Arizona republican., 1918-08-16
CRe4|QE:3!PLANS FUR REGISTER
 IF 13,000,000
Provost Marshal General
 Estimates This Number Will Be Brought Under New Selective Service Law
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON. Aug. 15. - Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today that plans already have been made for registering the 13,0O0,00O ad- dtional men which he estimates Will be brought under the selective service | law when congress enactS the bill eX- tending the age limits to include men between Is and 45 years From this number, approximately 2,000,000 quali- i fled for full military service are eX- pected to be secured.
 | So urgent is the need for additional manpower, Generol Crowder said, that the draft machinery is being put into shape for the great task ahead without waiting for final action by congress Men of the new draft will be needed by October 1 and to get them registra- ton day will have to be held not later than September 15. If possible Sep tember 5th will be fixed as the day.
 Nearly 25000,00o Enrolled When the 13.000,000 men are enrolled, nearly 25000,000 will have been reg istered since the United States entered the war. There were some 10000,000 enrolled on the first registration day, June 5, 1917. another 60O000 last June }, and several hundred thousand more are expected to be enrolled August A.
 Preliminary steps have been taken by the provost marshal general" said General Crowder's statement, ito pro- vide for the registration of those men who will be affected by the act.
 State headquarters, local boards and other officials in the various states have been advised to hold themselves in readiness to proceed promptly with their work as soon as congress has | tion has fixed the date. af registration
 No Age Limits Yet
 Until the legislation is actually passed, it cannot be stated with exact ness, of course. what the new age lim- it's will be. But, because of the urg- ency of the situation, it is essential that as much of the preparatory work as possible be done at this time in or der that the administration may promptly avail itself of the new law To that end. now, as in the past, the utmost reliance is placed on the Amer ican people to supply the necessary CO., l operation and team work.
 "The situation is urgent because by October 1. class 1. under the age limits of the original act will have been en- , tirely exhausted. Unless there is to De a very serious interruption in the flow of American troops to the camps ani thence across the seas to France, class 1 must be replenished at the earliest possible moment by available men bott below and above the present age limit; of 21 to 31 There is, literally no time to be lost.
 Whom Bill Includes
 "The bill which has been introduced in congress at the request of the wa department would fix the new age linn ! it's at between IS and 45 years. That i ! to say. it would include. in addition t the men within the present limits those between g and 45, inclusiy fourteen annual classes) and thos between IS and 20, inclusive, tthree an nual classes).
 These limits were suggested to con '. gress by the war department. becaus t the military man power program of tn It Continued on Page Five)