Show FLOWER OF oc NATION LISTED FOR DRAFT I I IA 1 THAN T TEN N MILLION YOUNG j A AMERICANS ENROLLED FORWAR FOR IWAR j I WAR SERVICE j i The he Manhood of United States Obeys the Presidents President's Call Registration Being Per Cent Spontaneous and Without Murmur Washington More More than young oung Americans enrolled themselves on June 5 for war service Registration Registration Registration Regis Regis- day with but hut a few weeks of preparation saw sa the first military cennus cen cen- tars nus ever taken In the United Stat States completed without a n single untoward went of cons consequence The manhood of the nation obeyed the he presidents president's s call can and volunteered in nass setting at nau naught ht all the schemes s tad md s. of German sympathizers ind md the few cranks who have agitated against st registration It It r remains but hut buto huto o select the thc men who are to go to the theron ron t. t In some precincts the late comers officials to keep th the tho polls pons open long after th the 9 p. p m. m closing hour jet ct In the regulations General Crowler Crow Crow- Ier ler r authorized them to keep open us as ong as men wished to enroll them- them elves The result will be further to lel lelay y the transmission of returns however Early reports showing a full fun turnout turnout turn turn- out Ut all aU over the country countr indicated that he e estimates of the census bureau as asto asto asto to the number of men within the specified specified specified age limits would be he verified b by bythe bythe the count Wherever partial figures were available a the estimates checked closely A t typical message received was that from Idaho Registration will be per cent cent- i it said sald Spontaneous and without murmur or incident t. t The situation was so clear and the response so read ready that governors of or six forty-six of the thc forty-eight forty states had sent similar assurances assurances' lon long before registration had closed an and l' l the other othel two two were close on their heels A feature of the registration was the refusal of hundreds s of thousands of or men mento mento mento to make an any reply to the thc question Do you claim exemption 1 Even 1 ven men who reported that they had hud dependent families men with obvious physical disabilities and those whose occupations are certain to keep them at home declined to make such a n claim A Ap Apparently Apparently Ap- Ap It- It the they have have entered entered fully Into t the le very ver spirit of the law They are arc content to leave the question of exemption exemption exemption ex ex- emption to the exemption hoards boards Tuesdays Tuesday's s registration included emil only continental United States Alaska and Hawaii will record their fighting men menon menon on dates to be set later Intel and the roll roU rollof rollof of Americans AmerIcans' now Americans now abroad who are besieging besieging be be- consulates all nU around the world for registration cards will mid to to time the great greatt list The rhe state department was called upon for additional cards b by the thousands Few eleventh hour rulings were found necessary The s system devised by General Crowder of Invoking the political machinery of the nation In Inthe inthe inthe the task worked with a smoothness that spoke of p perfect operation co b by state county and municipal officials officIal Only four arrests were officially rep reported reported re re- re- re p ported to the department of justice justice- at Hamilton Ohio Hartford rd Conn Cann Richmond Va und timid at a u small place near St. St Louis |