Proclamation Regarding the Inscription of the Nationalists
The National Board of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico resolved the following: WHEREAS: that Nationalism in the last general and public assembly held in the city of Caguas, decreed universal compulsory military service as an immediate national defense necessity. THEREFORE: The National Board decrees: First: All Nationalists over eighteen years of age will inscribe themselves in the corresponding registry book opened in each Municipal Board and will sign said book and the military service sheet in accordance with the instructions of the circulars of the General Secretariat; Second: the recruitment will be carried out in accordance with the terms of the circulars of the General Secretariat during the fortnight comprised between January 7, 1936 and January 22, 1936. Given in San Juan de Puerto Rico on the first of January of nineteen hundred and thirty-six, 68th year of the Proclamation of the Republic.
Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico The National Board P. ALBIZU CAMPOS President JUAN ANTONIO CORRETJER, General Secretary La Palabra, January 13, 1936, p. 1 and 2.