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Show M1LU0H YOUTHS TO REGISTER HE 5 YOUNG MEN WHO ATTAINED TWENTY-ONE SINCE JUNE 5 LAST TO BE CALLED. Probably Three-Quarters of a Million Men Will Be Added to the American Army in the Making by the Registration, Regis-tration, Estimates Gen. Crowder. Washington. Estimates by Major General Crowder, provost marshal general, gen-eral, indicate that probably three-quarters of a million men will be obtained for the army by the registration on June 5 of all youths who have attained 21 years of age since June 5 last. Fully a million youths, according to General Crowder's estimate, will be registered. At least one-fourth of them, he thinks, will be exempted on various grounds. A statement by Secretary Baker, giving the estimate and outlining plans for the draft, given out on May 21, reads : "Probably three-quarters of a million mil-lion men will be added to the American Ameri-can army in the making, by the registration on June 5 next of boys who have reached the age of 21 since June 5, 1917, or who will be 21 on or before June 5, 191S. This estimate was made today by Provost Marshal General K. H. Crowder, who will direct the registration. 10 Per Cent 21. General Crowder's estimate was based on the fact that almost ten million men registered last year. This number included all between 21 and 31. Statistics collected by General Gen-eral Crowder's officers show that a little more than 10 per cent of these men were 21 years old. On that basis it is estimated by draft officials offi-cials working under General Crowder Crow-der that 'this year's registration will exceed 1,000,000. "Of this number, General Crowder estimates three-quarters, or about 750,000 men, will be available for military mili-tary service. This makes proper allowances al-lowances for physical defects, . exemptions exemp-tions because of dependents and other bars to military service. "Under President Wilson's proclamation, procla-mation, all male persons, citizens or aliens, must register. The only persons per-sons excepted are officers and on-listen on-listen men of the regular army, navy and marine corps and the national guard and naval militia while in federal fed-eral service, and officers of the officers' offi-cers' reserve corps while in active service. ser-vice. "General Crowder plans to have the local boards keep their offices open for registration purposes between 7 a. m. and 9 p. in., on Juno 5. Between Be-tween those hours all young men who were born between June 5, 1S90, and June 7, 1897, must register. These men are subject to the provisions of the selective service act under which the first registration was held." |