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Show THE MACHINERY OF THE DRAFT I When the United States f irst got into the war, Qermany saw all the difficulties iwe would meet. It had taken them forty years to build up their war machine. It did not seem possible that any ready made organization could accomplish anything within the limited time. For one thing, said the Germans, you have no lists of men available for military service. ser-vice. It will take a long time just to get this list in shape. .1 They must have been surprised when, hardly more than two months after war 'was .declared, we had created a list of nearly 10,000,000 men who could, be drafted. They would ..have been even jmore surprised, could they havei looked ahead to this first week in September of 1918, to see 13,000,000 more men registered reg-istered without the least friction; objection objec-tion or disturbance.. - , c The creation of this machinery, looked ( like a formidable task. Yet our people are trained in the proceeding of self government. gov-ernment. In every township there are those familiar with public affairs, whd were ready at once to take holdof this, new task and, create the system of registering reg-istering our men. It was anticipated at the time' of the 1 first registration that it would be exceed ingly difficult to round up ignorant people. peo-ple. There have been a few slackers everywhere who imagined they could escape. es-cape. They have found that this is hopeless. hope-less. , , 3 "There wilLjXot b any large number who wiU try to dodge ttissdraft Would be slackers haye learned that the government'! govern-ment'! net takes everyone in. It.vill save trouble forall concerned, if everyone will promptly walk up to the registration Doardrr.Theee who intentionally, seek, to dodge will find no public sympathy, and must look for severe treatment. " b b Ml |