The sun., 1918-09-13
100000 JOIN
NATIONS ARMY
OF CONQUER0RS
Great Enthusiasm Marks
Perfect Working of Vast
Enrolment Machinery.
NOT A JAR ANYWHERE
Gen. Crowder Gets Reports
Indicating Estimates
Will Be Exceeded.
VIEW DEFERMENT RULING
NOn-Priority and NOn-PrOduc-
tive Industries Declared Not
to Be Synonymous.
NEW DEFERMENT RULING
Special Despotch 10 TIE SuN.

Specdf Despotch TO THE SuN.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-Americans to
the number Of nearly 100000 an
swered the call of the nation to-day to
tid in the creation of the unconquer-
able force. force without limit" to use
the Presidents words. which within
the ensuing twelve months will send
Prussianism to its last account.
In every city. town and village. in
every mining and lumber camp, fisl:.
cry, cattle range and farm, from one
end Of the land to the other, Amer.-
cans ranging in age from the beard
less youngsters of IS to the near
granddaddies Of As solemnly registered
their names on the roll of availab,as
for the fnal smashing blow against the
Kaiser. - .f ga.
At the offices Of the Provost Marshal
General. where all. the vast plan of
registering the millions of citizens had
been formed. where the whole scheme
had been shaped and into which run
the wires of manipulation by means Of
which the vast enterprise. the most
gigantic census OF manhood ever gath
cred in a single day. there was no more
excitement than II the whole limit OF
the programme was the conduct OF
primary election for sheriff in Americas
smallest county.
Not . Jar In the Mechanism.
Excitement. there Vas none. The
mechanism did not rattle; the bearings
did not squeak. 1t was as though under
the guiding hand of f:Major-Gen. Crowder
he whole system fabricated to nicely
had. been running on for months.
Even before the amendment to the
selec.ive draft law under which men
between the ages of Is and 81. and be-
tween IL and as were ordered to reg
.ster the Provost Marshal Generals Of
fee had been prepared for to-days
stirring event. The organization usec
N the great first draft Of June 3, 1917
was employed throughout the nation
the election machinery and the educa-
tlcnal system furnishing the ciericai
force and the locations for the thou
"a nds Of draft ofiices.
Only meagre reports OF the results
through the country were received at the
Office of the Provost Marshai 1enerai W.
night. These are being collated state
BY State They will appear when the
s,al -e,urns have been sent to the
D.. >,..,a, c.nerars Office within
''''St 1"a' 80. a.y.
'"e ensuing 'hree VI 80 60 crovdsr
WORD was rece'eu ny a..
by telephone from new 'ork 'ha' 'ie
resistration in the metropolis was run
ming heavier than anticipated. This, It
was said bowever. was natural. The
ns,,u,a. ., 4. .,nected will be ex-
rio, centres of
.eeoed III .he sIea. 49,. So-,h,.s,
me East the Nor,h anu une ,',,o,, Lii
IL Is Is thought una. a.,nn -, ths
Ne discovered In the se''ons iad',
south and west where .he c'vps -.
nave been harvested ano ,ne a.,s na Th q
returned to the centres Oh nuus -, he
net result, however 10 eNpe''u
'he same.
v.-,. croun,r~.
""ec' VI
Gen. Crowder took occasion to ex-
plain to-day for the benefit OF men en-
gagged in the so-called "non-productiVe''
Industries certain misapprehensions as