§ Mr. OUTHWAITEasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether he can state what classes of men are subject to Conscription in America?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONAll classes of men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one inclusive are subject to Conscription. Conscription is selective, and men are selected for any class of work for which they may be deemed most suitable.
§ Mr. OUTHWAITEasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether he can state the number of men in America between the ages of eighteen and forty?
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§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe. age of Conscription in the United States is twenty-one to thirty-one, and is estimated to produce 10,000,000 men. There are no statistics available here of the number of men in America between the ages of eighteen and forty.