The Washington herald., 1918-08-06
IS TO 45 BILL,
INTRODUCED,
T0BEPRESSED
Military Service Extension
Measure May Shorten
Congress Recess.

The War Departments new man
power bill. to call into the military
service Of the nation all men between
the ages Of Is and Is. was introduced
! in both houses Of Congress yesterday.
! Senator Chamberlain and Representa-
! tive Dent. respectively, chairmsn Of
! the Senate and House Committees on
| Military Affairs. presented the draft
| OF the bill as soon as the Houses were
called to order. and the bill went 10
the committees of which they are
chairmen.
Early action on the bill is looked Tor
\ in each House. Senator Chamberlain
has called his committee 20 meet this
morning to give the first hearing to
| the measure. It Is not believed the
committee will take much time to con-
, slider it.
May shorten Recess.
In presenting the bill in the Sen
ate. Senator Chamberlain said that
| he would not be unwilling to have
the recess terminated this week so
that the Senate could be called back
earlier than the date set for the re-
sumption Of its regular sessions. The
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the urgent nature of the measure
may induce the leaders to decide to
have the regular sessions resumed
| next week, So that the bill may be
put on the way to prompt passage.
The situation in the House is not
so favorable for early action on the
| bill, as most of the members of the
Military Affairs Committee are out
1 80 nNA n
yesterday he did not believe II would
be possible to obtain q quorum of
the committee before the end of
| next week. .=..-.
Estimates submitted to Senator
Chamberlain by Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder show that the total num-
ber Of fighting men added to the
American forces by the new bill will
be slightly less than 100000. This,
| with the more than 100000 now in
| training or under arms, raises the
maximum fighting strength of the
United states army to more than $780,
900 men. -,
Gen. Crowder's Figures"
General Crowder's figures are as
| follows:
Between the ages of 81 and Is there
will be q maximum. Of 10,02S,973 males
of whom 7.734.4s2 are married and
with other dependents Deductions
for these in the deferred classes for
industrial and agricultural pursuits
will amount to 01,15s; other defer
ments, 5o1, as; leaving a total Of men
who can safely be counted upon OF
1881 .SS4. From this, deductions for
alien enemies. enlistments, physical
detectives and workers for the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation, will reduce
the aggregate to sol, ,2ss fighting men
Of these ages.
"Of the registrants between IS and
20. 1t is estimated there will be 3,171,-
sn, of whom 272,3l5 are married With
dependents, leaving a total Of 2,s9e.-
! 81; deduction from these Of the num-
Der of aliens, detectives. and workers
for the Fleet Corporation. leaves 1.7s7.-
609 fighting men Of these ages"
The total number Of all ages under
the new bill would thus be s,sss,st5.
Gen. Crowder recently told the Mill
tary Affairs Committee that by the
first Of this month the total number
of men in service under the present
law would be 100000, and that 5000
would be added by the draft up to
next January. This Would make the
grand total Of men under arms by the
end Of the year 6,263, ,S45.
Important provisions In the bill.
| aside from increasing the draft ages.
are that the President win be au-
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