Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-13
MILLIONS ADDED
TO MAN-POWER
OF THE NATION
Registration Throughout America
Went Off With Patriotic En-
thusiasm Amid Celebration
MARYLAND GIVES OVER
QUARTER OF A MILLION
Anne Arundel Contributes About
1000 And Annapolis Falls
Short Of 1000

Thirteen million enthusiastically
loyal and patriotic Americans, 150,-
600 of which were Marylanders, in
cluding approximately 1000 Anne
Arundel Countians. were registered
throughout the length and breadth
of this great land yesterday for such
service as their Uncle Samuel may
require of them in the fight against
the Hun and his unspeakable allies.
Annapolis contributed a little short
of $50 TO the draft. the exact total
being 937 This was divided as fol-
lows: First ward, 2O5; second ward,
2S6; third ward. .249; fourth ward,
247. In the territory Immediately
adjacent to Annapolis the men reg
istered totalled 4S1, of these 2S7 were
registered at PASSPORT and 244 at
Germantown.
The exact total for, the county will
not be known until some time this
afternoon by which time the returns
from the fourteen rural precincts of
Anne Arundel will, il is hoped, have
been filed with Chairman ~ II. Green
of the Local Draft Board Based up
on the percentage of the precincts
already accounted for however, the
total is estimated to be between $500
and 1000.
AS had been expected the taking
into account the much greater num-
Der of years to be covered, the older
men-that is, those from 80 to 45-
outnumbered the youngsters nearly
5 to L.
AS the manhood OF the country from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the Gulf 10 Canada were moving in
every city, town and hamlet over the
country to add their names to the
roll fthe 100000 who had reg
istered before, the nations fighting
army overseas was hurling itself
against the enemy in the first dis
tinctly American offensive operation
where marked the registration. Long
on the western front
Demonstrations of patriotism every
before the appointed time for the
registrars to begin their work, lines
of citizens were waiting to enroll All
day and until we'll into the night men
passed through the registration places
and Provost Marshal-General Crow
der is confident that when the returns
are in they will show that there were
few who sought to evade their duty.
In all the reports of the progression
of the registration received during
the day at the Provost Marshal-Gen-
erals Office there was no suggestion
of any disorder And none had been
expected, for officials had been con-
fdent that deeds of the fighting men
overseas had stirred the nation TO
the highest pitch of patriotism and
determination.
With registration day now history,
the next move of the draft machinery
will be in the numbering serially of
the registration cards Until that
work is completed by the local boards,
the drawing of the order numbers
which will determine in a measure
the relative standing of the regis
trants cannot be held
In the meantime, however, ques-
tionaires will go forward to men be-
tween 10 and 21 and 80 and 36, so that
they may be classified, and some. OF
them thus made ready for call in Oc-
tober after the national drawing is
held
Complete reports from the regis
tration today are not expected by
Provost Marshal-General Crowder bes
fore Saturday. These will show the
total number Of men registered as
well as the proportion of this number
to the estimate in each district and
may form the basis for activity by
the Department of Justice in round
ing up those who have evaded the
law.
In this connection, officials today
again called the attention of regis
trants to the fact that the law re-
quires that they carry their registra-
tion cards with them at all times so
that upon demand of an authorized
police official they can produce it.