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Show REGISTRATION IS GOINGSMOOTHLY Expected That Thirteen to Fifteen Million Men Will Be Registered. WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. America's Amer-ica's second great military registration registra-tion proceeded today so smoothly that hardly an echo reached Washington as tho machinery of local boards moved i In every city, town and hamlet in tho country. Hours passed with the few reports reaching the provost marshal general's office telling the same story of long lines or patriotic citizens passing pass-ing through tho registration ofTlccs without a suggestion of disorder anywhere. any-where. It is estimated that beforo 9 o'clock tonight between thirteen and fifteen million men, from IS to 21 and from 32 to 46. will have been registered for service In the army. In preparation for the next step, Instructions In-structions were telegraphod local boards to commence tomorrow to number the cards in serial order and to collect the reports of totals registered regis-tered within their jurisdiction. It is expected that San Francisco, by a chanco arrangement of political divisions, divis-ions, will have districts containing almost al-most 13,000 men each. This means that about 15.000 numbers will have to be used in the next order of service drawing to allow a margin for future registrations of young men reaching their eighteenth year. |