Woodrow Wilson actually said...

Except in cases of emergency no person shall be given a certificate of registration until his application for registration has been approved...

Principal Consular Officers shall keep at their offices a Register of all American citizens residing in their several districts.

In the absence of a currency certificate no allowance will be made for depreciated currency.

No fee shall be required for registration nor for any service connected therewith, except for the issuance of a certificate of registration.