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Show MEN REACHING 21 SINCE JUNE 5 TO REGISTER PUOVOST MAI! 1IAI, ( KVE.AL CROWIMOK NAMES AUG. 21 DAY TO C.I VE IX NAMES. Washington, Aug. 14. neKjtrn. Hon on Saturday, August 24, of all youllis who have reach e I Hie y.r 21 since the second registration last June 5, was ordered today by Pro-rost Pro-rost Marsb-il General Crewder. under a pvoi lama lion by Ibe Preside-it. The pei pot j is to add nuickly to the nl- most exhausted class one to meet ennv draft nils for September. About 150,000 young men will register. reg-ister. Most of them will nu3lify for class one, and therefore will join the army probably within a month after their names are recorded. President Wilson's proclamation excepts ex-cepts Hie territories of Alaska, Hawaii Ha-waii and Porto Rico from (he registration regis-tration temporarily, but a later day will be fixed for these. Only men in the armed service are exempt from registration. It was announced that the suggested sug-gested date. September 5, would not be the day for the registration of men from IS to 45 even if Congress passes pass-es the bill in time, because several of the largest states in the union hold primary elections on that date. There will be no new drawing to establish the order of liability of the new registrants. The provost marshal mar-shal general's office announced tonight to-night that 1200 numbers drawn for the June 5 registrants would he sufficient suf-ficient to cover the August 24 registrants reg-istrants in the largest district in the country. |