The Washington herald., 1918-08-04
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from the IS to IS class without going
into those classes.
In setting Is to IS as the ages Tor
the draft. the government VIII De
only following policy that began
almost with the Revolution.
INV understanding OF the number
Of men who will be affected by the
new draft Is that 1t viii be sufficient
to provide an !. army Of at least
I. 900 900 or 100000 in France and keep
up the training of as many more at
home. This can not be done unless
we change the draft ages In the man
ner suggested"
The number Of men affected by the
new draft will be approximately 16,-
1900. according to an estimate by
War Department officials.
The estimate made by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder in his annual
report to Secretary of War Baker
puts the figures at 1910, ,312. The IS to
20 men, according to his reckoning.
will number 3Os7. .Os3 and those from
81 to Is. lO.Sss.2Is.
% Per Cent Nonmarried.
Ninety-six per cent OF the Is to %
men are unmarried.
~Seventy-seven per cent of the men
in the 81 to Is classes are married.
Other estimates by Gen. Crowder,
tending to show the number Of men
who would be available as follows:
/. He fixes 3,525. az as the number Of
single men in the 31-45 class. out Of
which 3s.n per cent, or 1855. .3ss, would
be fit material for the army.
The single males in the 1890 class
aggregat 2,sS3. .5s1, out Of which 1.1s7. .947
are listed as acceptables. The percent
age of acceptables is also 39.n per
cent. based on the first draft. There
is little doubt. however. there would
other.
CrowdeF In Ready.
Within ten days after the passage
of the new draft legislation by Con-
gress the Provost Marshal Generals
office will be ready for Registration
day"
The machinery Is ready. It con-
sists of the $500 local boards
throughout the country, composed
of experienced members, and the
offeial guidance that would be
forthcoming from Gen. Crowder and
his aides.
The task. however. will be a
monumental one. 1t will take twice
the effort and amount of labor that
was needed to make the FIRST draft
a success. according to an officer in
Gen. Crowder's ONCE.
The first draft used 10000. 900
paper forms. including registration
cards, instructive booklets to local
boards. the millions of question
naires and other cards and classifi-
cation indexes. The next draft
should Congress approve the IS to
As age limits-is expected to take
approximately 35o.0o0,o0o paper
FORMS
This means the government print
ing presses-the largest in the
world-will have the largest print
ing job the world has ever seen.
Each QUESTIONABLE has sixteen
pages and is. in reality. a small
book. Trainload after trainload of
paper will have to be shipped into
Washington, and in these days of
rush orders and the shipment Of
munitions. the mere transportation
of the paper becomes a big job.
Another thing that the Provost
Marshal General will have to take
into consideration is the mail serv-
ice. Thousands of letters and or
ders will have to be mailed to local
and district boards. This will also
have to be done scientifically to ex-
pedite speedy delivery.
The real labor, though, will fall