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Show MIU1 AREJO HE(itSTER (Inter Intitule. All .Mnlp Person HltbiT Cltltrn Or Allen.. Intimate by Major (Icncnil Crow iter, jirovost mnrshnl general, Indicate that probably three-quarter of a mil lion men will bo obtained for tho army by registration on June flh of nil )ouths,who havn become 31 year old slncu June Clh, last. Fully a million youth, according to Oencral Crow-dor's Crow-dor's climate, will be registered. At least one-fourth of them, he think, will be exempted on vnrlous ground. A statement by Kecretary linker, giving giv-ing the estimate, and outlining plan for the illuft, given out last Tuesday, reads; "Probably thne-nunrtcr of n mil-lion mil-lion men will bo added tu tho American Ameri-can nrm in the making by tho registration regis-tration on June tth, next, of hoy who havo reai lied tho age of 31 since Juno S, 1917. or who will be 31 )earx on or before June C, It IS. TJil estimate I made h Provost Marshal (Icntrnl Crow dt r. who will dlrett the rvglstra tloo. "(lemiitl t'rowder'a stlm.tte was based on thn fait that almost ten million mil-lion men ngistered last )uir Thl number included nil In tween 31 unit J I )iu Hlatlstlc col let Hit b) (lull-eral (lull-eral CmwilerV officer show that u little mod- tliuu 10 pi r cent of tlusv men were 31 year old. On Hint IhisI it I estimated b) it rut I offlilnl work-lug work-lug llinli r (leiiernl Crowder tlmt thl ) ear's r gistnitlon will umd on million or this numlxr (Iincriil Crowder intimates, Ihtie-ipi.irti r or about .' en Iniliilrisl and rift) thou-iintl thou-iintl mni. will le available ror mill ary mh he. Thl maki propii nl-lowame nl-lowame fur physical defeil. i xemp lion bet it 1 1 so of deiemlenls uml other bar to military strvlce "I'm'er President Wilson h proitn nation all nml- HrUN. ililxeti ir klleii. must reglsti-r Tin t nl pi r Mitv exiepliil iu ofilter and enlisted enlist-ed men of the ivgolur arm), navy and marine eorw and the national guard and national militia, while in fcdiral service, and otflcer of the offlct rt' reservt cor and enlisted men In the enlisted reserve corp. while In active service. ' (lent nil Crowder plau to have the IimiiI bourd keep their office open for reglntrntlou pliriMw between 7 o'lloek of tho morning uml V n't link of the ivenlng on June lib lit tween those hum nil oiiug men who were horn between June S, I hUC. and Juno (.. IXH7, must reglstir These men me subject to Hie provision of the svlei live service act under wbltli the first leglslratlou vtu held' |
