The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15

 ID ADD 750,000
 MEN ID SERVICE

By the proclamation of President Wilson whereby all men becoming of draft age after June 5, 1917, and which required them to register for military service on that date in the States (the date of registration in Alaska being between July and September 3), it is expected that about 750O00 will become available for military service. The following is authorized by the secretary of war:
 Probably three-Quarters of a milli on men will be added to the Ameri- can army in the making, by the registration on June 5, of boys who have reached the age of 21 since June 5, 1917, or who will be q on or before June 5, 1918. This esti- mate was made today by Provost Marshal General E. H. Crowder, who will direct the registration.
 Gen. Crowder's estimate was based on the fact that almost 10,0O0,O 900 men registered last year. This num- Der included all between q and 31 Statistics collected by Gen. Crowder's office show that little more than 10 per cent of these men were 21 years old. On that basis. 1t is esti- mated by draft officials working un- der Gen. Crowder that this years registration will exceed 100000.
 Of this number. Gen. Crowder esti- mates that three-quarters. or about 750,0O0, will be available for mili- tary service. This makes proper al- lowances for physical defects, ex- emptions because of dependents. and other bars to military service. Under President Wilson's procla- nation, all male persons, citizens or aliens, must register. The only ones excepted are officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. and the National Guard and Naval Militia while in Federal service, and officers of the Officers Reserve Corps and enlisted men in the Enlisted Reserve Corps while in active service.
 With the signing by President Wilson of the bill and proclamation designating June as the day on which young men who have reached the age of 21 since last June 5 shall register for military service, Provost Marshal General Crowder's office immediately began preparations for the enrolment of the men. In- stead of using the election machin- cry, as was done last year, General Crowder will call upon the local boards. It is believed their expert ence of the past year has qualified them to handle the new registration economically and efficiently.
 The law provides that on June 5 every young man in the United States who has reached the age of 21 since June 5. 1917, or who will reach that age on or before June 5, 1918. must register. The only ex captions are in the cases of men al ready in the naval or military ser vice.
 All of the men who registered on June 5. last year, have now been segregated into five classes in the relative order of their economic avail ability for military service. The new law provides that the 21-year-old men registered on June 5 of this year shall be placed at the bottom of the list in the several classes to which they are assigned, and as a result none of the new registrants will be called for military service until the list of class l men who registered on June of last year is exhausted. It will mean. however. that the men registered this year who are placed in class 1 will be called before any men in class 2 are called. regardless of the date of registration.
 Detailed instructions covering the registration will be issued later, but meanwhile newspapers and the local boards are being requested to give the widest possible publicity to the date of registration. in order that all boys reaching 21 will know what is expected of them. No difficulty of any kind is now anticipated, but penalties have been provided by con- gress for boys who fail to register.
 Failure to register constitutes misdemeanor punishable by impris- onment for one year. It may result, furthermore, in the loss of valuable rights and privileges. and immediate induction into military service.