Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-16
Plans Have Already Been
Made for Registering IS
Million as Soon as Bill Pend
ing in Congress Passes,
REGISTRANTS WILL BE
CALLED BY OCTOBER /
By That Time Class / Under
the Age Limits of the Orig
inaI Act viii Be Exhausted,
Says Gen, Crowder.

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! Washington, Aug. 15.--Provost Mar
7 shal General Crowder announced to-
/ day that plans already have been made
I Tor registering the 1900, 600 addi-
tional mon which he estimates will be
( brought under the selectiye service
law when congress enacts the bill OK
tending the age limits to include men
1 between 3 and i5 years From this
number, approximately 1000. 900 quail
| ltled for full military service are
expected to be secured.
50 urgent is the need for additional
/ man-power. General Crowder said.
that the draft machinery is being put
into shape for the great task ahead
without waiting for final action by
congress- Men of the new draft will
be needed by October / and to get
them, registration day will have to he
held not later than September Is. If
possible September will be fixed as
tho day.
When the 18.OOO,OOO men are en-
rolled, nearly %, 900 900 will have
beenresistered since the United States
entered the war There were some
lO,OOO, 600 enrolled on the first regis
tration day, June 5, 1917 another
100000 last June 8, and several hun
ared thousand more are expected to
DO enrolled August "a
Preliminary Steps Taken,
preliminary steps have been taken
by the provost marshal general. f" said
General Crowder's statement. ito pro-
vide for tho registration of those men
who Will be affected by the act
state headquarters local boards
ana other officials in the various
states have been advised TO hold them
selves IN readiness to proceed prompt
~ with their work as soon as congress
has acted and the president by proc
lamatlon has fixed the date of regis.
tration
Until the legislation is actually
passed II cannot be stated with ex.
actness of course. what the new age
limits Will be. But, because of the ur-
gency Of the situation, II IN essential
that as much of the preparatory work
as possible be done at this time in or
der that the administration may
promptly avail itself of the new law.
10 that end, now, as In the past the
utmost reliance Is placed on the Amer
ican people to supply the necessary CO.
operation and teamwork
Situation Is Urgent.
Inc situation Is urgent because hy
october class one, under the ago
UNITS OF the original act. will have
peen entirely exhausted. Unless there
rs to be very serious interruption In
the flow of American troops to the
camps and thence across the seas toi
France. class one must be teplenish.
ed at the earliest possible moment bt
available men both below and a bove
the present age limits of 21 to al.
Ihere is, literally no time TO be lost
The bill which has been introduced
in congress at the request of the war
department would fix the new age
limits at between IS and as years
That Is to say II would include In adj
dttton to the men within the present
limits, those between 80 and As. in-
elusive fourteen annual casses), and
those between Is and 20. inclusive
Uhree annual classesl.
Two Million Men Required
"These limits were suggested to
congress by the war department be-
cause the military man power pro,
gram of the United States requires
that the now nearly depleted reser-
voir of class one men shall be re
plenished by more than 1000, 900 men
available for full military service. On
the basis of actuarial figures froni
insurance companies census compu.
tations and the experience of this Of
flee in the previous registration, 1t has
been estimated that the required
number of men from class one may be
had only by including within the
draft age limits men between SO ami
45 and between 1S and 90. That lis 10
say, approximately 1900 900 mer
must he added TO the list of registrar
hot VNyttI all
lowed. at least 1000, 000 men will re.
main in class one.
Big job is Ahead.
In other words, here Is the prob
lem presented: IL the bill as intro
duced, is passed, il will he necessary.
between the date of its passage and
october / to register and begin 10
classify by QUESTIONABLE $4,000. 600
men. And when this has been done,
draft calls upon the new class must
start to fil' the places in the training
camps OF those men going to France
Assurance having heen given that
the legislation will receive immediate
this office, in its prelin-
mary instructions sent to draft execu-
tives in the various states, has pro-
ceeded on the assumption that the new
registration might be held early in
September, II. for example, the bill
Is passed by August 81 or soon there
after II would be necessary for the
proclamation to fix a reg
lstration date as soon as possible.
Thus, registration day might be as
early as September 5. To have the first
Installment of the new class one ready
for camp by October 1t would be nee
essary to have the registration not
later than September rs. In any
event. ii Is obvious that we cannot
wait until the act is passed before be-
ginning the preliminary work.
Entirely aside from the powers
which the new law may confer on the
government, i Is essential that the