New-York tribune., 1918-10-16
All September IL
Draft Men Soon to
Get Questionnaires
Youths of 18 and Men Be-
tween 81 and as Will
Now Be Classified
Work Has Been Rapid
Many of the Boards Report
First Division Places
All Assigned

WASHINGTON, Oc,- 15-Classifica-
tion by local boards of men of the new
draft registration has been so rapid
that questionnaires soon will be sent
to youths of eighteen and men between
thirty-seven and forty-six years Of age.
Though required to register on Sep
tember IL, no action had been taken as
to these classes because of the inten-
tion to defer calling them for service
until all other available material had
been exhausted, and local boards were
ordered not to send them question
naires. With their enrolment the work
described by Provost Marshal General
Crowder as the classification of the
United States" will be complete.
Reports day showed that 555 local
boards out of 4,543 in the United States
had classified all registrants between
nineteen and thirtyseven.
Influenza epidemic conditions are
such, in the opinion of the General
Staff, as to continue the indefinite sus-
pension of the October draft calls, but
it is intimated that the next call will
be of unusually large proportions. I'm
der new regulations governing the
classification of registrants with physi-
cal defects, men fit for general service
are to be noted as Glass A men on
military records, while men fit for such
service if cured by operation or other
treatment are to be noted as Glass B.
Below these are established Glass CT,
n uyh1 will hn
fit for general limited service" /"
which is defined as being in the
service of supplies overseas or in
general service within the United
States, and Glass CO, to contain men
fit only for restricted duty within the
United States, in capacity approved by
medical officers. Glass D is for men
unft.for any service.
Martin Conboy, Director of the Draft
for the City Of New York, on being in
formed of the intention to send ques-
tionnaires to youths Of eighteen and
men of thirty-seven to forty-fve, in
elusive, declared yesterday that the 189
local boards are ready for such action
on a moments notice.
"About 60 per cent OF the September
~ registrants between the ages of
iIAHcIeeH dhu IItIty-SlH, inclusive, Mr..
Conboy declared, "are already classi-
fed. Men who waived exemption or
who were obviously without substan-
tial claim for deferred classification are
probably all in Glass l.
'The prompt return of question
nalres was factor in the speedy class
ifcation. Exemption claims are several
percentage points fewer than in pre-
vious drafts"
12,S66,594 Are Listed
Final returns from all states show
that 12,966,594 men registered for mill
tary service September 12. This was
l87, 1886 in excess of the estimate made
by experts in the Office of Provost Mar
shal General Crowder.
Texas was the last state to report
Its registration as announced tonight
by General Crowder was 521.474. as
against the original estimate OF
The total announced does not in.
clude registrations received by mai
by local boards after September IL O,
belated enrolments by men who were
absent from the country that day. In
cludlng such cases, it is believed the
actual figure will be approximate,
100000. This will be increased
further by the registrations in Alaska
Porto Rico and Hawaii, which are tt
be held on dates recently fixed by tn,
President.
With the figures compiled to-day. tn.
total number of men who have beer
registered in the selective servic,
system since the United States entered
the war is 23,456,021.