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WORK OR FIGHT
r
RULE IS ISSUED
DRAFT AGE MEN MUST GET USE
Full JOBS OR JOIN
THE ARMY.
ARMY STRENGTH UNLIMITED
Amendment to Army Bill Removes Re-
strictons as to Size of Fight
ing Forces-Plans Made for
Army of Four Million.

| Washington, May 25.-Two impor
tant steps have been taken TOWARD
perfecting the task of putting the ma
ton on !; war basis.
Soon after Provost Marshal Genera
Crowder had promulgated a drastic
amendment To the selective service
| regulations requiring every man OF
draft age to work or fight, Secretary
Baker appeared before the house mill
tary committee and asked that Presi-
dent Wilson be authorized to call to
| the cOlOrs all men of draft age who can
be equipped and trained. The commit
| tee promptly and unanimously voted
| The authority into the army appropria-
| ton bill about to be reported TO the
| house.
Under existing law power is given
TO draft 100000 fighting men, in adj
dition to special units. This limit soon
will be reached. With the law changed
as the president desires, the man pow
er of the country will be drawn upon
for whatever force may be necessary
TO win.
Effects habitual idIers and requires
lraft registrants now in occupations
held to be nOn-useful to seek new jobs
or join the army Clerks in stores.
walters, bartenders, employees at
places of amusement, passenger ele-
vator men and other employees around
hotels. clubs and business buildings,
gamblers, fortune tellers and race
track and bucketshOp attendants all
fall among those classed as non-use-
fully engaged. Enforcement of the
rule is expected to improve the labor
situation in essential industries.
The house military committees ac-
ton completed the army bill, with
provision for the pay of 100000 men,
with ordnance appropriations on the
basis of an army of 100000. The |
measure will be laid before the house |
a total of $1,000, 129, 900 of |
actual appropriations and AUTHORIZE |
ton for contracts amounting to |
81. 464, 416,000 more.
Mr.. Baker told the committee in ex-
ecutive session the presidents rea-
7Oiis' Aoi dShiiS fio HILL Dc pidtcu
the number of draft men to be called |
Members said later it was estimated
IN army of 5,0O0,OOO could be raised
without changing the draft ages.
Will Solve Problems.
1t has been known for some time \
hat some form of work or fight h
)lan had been submitted TO President
Wilson, but there had been no init
nation that it was so far reaching in
cope. Both the military authorities
md department of labor officials be-
ieve that it will go a long way to-
ward solving the labor problem for
shipbuilders and munition
makers and will end for the present
t least, talk OF CONSUMPTION of labor.
he announcement gives notice sig
ificantly that the list of nOn-uSeful
will be extended from time |
0 time as necessity requires.
man may be at the bottom of Glass
or even in Glass 4, but if he falls !
'ithin the regulation and refuses to {
axe useful employment he will be {
iven new number in Glass L that I
ill send him into the military SER s
ice forthwith. Local boards are au-
horized to use discretion only where
1ey find that enforced change of en-
loyment would result in dispropor-
onate hardship upon registrant's
ependents.
The new regulation goes into effect
uly /. ,