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CMVKI ASKS FIR 211,011
AS YOUTHS REGISTER
UMY OVER 2,000,000
WMtoUt* Are Cilven Out on Itraulti
of Mmt Rentotmtlon Showlnff l f -
7SIMI,70H Holdlera Hnve Boon Mo-
I>lllBed for Military Service Since
June 6, 1017 Under Selective Serv
ice Act.
.A total of 1,595,708 registrants
Hamye been or are being sent to the
Bnnbllizatlon cantonment eof the
aMoblllzatlon cantonments of the
United States since June 6, 1917,
when the youths of the nation sub
scribed to their willingness for mil
itary service, according to a tele-
.Vam from Provost Marshal General
Crowder to Capt. Richard K. Carwile,
,1a charge of the selective service
feeadquarters. This stupendous task
waa accomplished hy 15JXOO mem-
wra of local and district boards and
more than 100,000 equally patriotic
volunteers, said the telegram.
The following is a statistical %n-
alysis of the task accomplished, as
fompilrd hy the office of the pro-
voet marshal general, detailing the
vwniher of men sent and being sent
U» the carops of the country.
September, general. 296.178; Oc
tober. general. 1*1.M4’
November, general. 15.721..
December, general. 20.120
TI4*J fareUk^d U> January I. (•in
■ian
Januarv •peeilalats 2 024; gea
wrat 14 t*4. s^rlallsls. 5.107 To
Cal. 42.77t
Mayra geuarel. 121 015.
Ms 10 SO Total 1)2 444
April geaersl l«« 14) srhaul. T.-
T14 epee a lies* 7 Total (Tl.-
jn Mar ceaoral )«V441 vbaal
tt.l?*. •povtaliets 1 7 024 Total
Jll *4 1
m 9mm* i. f»f*
Jt: 441 v-kooto
» 14 41) Total
to IIm
world fraadoui. ordors wool out
tho off loo of ProtoM Marahal ,
Crowder to tho Oovornorn of
Sutoo oicopt Arlsona for tho
bllliatlon between Juno 24 and
of 200,000 moro roglstranta.
brings the totgl number of Mlec-
tlve men called to The colon to 1,-
596.704, had whoa they an In camp
the nation's army will number well
over 2,000,000 men.
The registration apparently was
attend by the perfect . order that
marked the enrolling a year ago of
tO.OOjMOO who formed the great
reservoir upon which the nattoli'is
drawing to farplsh the balance of
power to crush .the^German War. ma
chine.
The men appeared before the 4,-
5Do local boards over the country
have become of age since the first
registration day, June 5, 1917. Mil
itary authorities estimate that from
thettlnumber there wl^ be had 750-,
000 men fit for actiye duty.
While an act of Congreag requirer
that the new reglatranta be placed
at the bottom of the class to which
they are assigned, many of them may
soon be tailed to the colon, at re
quisition upon Oovernon probably
will exhaust the flnt class In tome
States. While no formal explana
tion was made, this was believed to
havn been the reason why Arlsona
was not Included ft last Wednes
days' call.
Registration days for men hen-
after becoming twenty-one yean of
age probably will be fixed
three months. It Is estimated that
t non me
tbe new
to go far ti
rlnsa la ea
far pll ms
have been
of age yearly and
ird bi
te tbe *
rate tbe
ere ■
loafs*
to OOll
l be
mg op the flnt
sums from whirl
for (ho national
raws
is for tho mm s
i eager tho order logft-
ih whleh treego
to eeeriy *»evp
to Cap-
British and
and Setae the
Channel Ports—-Americans Are a
Vital Part and Should Decide the
Struggle. .
The Germans sprung a surprise
attack. They followed it up. Only
half of their reserves have been
used. The battle will soon be re
newed. American troops are the clt-
al factors In this summer's fighting
The Germans took fearful punish
ment at Soissons and Rhelms from
allied divisions sent there to "rest."
Ttyis is the review of the battle
given out by Lieut. General G. T. C.
Bridget, head of the British military
mission in Washington. V
In making hit statement, General
Bridges was emphatic in saying that
he could not fully appreciate the sit
uation until news was received as
to tho distribution of the German
reserves and as to whether identifi
cations had been obtained of any
division being withdrawn from other
sectors of tbe front to take port In
tho drive. His statement follows;
"The object!*.-* now before tbe
Germans appoor to be tbreo-foM.I
* TM—IMd.
"locoed—The dtetrieo of tie
mail allied arm lea b yaa advance
through Amleos. and
Third—Tho enptoro of tho channel
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Da army Karh baa foaad ble
sad each la his proper tarn
marched or awalta the order to
march.
‘'These results could not have baea
merompltahad except through the de
voted and unselfish labor of patriots.
'The local and district boards have
mcored an unprecendented triumph
.%nd have earned the undying grati
tude of the nation. Their achieve
ment is one of the great successee
of the war. They have already sent
into camp, including those under or-
vders for mobilization, an army of
xnore than a million and a half of
men. They have already produced
■-as soldiers one man out of every six
iroglstrants and the world stands in
profound astonishment as it views
tails accomplishment."
Giving the concrete figures as nar
rated in the foregoing, the telegram
•voontinues:
“"Compensated poorly, if at all, ex-
*Pept by the gratitude and affection
«of fhelr neighbors and 0/ the nation
uat large, the boards have labored
Incessantly through the enervating
Sbeat of last summer, only to find a
urtlll greater task awaiting their un-
oeasing devotion throughout the rig-
of the following winter. Then
Slaving accomplished the classifica
tion, they found themselves con
fronted with the mobilization of mll-
Sicms of men, and accurately and
■promptly they have performed and
are performing this labor. Much
wrofk yet remains Today the new
of twenty-one are being ptr-
aad met be epeadtly claaal-
and district board# will he la-
with the eUll farther
of preventing Idle*
irttve emptoyment which M
te the aetiee la
Teane—t.PPP to Cm
Tetas
Virginia—l.PPd ta ramp Lae. VA
Wert Virginia—2.PM In
ee. Va
The House military comm
ported a resolution hy
Dent making retroactive the Mil
basing the draft qaotaa on tbe a
her of man In class one so as to
allxe any exceeding of authority aa
to the number or quota which may
have been In the first drafting of
men. The resolution was recom
mended by the War Department,
Chairman Dent announced.
TO
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Most of the vese
pedoed by German
off the New Jersey
ne attach waa aa*
tat from Atlantic
Is on the sonth al
irbor. and the oil
totbeeat of the a
ila shelled or tor-
submarines were
coast nt tbe linie.
enty miles South-
Highlands, which
ids of New York
ter was If * m:l*«
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.can General Say Poison Gas Sltelis
Is Vnsurpa^sed As a Weapon to
Break Enemy Morale—Tells of
, W estern Conditions.
Italy is daily becoming a more
powerful factor in the war plana of
the Allies. Her genius in engine and
f airplane construction, her wonderful
- recovery from the military reverse
suffered late in 1917 and her confi
dence in ultimate victory were vivid
ly described by Major General Wil
liam Crozier, member of the United
States war council and of the board
of ordnance and fortifications, who
has just returned after an exhaustive
survey of ordnance plants in France,
England and Italy.
As a wult of
Ade UUU
ID? believes that better gas shells
must be designed and produced in
great quantities before the Allies can
not operated In tbe Atlantic lane to confidently attempt tho tar
Europe, which waa coaitderably: drive against tbe Oerma
north of tbelr scene of destruction. General Croaler voiced a
1 ha may abowa the harbors of Ho* 1 abaolat* In tho ability of tho Alllao to
ton. Provinc rtoto a on Cape Cod. and bait all German offensives attempted
Newport, and New York, which were, this year.
clmd by priors from Waah-| H# -The pprpoae of tho Oor*
•• nan drive In
1 cteer la Its
ms ardor •a*, aa
l«:»ralM thm the
I arhtov* aa* rwalts of a
aster* The sierdy ssroagth af th*
Mntleh and Pb—eh to hM
• w »b* twa ■bislien af the
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WANTS DRIVERS TO WORK
Manning Writes Provost Marshal
About Transfer Drivers
Governor Manning has written
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
urging that transfer drivers be in
cluded in the lists of registrants In
deferred classification,, who are to
be “moved up" in the "work or
fight” program of the government
to thin the ranks of idlers or non
productive workers. Governor Man
ning has written the letter after be
ing importuned by many citizens of
the State, who emphasize that It
would cause many able bodied men
to et Into more productive work and
also be in the direction of conserva
tion of gasoline.
MAI 1 BURNS IN FRANCE
• Th. battl. U Hk.ly to
for weeks and will
drawn out struggle of
The allies' first duty will be to
omize their reserv
their resources, to give ground for
men where possible for the final
decision will go with the* last re
serves.
"It is doubtful If more than half
of the eighty divisions which we
estimate the enemy had in general
reserve have yet been absorbd in th
prsent battle. This mans that half
the effort is spent.
"It is to be hoped that divisions
engaged have been duly punished
as they recently have been around
Rheims and Soissons. We hear from
Lbndon that the three British divis
ions, the 8th, 15th and 50th, which
held the line northwest of the
Rheims put up a magnificent fight
and even counter-attacked against
vastly superior forces maintaining
all their positions on the first day
until darkness fell, when they were
obliged to throw back their left to
conform with withdrawal of the cen
ter. Theae dlvUlona bad been sent
to thin part of tbe line for a rent
•*
to
I toansglto
le aambt
f«*
of tbe
ermp
ef tho re
me to be
I with toed mi Iren igcH to mm-
tag to b* th* can* W# must oatdo ■l
the Gormans la tbe nan M gna. fer W
m 001 t»niy aa oiroriivo n* •pon
CtoM of
to
»ta Tb*
m mw
the retiring
where this la i
In tba hands of
dlf
of the Oer-
from the
of nearly 50
of their divisions In Immediate sup
port.
The divisions taking part in the
offensive which have been added
most recently belong to the volun
teers* army.f^ All of them were en
gaged in the March battle and af
terwards were sent to the rear to be
fitted ouf and to receive specla
training.
TOOK 55,000 PRISONERS
German War Office Tells of Booty
Taken by Crown Prince
• Berlin claims In an official state
ment that the booty captured by the
army groups of the German crown
prince since May 27 amounts, accord
ing to estlmataa made up to the prea-
it. to more than 55.000 prisoners,
di
including
1,500
by General
la chief of tbe'al-
leeeral March, up
on the ocmcalon bf the letter's ap
pointment aa chief of staff with tha
rank of ganaral, ware made public
by the war department.
General Foch’a metaage follows:
• "I hear with deep aatlsfaction of
yonr promotion to the rank of gen
eral. I aaaociate myself to the just
pride which you must feel In evoking
the name of your glorious predece*
sors, Grant and Sheridan. I convey
to you my sincere congratualtlom;.
and I am happy to . see you assunp
permanently that, huge task of chief
of staff of the United States army,
which you were already performing
in so brilliant a way."
General March replied:
"Your message of congratulation
upon my promotion to the grade of
general chief of staff, United States
arhiy was personally conveyed by
General Vignal, French military at
tache. I appreciate deeply your
most kindly greetings and/ in ex
pressing by sincere thanks, avails
myself of the opportunity to assure
you of every assistance and constant
support which may lie in my power
to aid you in the furtherance and
successful accomplishment of yonr
groat taak".
•f daomctloB. hot It la
erful In breaking tbe
rale, for It la an unseen
la nothing harder to fight than
••
of the _
Tbe Italian people
ation are a unit
the war alma of their nation
are a wonderful people, both aa war
riors and as craftsmen. I visited all
their great war plants.
"Their production of munitions la
awe-inspiring. In their retreat be
fore the Austrians at the opening
of last winter they lost many big
guns, weapons essential to defense
and offense on the terrain where
they were fighting. They have re
placed all guns lost and, better than
that, have produced many more tahn
they ever had before. They also are
doing wonderful work at their air
plane factories and it is well known
that in the construction of excellent
ga^ engines, both for transport and
for aircraft, they have few equals.
Now that America has adopted the
Caproni airplane as part of our
equipment, the Italian genius more
than ever before will be of immense
value to us.
"Italy today has the factories, the
workmen and the skill. She needs
only raw materials, iron and coal to
sustain her In the great work she is
tor a
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