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Show oo MEN 21 ARE TO ENTER THE ARMY WASHINGTON. April 25 Drafting of men who have become 21 since last June 5 was approved this afternoon I by the house Under an amendment by Representative Hull of Iowa they1 will be put at the foot of the list, in1 their classes, and called onlv when' available men under last year's reg- ! Istration have been taken into the service. This and another provision which does away with military exemption for divinity students, will necessitate a conference with the senate Chairman Dent of the military com-mittee com-mittee announced that the war department de-partment will order the registration ofj ihe men eligible by this bill June 5,1 the anniversary' of the first enrollment. All men who have reached 21 by that date must register; they wiil be classed, after answering question naires. on exactly the same terms as men enrolled a year ago. l'nder an agreement proposed amendments to register men from 21 to 41 were postponed, to prevent complicating com-plicating and dclaing the principal j measure. If such men are registered, however, how-ever, it will be June 5 also Representative Hull won his fight to put the 1018 class of young men at the foot of the list after reading a statement that the war department neither favored nor opposed the amendment The vote favoring the amendment was 119 to 81. Divinity students lose their exemption, exemp-tion, military committee members said because there has been abnormal increase in-crease in the number of pious young men the last year. Under President ilson's recent regulations these men will be used in non-combatant divisions. divi-sions. Final action on the bill was unanimous. |