, factories, arsenals, etc.; issue passes to specified enemy aliens. |
Date May 23, 1917 |
Duty Marshals and their Deputies have sole authority to arrest enemy aliens. |
Date May 29, 1917 |
Duty Protect Selective Service centers; arrest draft evaders or those disrupting selective service. |
Date June 18, 1917 |
Duty Complete issuance of passes to enter restricted zones and arrest draft resistors by June 30. |
Date July 18, 1917 |
Duty Locate possible places of detention for large numbers of enemy aliens. |
Date October 8, 1917 |
Duty Arrest military deserters; assist Bureau of Investigation in locating deserters. |
Date November 28, 1917 |
Duty Remove all enemy aliens from Washington D.C. and report their arrival in other districts. |
Date December 1, 1917 |
Duty Arrest all draft dodgers under new Selective Service regulations. |
Date December 17, 1917 |
Duty Apply enemy alien regulations to citizens of Austria-Hungary. |
Date December 26, 1917 |
Duty Arrange for registration of all male Germans in cities over 5,000. |
Date December 29, 1917 |
Duty Prevent possible sabotage to docks and wharves by putting grates over nearby sewers. |
Date December 29, 1917 |
Duty Begin checking reports from paroled enemy aliens. |
Date January 5, 1918 |
Duty Compile descriptions of ail enemy aliens arrested. |
Date January 5, 1918 |
Duty Arrange registration of all enemy alien males at local police stations and post offices between February 4 and 9. |
Date January 12, 1918 |
Duty Assist enemy aliens in finding employment. |
Date February 4, 1918 |
Duty Arrest all enemy aliens discharged from American military and recommended for detention by military. |
Date April 6, 1918 |
Duty Locate enemy aliens who fail to register. |
Date April 15, 1918 |
Duty Arrest deserters and draft dodgers under new general orders from War Department. |
Date April 25, 1918 |
Duty Register female enemy aliens. |
Date May 6, 1918 |
Duty Apply all enemy alien regulations to females. |
Date June 19, 1918 |
Duty Arrange for speedier transfer of enemy aliens arrested by local police to Marshals. |
Date September 19, 1918 |
Duty Prohibit enemy alien females from restricted areas unless given a pass by Marshal. |
Date November 11, 1918 |
Duty Armistice declared. |
Date December 25, 1918 |
Duty Regulations on enemy aliens lifted. |