The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-12
OBLIGATION UPON THE
 INDIVIDUAL CLEAR CUT
Boards Have Been Instructed to Send Out Immediately ouestionnaires to
 All Those Whose Ages Are Above 19 and Below 37 on September I2,

Washington, Sept 11,--On the eve of the great muster of the nations manhood for the war, Provost Mar shal General Crowder summed up the situation in brief sentence ad- dressed to the 13,OOGO0O men be- tween IS and 45 years who will reg ister tomorrow:
 ''The registrars are at their posts awaiting you"
 General Crowder has asked that registration day be observed general ly as a holiday and that flags fly and bands play in tribute to the men who will enroll for the reservoir from which will come the man power for the final drive against the German armies. His last word to prospec- tive registrants was:
 Upon every man between the ages of IS and 45 years, both inclusive, not heretofore registered, or not all ready in active military and naval service, rests the obligation to regis ter Thursday.
 sThrough this registeration 1t is proposed to enroll the names of ap- proximately 13,00O,OOO men not sub ject heretofore 10 the draft.
 "This task completed America will have census of it's available man. power With this enrolment and the regulations of June ,. 1917; June ,, 1918, and August 24, 1918, we shall have placed in this reservoir the names of approximately 23, ,400,00O From those we select, choosing for the army those best suited physical ly and by circumstances for the field of battle. and classifying those re- naming in accordance with the ex- tent where their energies are need ed for the support of the nation at, home and the maintanance of the military establishment.
 "The obligation resting upon the individual this day is clear cut and and the honor of GET man power furnish the main reliance of the na ton at this hour Patriots will not fail to respond. Slackers must re- spond. For those who would evade their obligation the law provides punishment, swift and certain. A years Imprisonment faces the man who eyades, and no man can buy his escape from this penalty through payment of a fine"
 Word came to the provost marshal generals office today from every state and from every one of the local draft boards and registration dis tricts that preparation for the regis tration have been completed Every where the number of registrars have been increased and go thorough have been the preliminary arrangements that General Crowder believes that the total number of men enrolled can be reported to his office by Saturdey night. Certain of complete and in- stant response tomorrow. officials charged with the draft execution have gone forward with the work of mobilization. While the lottery draw ing that determines in some measure the order of entering service will net come for at least three weeks. boards have been ordered to start at once numbering serially all the cards that will be filled out before the registrars tomorrow and thereafter to send out questionnaires to all whose ages are above l9 and below 37 years on Sep 12, From their classification to be started at once will be filled the Oc- tober draft calls. Another recogni- ton of the added importance which the classification decisions involve since the draft ages have been ex- tended to include the older men was given Chairman Baruch of the war