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Show iiili liiL ' II MED 00! Classification Will Take 60 Days, According to Crow-der's Crow-der's Estimate. WASHINGTON', Dec. K'. Inability oT many recruiting offices to care for the rush of men to join the regular army before the new draft regulations became effective todav was reflected in recruiting recruit-ing ft cures for yesterday. The day's , total was onlv 9104, as compared with 14.2:?1 Thursday, when the recruiting sys- : tem broke down. ! Friday's figures, with three states Arizona'. New Hampshire and South Carolina missing, swelled the December enlistments to 70,-HJti men. not taking; into account those accepted today up to noon, when enlistment in the regular army was prohibited to men of draft age under the new rules. Volunteers to the regular army since the declaration of war in April now number num-ber 337,-47. exceeding by lo3,349 the number num-ber called for by President Wilson to bring the regulars to war strength. Ten j states failed to supply their quotas. They were Alabama. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin. .... The thousands of men who volunteered in the last few days and were rejected because of the breaking down of the re-cm re-cm ii in it system will be accepted, Secretary Secre-tary Baker today having ordered that all qualified applicants who presented themselves before noon today be accepLed. even though their examination and other details could not be completed until later. With the putting into effect of the new drafi regulations today, the first ."i per ent of the questionnaires was mailed to draft men. At the same time. Provost Marshal General Crowder announce! an-nounce! that the huge ta.sk of classifying! i he nine million men of draft age un- j questionably would be finished within1 sixty days. ! There will he no further call of the : draft men until the classifications are , completed. |