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Expect 100000 Men Fit For
Front Next April.
START REGISTRATION AT ONCE
War Department Hopes to Have Sec
ond Half Million of 2 100000 Author
lied Force in Training Next October,

Washington. April 3o.-Actual train
ing of the first 50G. Q0G men of tIe army
Of zoos. 900 Authorized by congress i'll
passing the se.ective draft bill Will
begin on June next. according 10 the
scheme worked out by the army wal
college and the war department.
This force will be fully equipped
and trained. ready to be sent to tao
fighting front in Europe by April !.
1918.
Training OF another half million mer
will begin on October ! this year. ano
they will be ready for service by Aug
ust /, 1918. Then, in the spring OF
1918, If n,srs- men from this country
are needed to defeat ihe central pow
ers, the work OF training and equip
ping a second million men will be
begun.
II is estimated that the gross caSu
alties of troops actually engaged vii
be about ten per cent month, bu'
that as about half the men will
able to return to the front the actua
net wastage will be about five pei
cent. Troops to replace the wastage
must be in training for at least 81,
months before being sent to the front
II NAV not he possible to begin tn
actual training Of the first 800. 900 me-
by June l, as al t preliminary wori
of registration is IL to be done, Wv
ing to the delay in passing the sell c
tive draft bill by congress, but tEt
war department hopes to start the
training by September at the latest
In the meantime. President Wilson
may issue call for approximately
5OO,O 900 volunteers to recruit the re gu
lar army and the national guard III
to full war strength. If not enoug'
volunteers respond the men needed
may be conscripted in addition to the
half million to begin training.
Recruits fori the regular rny by
volunteering has fallen off rapidly
since April / and the national guarC
recruiting has been extremely slow
About $50 900 more men are required
to fill up the regular army and 100000
for the national guard, including the
new units to be organized.
Registration of men from whom the
first regiment OF 100000 will be select
ed will take place within the next thir
ty DAYS. and will closely follow the
lines OF a registration for an election
A proclamation will be issued notify
ing all men affected to appear at the
registration places. The election ma
chinery of each community will be
used to facilitate matters and the pc
lice will be used to bring in those wht
fail to appear voluntarily.
Newton =. Baker secretary of war
favors the jury wheel system of select
ing the men. The names Of all thost
previously registered for military duty
after tx. names Of those exempted
have been removed, will be put in thu
wheel and the proper number drawn
I Exemption boards will be Localized
to the greatest possible extent, as 1
is believed that neishborhood knowl
edge will aid the military authCritie:
in passing on men who should be eX
. empted because of the importance O
their civilian occupations. TIE frs
elimination, of course. will be Of those
physically unfit; next persons engaged
in occupations vital to the welfare o
the nation, farmers and munitions
workers coming first in this class.
The 100000 men first called will b.
sent to sixteen different camps TO
training