AMERICA'S WAR EFFORTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 251, 23 October 1917, Page 5

AMERICA'S WAR EFFORTS.

9,000,0«) M®ss YW UNOAI-LED

Autftralian and N.Z. Oafale Association

(Receive? Oct. 22, ?5.0 p.m.) WAS!HI^GTO«r, Oct. #1

r,The State Department announces th«v nine million drarted men are <v ret uncfiJled. Tlicy wiW be divided iinto five i lasses and t-a.tjif.ofjued accoKlJtig to the service tor %vhit-li they atv jwost fit;, thus securing the be«t mili-

tary and economic results and .ensuring that the most eligible will be drafted first. It is not hkcly that • there will be a second draft this year. The Liberty Loan of two and a quarter billion dollars closes in seven days.