Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-05
Million American
Boys Today Register
For Se1ect;ue Draft

washington, June 5.--Today. on the
anniversary Of Americas first man.
power mobilization, .another million
youths, the estimated strength OF tho
class Of 1918. register on the first sta
ton of the journey to the colors.
When their draft registration cards
come into their hands. they come to
the disposition of swift, smoothly
working and practiced organization,
whose agencies in every country side,
hamlet and city Of the land have as
sumed successfully the task Of discrim-
mating between the nations need for
men who can fight or-work and It's ao-
ditional need for men at home to sup
port its dependent population.
Observers, foreign and domestic
military and civilian alike. class the
performance to date under the Ameri-
can selective service law as.lthe most
,tangibly successful Of it's military ell
forts, and resaI the accretion to the
man power reservoir Of the youngsters
who had not reached their majority
one year ago as the most certain assur-
ance Of the final downfall of the Frns-
sian autocracy. Be it near or far, tne
day Of allied victory can not be evaded,
the practical, military view is, SO long
as the rising flood Of the American
armies, drilled, equipped and equip,
ping. can be turned to the European
battle front.
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
who supervises the draft, fixes the ten
tative number given above for the
days new total, and likewise from tEc
experience tables Of tho veat places
the number Of potential soldiers to be
added to the list today at $4,000, con-
Guiding that the class will be Is per
cent composed of military electives.
AS they assemble at the registering
stations today, the total of men raiser
by the draft in the United States for
its armies will pass 100000. Before
the end Of the present month, the mob
ilized total will. have passed 1,oOo,0Oo,
for the immense military machine that
owes it's existence to the readiness OF
plain Americans to fight is moving
forward to goal that will meet Presi-
dent Wilson's demand for force, force
to the utmost, and force without stint
The $500 local boards thruout the
country who take the burden of the
WOIh nave 1SSAoICiAAA WIZ 49,
every 100 of the young men within
their jurisdiction. Men absent I'M
ayoidably from their homes on regis
tering day may apply to any board Tor
their cards. Names as recorded will
pass into the existing classiications OF
registered men and, in accordance with
their physical qualifications their
status >as to dependents and as to in
dustrial or agricultural occupations;
they will be assigned to Class l, 2, =,
4, or 5. The overwhelming majority,
however, as indicated by the estimate
given, the provost marshal general ex-
poets to find placed in Class l.
They will go to the foot of the list OF
1911 registrants in each class, and will
not be called, the regulations provide,
until those above them have been
taken, unless by trade or education
they are fitted for specialized army
service, then they may be called
sooner. The system of determining the
order OF their call as among them
selves the provost marshal general has
not yet fixed, but the general expecta-
ton is that some sort OF q lottery OF
the type previously used will be, con-
Quoted on national scale. Yet of this
officials are not certain, because the
recurring draft calls come more
swiftly, and run to larger totals now,
and the classification has come to be
more important than the numbers.
late order number will serve only to
postpone for few days the inevitable
call to the training camps. "a
National purpose to see that no in
dividuals evade 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
exemption boards in scanning lists and
combing out attempted evaders OF the
registration.
Figures available show that no other
country participating in the great war
has the actual resources in men that
the United States has. Against the
provost marshal generals estimate of
100000 for the American military
class OF 1913, which is added to the
almost 100000 total Of 1917, can DO
placed the German annual increment
Of 100000, the French OF 100000, and
the Italian Of $4,000. And all these
classes in other countries have been
called in advance.