Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-16
READY FOR FOR! 1 REGISTERING MEN | UNDER NEW DRAFT trowder, in Statement, 13 I Says 1 Manpower Needed For
 October l. WILL EXHAUST OLD |npAFT BY THAT DATE ,u ppeIstration May Be As Early as spntember j to Keep Flow of American Troops to
 France.

France.
 Washington, Aug. 15.-Provost rsrshal "I General Crowder, announced ,dav dss,tl that plans already have been 'ads sode for registering the 13,o00,oOo Sdit;onal ;Iut m men which he estimates m ;n'i5 be brought under the selectlye pyv;ee law when congress enacts the sndng bill extending the age limits inelude men between Is and 40 rmm this number approximately IMO,OOO qualified for full military [yice are expected to be obtained. So urgent is the neel for addition manpower, General Crowder said, st the draft machinery is being pt into shape for the great task head without waiting for final act n by congress.
 Needed by October 1.
 Men of the new draft will be need- by October 1, and in order to get lem registration day vii lhave to be eld not later than September 15 and possible September 5. will be fixed the day.
 When the 13,OoO,OO0 men are en- He'd nearly 25,O0O0,0000 will have len registered since the United Eates entered the gar.
 There we ersome 10,000,0O0 enroll on the first registration day, June 1917, another 600,000 last uJne 5, Id several hundred thousand more expected to be enrolled August Registration Plans Ready.
 Preliminary steps have been talk by the provost marshal general, aid General Crowder's statement, D provide for the registration of ese men who will be affected by the which congress is expected short to pass extending the age limits the selective draft.
 State headquarters local boards d other officials in the various btes have been advised to hold them ives in readiness to proceed prompt with their work as soon as con- sss has acted, and the president by @lamatlon has fixed the date for gistration.
 Until the legislation is actually ssed, it cannot be stated with ex- Fness, of course, what the new E limits will be.
 put, because fthe urgency of the uaton 1t is essential that as much !ne preparatory work as possible acne at this time in order that ;.S1I ;.Mmlnstration may promptly av- It itself of he new law.
 10 that end, no, as in the past, the most reliance is placed on the Amer M people to supply the necessary 0efatlon and teamwork.
 4vA. situation: situation Is Urgent.
 0ot., ,s.'aati0h IS urgent because ,i,s Hsoaer . 7, l. class one, under the age ,S sa a. o1 the original act will have 11s1 s1 entirely exhausted.
 oAless there is to be a very ser- p interruption of the flow of Amer 'ass ,'t9ps t9p to the camps and thence st b" "e seas to France, class 1 ss;ho Ue replenlshed at the earliest ls'Sg Ss,. moment by available men .its 'eleW as v, and above the present age tims VI :. zi to Sl. "There is, literally .as .ne bill which has been introduced pastmss. sass at the request of the war lits ''''e'it at would ike the new age
 ci..u Hs oetween W IS and AS years, These he,ssI 1;n,;ts i, Nearly Diminished.
 ess v hv th tlmlts ere suggested to con- mil;t..s'te .'e War department because I5nitsa I5iitaly ,I Imanpower program of a'su pss'l,, ! States requires that the men ,s shs,' 'uepleted reservoir of class ln 20oe s1'ail noo De replenished by more litsryr rvv'vu! ssv,,; men available for full Pn m iasa,ssansdiss 'as basis of actuarial figures npptat;onaa tts;urance Companies, census office ;n a and the experience o1 has 'bs bssn m thu. the previous registratior pr fred numha,s estlmated that the re. y be "I'aGer haa 70 of men for class I
 draft nsd sa. only by including iag'i ithh l5 l5as and age gel. limits men between r'"3; si pN0o rsso 's to ,, say approximately 1s rsgistrsaantms hsa must IS! be added to tSe iI' list snptio@nss au in order that ' with with 'sI al
 men 'Ss w;,, allowed, .s, at least ":sH a'oool o. AsssuraSn'e1la S'1l remain s in class one' e''0O'
 lsgisIiaatiSae, having .ai, been given vne' tbo, Rsidsati,oInon Twill will receive m immediat, i;i' ts drsfft Preliminary instrustin, sn's %l s, has u,essst executives in the var;o'' arS1u'
 tAat the bxe'0ceeded Set.l on the assumnt s~1rua'
 s have ',y Y. in :. September sro" "'sh
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