Evening star., 1918-08-25
57321-yEAR-0LDS
REGISTER IN D. c.
0ut-of- Town Men Employed
Here Included in Yester.
days Signing Up.
SETS MARK FOR NATION

Efforts Of local draft officials to in
duce out-of-town registrants who live
and work in the National Capital to
register hero bore fruit yesterday.
when s73 men who had attained the
age of twenty-one years since juno
5 last registered for military service.
Estimates SGT by Provost Marshal
General Crowder Tor the. District
called for the registration OF but 655
twenty ty-one-ysar-olds. The 573 mark
attained by tho eleven local boards
Of the city by closing time. 0 o'clock
last night. will be swelled tomorrow.
when orthodox Hebrews and others
who make Saturday their Sabbath
are required to register.
Mark for Rest Of Nation.
When full registration returns are
all In by tomorrow, night 1t Is ex-
pected the District will have gone
over the 600 mark. II the nation at
large did rs wefl In registering its
new twenty-one-year-old man-power.
local draft ofdcials said last night.
the national estimate Of 100000 will
be greatly exceeded.
Success Of the plan to secure the
registration here Of all out-of-town
men. so-called, who actually live and
with the good showing made by the
District in registering its young men.
local officials believe. The merits of
registering here IL one lives and has
his daily work here are SO manifest.
once they are realized. that officials
the advantages of the plan.
Figures From Boards.
boards at closing time last night
showed that the boards registered
men as follows:
Board No. 1. 81; 2. ST: ,. SO: 4. SIS; S.
50; 6. 55; T., %: 8, rs; .. 20; 10. IS; IL.
81. Total, 573.
from z o'clock AIN. to 9 o'clock PM,
to accommodate members of orthodox
Hebrew congregations and others who
did net register yesterday.
No time was lost with the newest
registrants. ouestionnaires were
signed up" One board had assist
ants who helped registrants to fill
out the documents, and in this man.
ner secured fifteen completed papers
before the day was over. Registrants
are given seven days in which to fill
-
them to the local board. but may fill
them In and. return them any time
prior to the seventh day. Of course.
Assigning Order Numbers.
No national drawing will be held to
assign order numbers to the new
registrants. In the District the regis
tration cards of each board will be
taken to Maj. D. J. Donovan, director
~
them from hat one by one. assign
ing to each card as drawn the order
number next following the last num-
ber given to that local board at the
June registration. This procedure
will be followed for each OF the
This registration marks the passing
of registrations confined strictly 70
dHg 8inr4s the nav
man power bill eliminates this dis
ttpction. IT, :, ~. .-,.= y. ss,.-, :, =. a. ~
- Call for Service. s. :
Provost Marshal General crowder an.
September calls for selective service
men. These call for 1s6,773 men to
entrain for cantonments between
August 80 and September 6.
AS announced In The Star carly last
week. the District of Columbia 10
asked IOr CUU Wnlte FcSlStTdutS. Qudi-
ified for general military service. to
be sent to Camp Lee. Petersburg. Va.
between September and s. and for
100 white registrants. qualthed for
limited military service, to be en-
trained for Camp Humphreys. Va.
some time during the same period.
The national calls are divided as
follows: 125.000 white men, qualified
for general military service. to be
sent to camps September 3 to 6:
2l.270 colored registrants. qualified
for general military service. to be
entrained September 1: 10000 limited
service white reEistrants to be sent
to camps September to s. and three
photographers, limited service men, to
be detailed to Fort Myer. Va. from
New Mexico.