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Show PRESIDENT -ilGIS THE HS1FT Proclamation Immediately Immedi-ately Issued Calling Upon Men Between 18 and 45 to Register. Youths of 18 to Be Placed in Separate Class; Expected to Be i Under Arms Next Year.; i WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. All men from IS to 45 years old in the continental United States, except those in the army or navy or already registered, were summoned sum-moned by President Wilson today to register reg-ister for military service on Thursday, Jrptember 12. r Machinery of the provost-marsh al-geo-. -.j.; eraJ's office was set in motion to carry ; 'J out the second great enrollment under a -v . presidential proclamation issued soon after ijie president had signed the new man- j pewex act extending the draft ages. The bill, completed in congress yesterday, had been sent to the White House for the president's signature today soon after the house and senate convened. It is estimated that at least 12,77S,75S men will enroll, compared with nearly ten million at the first registration June 5, 1917. Of those it is estimated that 2,-200,000 2,-200,000 will be called for general military service, probably two-thirds of the number num-ber coming from the 3,500,000 or more between be-tween the ages of IS and 21. i WILL BE IN FRANCE BY END OF JUNE. General March has said all registrants called into the army will be in France before next June 30, swelling the American Amer-ican expeditionary force to more than the four million men expected to win the war in 1919. The last to be calied will be the youths in their eighteenth year, but those of that age who desire and who have the necessary qualifications may be inducted into service on October 1, for special tcch- ! nical or vocational training. Registration will be conducted by the local draft boards. All federal, state, ; county and municipal officers are called upon to aid the hoards In. their work, to preserve order and to round up slackers. All registrants will be classified as quickly quick-ly as possible under the questionnaire system, and a drawing will be held at the capitol to fix the order of registrants In their respective classes. The provost-marshal-general's estimate today places the number of men under 21 now in the army at about 24.1,000, and the number of those from 32 to 45 at WORK OR FIGHT" NOT ABANDONED. Although the "work or fight" clause, which would have affected striking workmen, work-men, was taken out of the bill before passage yesterday. Provost Marshal Gen--oral Growder has planned to apply vigorously vigor-ously existing regulations relating to idle A . men or those engaged in non-essential ,i employment to the newly registered, men. ,i After citing the law and stating the ? regulations for registration, the presi- -iy. dent's proclamation reads as follows: fc7 "Fifteen months ago the men of the J country from 21 to 30 years of age were registered. Three months ago, and again ' tiiis month, those who had just reached the age of 21 were added. It now remains to Include all men between the ages of 18 j and 45. j POLICY NOT NEW IN UNITED STATES. "This is not a new policy. A century and a quarter agu it was deliberately ordained or-dained by tlioae who were then responsible responsi-ble for the safety and defense of the r.ation that the duty of military service should rest upon all able-bodied men be-twi be-twi the a?es of 18 and 45. We now Zicpt and fulfill the obligation which S t:iey established, an obligation expressed in our national statutes from that time until now. We solemnly purpose a de- (Conttnued on Page Two.) Mi DRAFT ml (Continued from Pafte One.) c l.tlv vlctorv of urR nn 1 di1Ul""nitf'''V lo dfvol. th l:irir r p.trt if tn nuiil.iry r; : ri-piw r of o1 n-itmn to li.c ncror.i-plhnient ncror.i-plhnient of !h.it pi.r:ov.. "Thn routiner men have fnm thA flrt t,n rt'ly t k"- Tlu-y hav furnished viduntary rnli -1 in.-ni s uut of nil I ropor-tn.n ropor-tn.n lo thrlr numh.TS. Hir military .iu-thorltir.-t r -jH-ird tln-nt as li.Hvinir ilu liith-".t liith-".t combn tatit c)i.i!u h-s. Their youl hf ul .MithwMiuNiii. ilnir vmi" o.iuorinv-t. th.dr Kali:! nt spirit i f l.!rinK- nia'o thorn the ,idrnini'l"n of all who t.. r th-m in action. Th v c.vrt not only t ho disi iuri ion of f-rrvlnic In Ihls Kr-.it war, hut also the hir-pnmir ni.Mivri'vs w hli h hnn.lrrds of th'MlandM of thrm will rhorlsh thnmch Ihn yr.L r.- tn on inn. of a KT-.U ditv un.i h j:r. u scrvnu for thrlr country nmi for maiiUlnd. Open la Older Men. "Py thn in-n of thn old.T cmup now failed upon, Ihn opportunity now open to thrm will hn a.-rnpt.-d with tho calm rnso-liKmn rnso-liKmn of (li.'s who maitr. to tho full thn ihrp and s.d.'Miu i ' t; n i l'. a lu-n of what thrv do. 11 iviiiK- mailc a pia.v fnr thnni-soIvm thnni-soIvm in t hnr rcr-prd ivtj eoininunit ies ; havlnu asMUinrd at homo tlio traor ro-;,poiw ro-;,poiw -ddlit it of l:fo hi many spheres. looKim-r b.o k upon lionoraldo records in civil and industrial life, they will rrali;'. as prrhapH u- others could, lmw entirely their own fortunes and the fortunes of all whom lin y h o nm put :it .MaKo In this war fr rit;h' . nnd will Know that thn very r rd they ha n made render 1 Mm in-w duly the comma inline duty of their live They Unow how surely this ( thn imlion'M war. how impniat i ely it demanda the niohiMatlon and iuiinsiur oi all our resoiiK-es of every Kind. They will repaid this call na thn supreme call of their day, and will answer II :ccord:uKl IW;my Will c Kxenipl. " nly a portion of those who register will he called upon to hear arms. Thoe Mho are not physically fit. will t-e '-cuaed '-cuaed ; I huso e eiupt ed hy alien allegiance; alle-giance; tho:-o who Mhotlhl Ind hn re- ed of t lielr pi esenl t espomdht h 1 1 es ; ahoo nil. those who cannot hn spared from Iho civil nnd industrial tashs at homo, upnn which the purees? cf cur army depends as much as upon the f:.cht-ins f:.cht-ins "at the frt-ini. But all must rrC-?-terod in order that tho se'.ection f- r ir.r.1-tarv ir.r.1-tarv etTvico mav be made ir.tcir.cTU.y and with full ir.fnrrnatin. This will te our final d-in'Uistration of loya.ty- I'0 mocracy a: d tho v.-id i-- win. our !o:v.n n-.tice to all the world that we stand a-solutelv a-solutelv tocether in a ccnur.on ri.a,uutin and purpose. It is the rail to duty to which every truo i:..m in the rou::ry will respvi-.d with pride stu! w.Th ih.e C"n-.; C"n-.; lousne.-s that m do-.r.c so ho piay part m ir.dicat ion of a trrt-it ciu-e. at whose summons t very true h-. art offers its supreme service. " |
