The sun., 1918-08-22
HOUSE SET TO PASS
DRAFT BILL TO-DAY
Special Rule Gives Right Of
Way to Measure in Rush
Programme.
CIVIL WAR RECORDS HELP
Lunn Amendment Allows Sc
1ected Men to Pursue Edu-
catiOnal Courses.
Snfcinl D1snnfch 10 The SrN

WASHINGTON. Aug 21.-The Admins
tration man power bill extending the
draft ages to IS to 45 years to-day was
ordered reported to the House by the
Military Committee and the way was
prepared for putting it through the
lower chamber before adjournment to-
morrow Chairman Dent filed with the
bill a report practically the same Is that
which Senator Chamberlain submitted
with the bill when he reported it in the
Senate. 1t consisted OF Gen. Crowder's
letter showing the number of registrants
expected in detail and a letter from the
law library of Congress showing the
average ages OF the men who fought in
The civil war.
Representative Mckenzie (Ill), a Re-
publican. had planned to offer an amend
ment In the committee to-day designed
TO reclassfy all men between the age
limits of the extended draft, including
those now included In the draft. How
ever. he did not do this, and is not en-
pected to offer the amendment to-mor-
row.
All Obstacles Removed.
Representative Lunn On. " offered
an amendment. which was adopted. pro-
NlulnB authority Tor ne secretary or
War to send men who are drafted to coll
leges and the technical schools without
changing thei- status. The Dent amend
ment making Il poss BILE for boys under
Fl years of age to lo;J commissions like
wise was adopted by the committee.
In order to make certain that there
could be no possible interference with
the man power bill a special rule was
adopted giving it right OF way over
everything, even the revenue bill
As the bill was reported to the House
1t carried the specification that men 80
to As years old inclusive. must be called
into the service before the Class men
below 81 are called.
The Senate Is scheduled to take up the
bill tomorrow, but the prospects of its
passing there tomorrow are not as bright
as In the House. The anti-strike amend
ment Is included in the Senate bill. and
a fight over II is regarded as certain.
1t Is believed that the Administration
will oppose 1t. although the attitude OF
the Secretary of War Is still an enigma.
The increase in the draft limit ages
will call for the registration Of 13.222.-
S13 men, according to official compila-
lions. This Is the gross total OF those
who have passed their eighteenth birth
days and will not have arrived at the
forty-sixth milestone before the day
when all will he called upon to register.
OF this vast group. practically IL per
cent. of the total population of the con-
t!nental United States. there will be
found 3,102137 men In the classes be-
low the age OF 81 years. OF this num-
Der the figures indicate that only 1854
will be married men.
Class in Ffrst Call.
The class. however. which probably
Will be called to the colors first is com
prised OF the men between the ages OF
81 and 36 inclusive. or the men OF
these years there are expected as reg
istrants 4.0S6,2l4. and out of this num-
Der the married men will amount TO
5.025.06o.
The class ranging in age from So to
45 inclusive will contain n total registra-
ton of 6.074452. and of the number
4,S0231l will be married men.
in other words the estimated totals
oi the three grand divisions of the por-
ton of the male population to be reg
istered are as follows: