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Show TWO MILLIONS IN CLASS ONE WASHINGTON. April 20 Under the classification of men for selective draft service, Provost Marshal General Gen-eral Crowder has advised the senate military committee, approximately two million will be placed in class one from which it is expected all future calls will be taken. These two million, mil-lion, according to General Crowder, are exclusive of between 500,000 and I.OOO.ftOO more annually, it is estimated, estimat-ed, who will be made subject to military, mili-tary, duty jindcr ,lhe bill now. in con-. cress subjecting to registration youths reaching their majority. From the two million men in class one nearly 20 per cent of the total registration in the country and the additional number secured by new legislation, General Crowder has advised ad-vised senators that it will be improbable improb-able that calls will go outside of the highest class Of youths reaching 21 ears of age, under the new legislation, legisla-tion, it is believed that at least 90 per cent will be placed in class one. Ma |