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Show .DMT ROSTER orajspiE Registration Returns Show 8 Per Cent More Than Number Expected. , WASHINGTON. Sept.. 13. First returns today to Provost Marshal General Crowder from the second great mobilization yesterday yes-terday of the nation's man-power for the war on Germany indicated that at least 11,000.000 men had been added to the army reservoir. The estimated number of men between 18 and 21 and 32 and 45 yeara was l,00O.000. ! Ten states, widely scattered and the District of Columbia gave substantial details de-tails hy telegraph during the day and on these figures General Crowder announced an-nounced that these states were exceeding exceed-ing their estimated registration by S.5 per cent. The returns will not be made public until they have been checked for possible errors. The states reporting were Ivoulsiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oregon, Ore-gon, Rhode Island. Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin. Registration on August 24 of men who had reached 21 years since June 5, last, added 157,903 men to the nation's manpower man-power enrollment, the provost marshal general announced today. This was just forty-eight less than the advance estimate esti-mate of 158,011. Most of those found available for military service in this group will be on the way to camp during the present month. The August 24 registration included Arizona Ari-zona 3.15, California 2923, Colorado 1356, Idaho 605, Iowa 3737, Montana 830, Nebraska Ne-braska 1959, Nevada 107, New Mexico 4fi5, North Dakota 1177, Oregon 947, South Dakota 1087, Utah 630, Washington 16SS, WVoming 285. Five states reporting today on yesterday's yes-terday's draft registration of men of 18 to 45 showed totals between 6 and 7 per cent greater than the estimate made for them by the provost marshal general's gen-eral's office. Officers of General Crow-dor's Crow-dor's staff said, however, that the 1.1,-000,000 1.1,-000,000 grand total expected would not be overrun to that extent, as the states represented rep-resented probably had abnormal local conditions. con-ditions. The first reports came from Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Oregon and the District of Columbia. The figures probably will not be made public until they have been checked and corrected. HAVANA, Thursday, Sept. 12. Although Al-though no instructions had been received by consular officers covering the registration registra-tion of American citizens resident in Cuba, who come under the provisions of the new draft law, 265 Americans voluntarily volun-tarily called at the American consulate today and had their names inscribed in the records. |