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Show iSEVENMILiiONMEN ! AVAILABLE FOR ARMY UNITED STATES ASSURED LARGEST LARG-EST RESERVE ARMY EVER ASSEMBLED IN HISTORY. Result of Extension of Draft Ages Between Be-tween 18 and 45 Will Be to Secure to Nation Over Four Million Men Who May Be Sent to Front. Washington An army of 7,000,1X10 fighting men will be one result of the extension of the draft ages between IS and 4'j in the opinion of war department depart-ment officials. This is the minimum figure, and it means that every man of the seven millions will be of the type and physique of those now on the battle front in France. Military men believe the class of IS to 20 will yield 2,000,000 young men. From the class of 21 to 31 the country has already taken 3,000,000 youths of the best soldier material in history, almost all of whom are now in France. The class of 31 to 45 is set down for another 2,000,0110 men. Under the present plans, which provide pro-vide that the boys of from IS to 20 shall be trained here, the United States will have the largest reserve army the world has ever seen. Limit Is Lifted. In one respect the tremendous figures fig-ures recall President Wilson's "interrogatory "inter-rogatory answer" with reference to the army when he said: "Why limit it to 5,000.000?" They mean the possibilities of our army are practically without limit. The 7,000,000 could be increased tc eight, nine, ten, eleven, or even twelve million if need be. One war department estimate fixes as 16,000,000 men the number who will register, providing the extensions are approved in the present form. Through comparison, based on the number of men registered in the various vari-ous states at the time of the draft, an estimate has been obtained of the state quotas in the new draft. |