Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
The Provost Marshal General
Wishes to Fill Quickly De-
pleted Ranks of Almost Ex-
hausted Glass One
10000 YOUTHS
ARE AFFECTED
They Will Be Drafted Into the
Army Within a Month of
the Recording of Their
Names
By Associated Press

Washington, Aug. 14.-Registra-
ton on Saturday. August "a, of all
youths who have reached the age of
81 since the second registration last
June 3, was ordered to-day by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder. under
a proclamation by the President. The
purpose is to add quickly to the al
most exhausted class l to meet army
draft calls in September.
About 10000 young men will reg
lister. Most of them will qualify for
class l, and therefore, will join the
army probably within a month after
their names are recorded.
Organized labor's emphatic opposi-
tion to any work or fight provision in
the new manpower bill extending the
draft ages, is expressed in a letter
from Samuel Gompers. president of
the American Federation of Labor.
received to-day by members of the
Senate Military Committee.
st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 14.-Regis--
tration of youths who have reached
q since June 5, 1918, will be held
August "a, according to a telegram
received from Provost Marshal Gen
eral E. H. Crowder at state draft
headquarters to-day. This registra-
ton, 1t was pointed out in the tele-
gram, should not be confused with
that pending under new legislation
for some time in September.
All local draft boards in this sec
ton began to-day to arrange for
registration of young men who have
become twenty-one since June to
take place on August "a. The sys-
tenn will be similar to that in use in
June. These men are to be regis
tered so that they can be put into
class l at once. There will prob
ably be registration days later in the
year to register those who will be of
age between now and the end of the
year.
Washington, Aug, 14.-With a
broad work or fight amendment de-
signed to prevent strikes and a new
provision for education at govern
ment expense, after the war. of
youths under twenty-one serving in
the military or naval service, the
administrations man-power bill, ex
tending draft ages so as to include
all men between eighteen and forty
five years of age. was ordered favor
ably reported to-day by the senate
military committee.
The Reed amendment for free
education of boys under twenty-one,
affects both Army and Navy voIun-
teers and those who have been draf
ted. Under its provisions. upon ap-
plication, the youths would be given
IAN education at the expense of the
government at approved educational
institutions, the period of such edu-
cation being equivalent in point of
time to the period by him served in
the Army or Navy, but shall not
exceed two years"
Application for such educational
privilege" the amendment provides,
shall be made within six months
after discharge, and the applicant
shall begin his studies promptly af-
ter his application shall have been
approved"
Still another amendment offered
by the Missouri senator would per-
NIT soldiers and sailors. regardless
of age, who have either volunteered
or been drafted, to receive commits
sions. They also would be made
eligible for admission to officers
schools.