Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-14
ANNE ARUNDEL
STILL CLIMBS
IN THE DRAFT
Registration Exceeds Estimates
Of Local Man-power BY
Nearly 1900 Men
TO RUSH CLASSIFYING
OF NEW REGISTRANTS
Maryland's Total Beyond Hun,
dred And Sixty-Two Thousand
Warheld Thanks Officials

Exceeding by nearly fifteen hundred
men the previously made estimates
Anne Arundel County's registration
on Thursday. reached the total of
SAB. Four thousand had been con-
sidered by many to be the outside linz
ii of this county's list of available men
under the new man-power bill Up
to the present there have been no
reports of any holding back or slack
ing in any part of the county The
further classification of the men reg
istered, upon the basis of the 1920
and the 31-45 age limits or upon the
basis of color or nationality has not
yet been taken up by States Attorney
N. II. Green. and his assistants on the
Local Draft Board.
In Maryland there were over 162 900
men listed, this greatly exceeding
the former estimates. "The Registra-
tion in Maryland is in excess of our
estimates" said Adjutant General
Henry NJ Warfield yesterday. Our
maximum calculation was 10000. /
am confident that the final returns
will not be below this mark
'The great task was performed
without a hitch or a jar The high
est praise is due the volunteer reg
istrars who performed their duties so
satisfactorily. The spirit displayed
in Maryland by the registrants in
marching to the registration Offices
with smiles and in utmost good hu-
NOR, which, / understand, prevailed
everywhere in the country, will sure
ly win this war and put an end to all
talk of negotiated peace, nothing
short of an unconditional surrender
BY Germany and dictated peace will
1.-The returns show that there were
few slackers within the prescribed
ages. Those who failed to register
will be dealt with most severely. We
do not propose that the partiot shall
fight and undergo hardships and that
slackers and cutters shall enjoy the
fruits of victory"
General Warfield also issued a.
warning to men who underwent hasty
nuptials in order to register as mar
ried men. They will be treated the
same as the newlyweds were in the
last draft and will not be granted
deferred classification.
A few stragglers appeared at the
district and local boards yesterday
morning to be enrolled. They were
obiaflxr ra;1road rnou and caiIorc who
found it impossible to get to local
board Thursday to register. In speak
ing of cases such as these General
Warfield said that where a man could
provide a bona-fide excuse for not
having registered he might enroll.
The next task will be the classifi-
cation of the new registrants. This
will require about month. Before
then, however, questionaires will be
sent to many of the new registrants,
and by the middle of October some of
them will be on their way to train
ing camps. 1t is the belief of draft
officials that the men between the
ages of 10 and SO will be the first to
go. Those of Is years will be sent to
military schools at the expense of the
government. Those who will be sent
away at once will be used to COM
plete the next months quotas. A
drawing will be held at Washington
next month, as was done in the prior
draft, to determine the order in which
the men shall be called