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 WASHINGTON, June 6-The mighty Toll of honor of American manhood had begun to reach Washington tonight from the states that had completed their count of the men of military age registered yesterday. At a late hour only a few complete returns had been received but preliminary unofficial re- turns were sufficient to show that mil lions of men await the call to arms.
 The official figures were too scant for an accurate estimate of the total of the men who have registered. The first reports showed that the census bureau estimates of eligibles had not been equalled, but officials pointed out that the numbers by which one or two cities alone had exceeded the estimates would wipe out the entire deficiency of several smaller states sending in the first official returns.
 Tn some of these cities registration still was in progress today, the attorney general having approved the action of Pl ovosI Marshal General Crowder in authorizing an extension of time where cards were lacking or where the regis tration machinery proved otherwise in adequate to its task.
 Until the records of the great manu- facturing centers are completed results Of the registration cannot be gauged accurately General Crowder said to- night that it was not 10 be expected that the registration figures would check with the census estimates, be- cause some hundreds of thousands of men in the army and navy and national guard were not required to register.
 Messages from governors all over the country show that there are relatively few slackers, to be dealt with. Already the machinery of the government is moving to bring these few to a reckon ing The chief factor in bringing them to book, however, will not be legal pro- cesses. General CrOwder and the forces of the department of justice place full reliance in the people themselves in bringing forward these shirkers. It is upon the indignation of men ana women whose sons or other kin have faced the issue with courage and cheer fully recorded their names that the government confidently depends to bring slackers into the open.
 As the registration flgures came in tonight, the work of preparing for the next step proceeded without Interrup 1ion. Already the regulations which will govern exemptions are virtually complete. It is probable that few days work of assembling the boards ir each community will be underway. The personal honor of the president of Sec etary Baker, and of every member of congress who voted for the bill stands pledged to the statement that even handed justice and fairness to all men. high or low, white or black, will govern fin the great task.
 Much must be done before the names Of those who will compose the armies can be enrolled. Millions of registra tion cards must be examined and class fled Those who are wholly unfitted physically for a soldiers grim business must he eliminated: the quotas of the states must be assigned; the machin ery for distributing this quota equally through every remote county or pre- ci 'ot Of each state must be perfected.
 The local exemption boards will al- most equal in numbersthe registration precincts. Assurance has been given th It mans own neighbors will be the judges to pass upon his case. There were more than 125,000 precincts and equal decentralization will character ize the exemption machinery.
 President Wilson, upon whom the
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