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Show ; FIRST DRAFT II GIG : TO ififfi SEPT. 1 Response for Register-J Register-J ing -Tomorrow Expect-V, Expect-V, ed to Be Ungrudging; 10,000,000 to Answer By AiNoiiU Press. WASHINGTON, Jtm 4. ' 1 Plan of Um war department to draft from 900,000 to 1,500,-000 1,500,-000 men of the 10,000,000 who it is estimated will register tomorrow to-morrow for the new army were disclosed today by Provost Mar- thai General Crowder to the senate sen-ate military affairs. Exemp-t Exemp-t tioos, be said, probably would result in reducing the number to 825,000 men for immediate service. , By Carl D. Croat United PrM Stsff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, June 4. America tomorrow . will register her youth of serviceable age for fighting. From lowly hamlet to crowded city, men between be-tween 21 and 10, Inclusive, mint present pre-sent themselves and answer the nation'. na-tion'. Inquiries. That the rwponM will t be ungrudging, except for comparatively compara-tively few slarkere, la the belief of au-thorlllea au-thorlllea here. More Ihnn 10.000.000 men sre ei-tw ei-tw pected when tha totala are tabulated Vln the office of Provoat Marshal General Gen-eral Crowder. Each precinct will hasten Its full re- ports to his office snd It is expected than In lees than a week he will have all of these ready for analysis. By that time the government will have formed its plana for exemptions. In general, men of the government service, Ihoae In certnln vital prodnc-tlve prodnc-tlve lines, such ss munitions making, and aa far aa possible those with dependent de-pendent families, will be freed from actual fighting duty on the first call. The first calj to arma will come 4 about Septemler 1 under present plans, while a call for a aecond 600,000 will likely come about November or Ie-rember. Ie-rember. Already plana for training officers offi-cers to handle this aecond increment t are under way. Federal agenta today did their eleventh elev-enth hour roundup of antiregistratlon plotters. Reports to the department of Justice continued optimistic however, that the antiregistratlon propagandists ' will be small tomorrow and that riotous demonstrations are likely to be few and far between. Police of every city will be on duty In full fores to prevent them, and If neceaaary. to help In roundlnr up the quitters. In the latter task they will have the aid of tolunteer patriotic organisations. |
