The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-05
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yHASHiNGTON, June s.--Today, on
y snlwfsary Of Americas first man
49, mobilization. another million
1As. the estimated strength of the
% of 1918, register on the first sta-
~ Of the journey TO the oolors.
vehen their draft registration cards
me into their hands. they come to the
(loposition Of a swift, smoothly working
- practiced organization, whose
lgeneies in every countryside, hamlet
~ city Of the land have assumed sue
ossfully the task Of discriminating be-
61een the nations need for men who
IN fight or work. and its additional
1ted for men at home TO support its
dependent population,
lg Best OF Sslsctive Plans.
< Observers, foreign and domestic, mil.
Vary. and civilian alike, cIa. the per
lbr1uance to date under the American
1elective service law as the most tangl.
w successful OF Its military efforts, and
&9ard the accretion TO the manpower
Reservoir OF the youngsters who had
Dot reached their majority one year ago
ID. the most certain assurance OF the
Holi downfall OF the Prussian autocracy.
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
Nho supervises the draft, fixes the ten
htive number given above for the days
new total. and likewise from the expe-
fience tables OF the year places the mum
Der Of potential soldiers TO be added to
the list today at 10000, concluding
HAT the class will be rs per cent com
posed Of military effectives.
100000 IN Draft Army.
z As they assemble at the registering
stations today, the total Of men raised
BY the draft in the United States for its
armies will pass 100000 Before the
end OF the present month, the mobilized
total will have passed 100000, for the
immense military machine that owes S
existence to the readiness OF plain
Americans to fight is movIng forward
b goal that will meet President Viii
sons demand for "fotce. force to the
stmost, and force without stint
, Names as recorded will pass into the
existing classificafions OF registered
men and in accordance with their physi-
cal qualifications, their status as to de-
pendents and as to industrial or aRri-
cultural occupations, they will be as
pigned TO class one, two, three, four or
five. The overwhelming majority, how
ever, as indicated by the estimate given,
the provost marshal general expects TO
find placed in class one
4 They will 60 to the foot OF the list
OF 1917 registrants in each class and
will not be called, the regulations pro
vide, unti, those above them have been
taken, unless by trade or education they
nre fitted for specialized army service
4hen they may be called sooner. The
Lystem Of determining the order OF their
rail- as among themselves the provost
marshal een.ral has not yet fixed but
The general expectation is that some
Sort OF lottery of the type previously
used, will be conducted on a national
ScaIe. Yet OF this officials are not GER
tain, because the recurring draft calls
eostse more swiftly and run to larger
kotas now and the classification has
rome to be more important than the
numbefs. 4 late order number will
berve only TO postpone for few days
me inevitable call to the training camps
Guard Against Evasion.
National purpose TO see that no in
dividusls. eyAde service Is expressed in
the regulations, wherein are voiced the
command Of the government to peace
officers Of all descriptions, United
States marshals, secret service men and
city police, that they shall assist ex-
Nmption boards In scanning lists and
combins out attempted evaders OF the
registration.
Figures available show that no other
country participating in the great war
has the resources in men that the Uni
ted States has Against the provost
marshal generals estimate Of 100000
fot the American military class Of 1918
which is added to the almost 100000
total Of 1917, can be placed the German
Annual increment OF o00,0O0, the French
pf 100000, and the Italian of $4,000
And all these classes in other countrie,