The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-24
100000 YOUTHS
TO Be REGISTERED
ESTIMATED THAT NUMBER HAVE
REACHED THE AGE OF q
SINCE JUNE S.
PLANS OF DRAFT OUTLINED
Gen. crowder lie Of the Opinion Tina.
About 10000 Of These Youths
Will Be Available for
Military Duty.

Washington-Est Estimates by Mai
Crowder, provost marshal-general, In.
dicate that probably three-quarters of
q million will be obtained for the
army by the registration on June
Of all youths who have attained Fl
years of age since June last. I
Fully million youths, according to
Gen. Crowders estimate. will be regis
tered At least one-fourth OF them, no
thinks, will be exempted on various
grounds.
A statement by Secretary Baker,
giving the estimate and outlining
plans for the draft, just given out,
reads:
Probably three-Quarters of a mil
lion men will be added to the Ameri-
can army in the making, by the regis
tration on June next, of boys who
have reached the age of 81 since June
8, 1917, or who will be 81 on or be-
fore June 5, 1918. This estimate was
made by Provost Marshal-General
Crowder, who will direct the registrl-
ton.
Gen. Crowder's estimate was based
on the fact that almost 100000 meA
registered last year, This number In
cluded all between 21 and 81. Stats.
tics collected by Gen. Crowder's office
show that a little more than 10 per
cent of these men we're II years old.
On that basis, It is estimated by draft
officials working under Gen. Crowder
that this years registration will ex.
coed 100000.
"Of this number, Gen, Crowder esti-
mates three-quarters, or about 100000,
will be available for military service.
This makes proper allowances for
physical defects, exemptions because
of dependents and other bars to mill
tary service.
Under President Wilson's procla-
nation, all male persons, citizens or
aliens, must register. The only per-
sons exempted are officers and enlist
ed men of the regular army, navy and
marine corps, and the national guard
and naval militia while in federal ser.
vice, and officers OF the officers re.
serve corps while III active service
Gen. Crowder plans to have the
local boards keep their offices open
for registration purposes between
am. and 8 pm. on June 5, and be-
tween those hours all young men who
were born between June 8, 1896, and
June 6, 1897, must register. These
men are subject to the provisions Of
the selective act under which the first
registration was held"
Medical students and divinity stu.
dents, though exempt from draft,
must register on June along with all
other young men, citizens or aliens.
reaching the age of q years on or be-
fore that date. Provost Marshal-Gen-
eral Crowder made this statement to-
day:
under the terms of the law signed
by President Wilson, students who
we're preparing for the ministry In rec
ognized theological or divinity schools
and students who we're preparing for
the practice of medicine and surgery
in recognized medical schools on
May 20, 1918, are exempt from the
draft.
"The law does not relieve such stu
dents from the duty of registering on
Wednesday. June 5. Registration
comes first, exemption afterward. 1t
is absolutely necessary that these
students register. The only young
men not affected by the new law are
those now actually In military or no
val service"