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Show WERE FEW DRAFT EVADERS. Less Than One Per Cent of Amerl cans Registered Evaded Service. Washington. The war department disclosed on August 1. that only 17.1, Oil of the IM.tMKD.OOO American citizens who registered under the selective draft for military service during the world war could be classified as wilful deserters. This Is less than 1 percent. This announcement was made together to-gether with the publication of' a plan to make public the names of these 17.1.011 men with a view to their apprehension. ap-prehension. To apprehend them the war department asks the cooperation of various stale ami local officials, patriotic pa-triotic societies and other agencies, Including In-cluding the department of Justice. |