Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07
100000 MEN FIT
FOR WAR IN new BILL
Young Men Will Register as Fast
as They Come of Age; to
Pass This Month.

Washington, ID. c., Aug Tn his
letter relative to the new man-power
measure now before both branches Of
Congress To Secretary Baker, General
Crowder announced that weekly registra-
tions of men becoming twenty-onc years
of age must be held during September and
until the new law goes into effect If
the quota for September is TO be OBJ
tanned from Class j.
/ The first of the registration days will
be September 5, he announced On
that day all young men who have reached
the age of twenty-one years since the last
registration day, June 5, 1918, must
register, according TO General Crowder's
plan. During the remainder of the month
and perhaps for longer period, General
Crowder said, other registrations of men
becoming twenty-one years Of age will be
held each Monday.
WONT WAIT ron ORDER NUMBERS
Those young men will fill out their
ouestionnaireH and be classified imme-
diately after they have registered, said
General Crowder, and those placed in
, Class | will be sent to camp almost Mt
once, without waiting to be assigned
order numbers.
The need for Glass | men during
September is SO great, he said, IT will
be necessary 20 register all men as last
ms they become twenty-one years of
age and Immediately send to the canton
ments all who are not entitled to deferred
classification, if there is to be no inter
ruption in the military program
ONLY 100000 LEFT IN CLASS A.
General Crowder informed Secretary
Baker there would be fewer than l0O,-
900 men in Glass / on September TO
fill the quota of 200. .OO0 that has been
decided upon for that month. That
number Includes those who registered
on June 3 of this year, he said. The
weekly registrations will make 10000
men available for military service, he
estimates. giving the War Department
the September needs, through the adj
dition Of men by reclassfcation.
The new age limits will make 2,39S.
Sf5 Glass men available for service
General Crowdcr estimates OF that
number only col ,236 Glass / men will
be between the nges of thirty-two and
forty-fve and ,797 zoo will be between
eighteen and twenty General Crow
der estimates l3, 3,20O,6A4 additional men
will register under the proposed new
law, Hoops. .a73 between the ages Of
thirty-two and forty-fve and B, III 671
between eighteen and twenty years Of
age. The total number of registered
men in the United States after the new
law goes into effect he estimates at ap-
230O0.000
MUST RE PASSED IN AUGUST.
That will provide an ample reservoir
from which to meet the military needs
of the United States, he SAID but he
declared the new bill must be passed
by Congress before the end OF August,
if the new registrants are to be avail
able in time 10 prevent an Interrupt
ton in the military program or prevent
going into deferred classifcations TO
obtain tho quotas for October, November
and December.
The new British-Canadian draft treaty |
cannot go into effect until October, and |
will give only $4,000 men, drop in the |
bucket" said General Crovder The |
additions through reclassifcation of pres |
ant registrants also Will DC small he said. |
General Crowder, in urging the inn |
mediate passage of the new msn-power |
bill, suggested that at the latest the |
House pass the measure in the week |
0f August 10 when that body recon |
rcncs, and that the Senate pass II in |
he week OF August 26, when that branch |
If Congress is scheduled to reconvene.