Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-21
18-19YEAR OIL LDL ADS
LAST CALLED TO WAR
New Draft Bill Will Save Boys
From Service as Long as
Possible.

Washington, Aug. 21-Uncle Sam
Will not take the youths Of eighteen and
nineteen wears Of age for military service
until the last availables between twenty
and f0rtV-fivc wears have been called, Il
an amendment to the Man Power bill
adontcd bv the House Military Committee
YESTERDAY remains In the measure when
passed.
The Senate will fight the amendment.
Considerable sentiment for It has de
vcloped in the House, however, and 1t
may BE- that the controversy Will have 10
be settled in conference after both lcglSla-
tive branches have acted. Representa-
tive Mckenzie, who champloncd the
cause al the eighteen and nlnctccn-ycar-
olds, insisted that the amendment father
ed by him and adopted hy the committee
hv 9to : vote, merely made mandatory
| what Secretary Baker promised would
be the policy Of the administration.
Representative Kahn and other cham
pions Of the administration : views will
appeal to the House TO strike out the
amendment 20 that President Wilson
may have discre tionary power TO summon
/ the Younger lads for service when nc sees
/ fit Meantime, the Senate Will stage n
! vigorous controversy over the work
| or fight" amendment, against which
| Secretary Morrison OF the American
| Federation Of Labor protested today.
EXEMPTION WILL NOT BE EASY.
The clubs will be lonesome places
| after the new draft goes into effect,
! Not ONLY are the bachelors from thirty
! two to forty-five years to be taken into
/ the army, unless they are engaged IN
| business, the injury OF which Will interfere
! with the essential industry OF the nation,
but the married men IN the same category
must go likewise.
There is no comfort for the fore-handed
gentleman who has made his money and
! retired from business early III hfe. II he
has put bv enough 10 take care OF his
family his country wants him and intends
to have him if he is physically fit.
Marriage IS no insurance against being
called 10 the colors. \ few days ago the
secretary OF war was quoted a. indicating
that married men awere released auto
1natically from military service 1t was
this word automatically that caused the
misunderstanding. 1t referred to the
method of exemption, not to the reason
TOR It.
HOW HUSBANDS WILL FARE.
eve wanted 10 arrange the reguia-
tinns 50 as 10 save married man who
ought 10 be exempted from the humilia
ton Of claiming exemption, by making
the process as automatic as possible,
explained Secretary OF War Baker today.
The theory upon which we want TO
work this draft Is that no married man
whose wife and children are dependent
upon the continuity of ms earnings and
who will not be able 10 live on his soldier
wages. will be drafted
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RED men whose incomes are adequate
To provide for their amIlles. those whose
families have independent incomes. and
those men whose families provide for
them. The reason for the exemption Of
the married men Is dependency
The husbands Of rich wives and those
whose fathcrs-in-law support their es-
Establishments will be among those pres
ert when the roll Is called
Naturally men Of fOrtv-hve, who are
short Of breath and wide Of waist, will
not be set TO drilling with lathy youths Of
twenty, but whenever the government
doctors see IN a draftee of mature age the
possibility Of restoration Of reasonable
endurance they will make hm over IN
10 available material. 4 lot Of men Of
this Kind will be surprised AZ the reluvena-
ton that hard work, regular hours and
selected Diet can accomplish.
PREPARING FOR REGISTRATION.
The plans for registering I3,O00,0O0
| men under the rev draft Law now pend
/ I'M. in Congress are being executed with
! the utmost speed on q nationwide scale
/ The provost marshal-general announced
J that distribution Of the printed forms has
( already been started and express trains
arc carrying some Of the forms and blanks
across the continent A patriotic response
has been given to appeals for haste by
printers, paper and envelope manu-
! facturers, and others
1t is estimated that this enrolment
will require from 100000 70 10000
registrars. and that every school house
IN the country will be needed. Local
boards throughout the country have re
sponded generously They have made
preparations for the new registration in
addition to preparing for the enrolment
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