The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
DRAFT CHANGES FOR
NAVY AND MARINES
New Regulations Covering Induction
OF Registrars Announced by Pro-
vost Marshal General.
RECRUITING CONTINUED.
Applicants as Sea Soldiers Allotted
5000 Men a Month, While Those
for Sailors Will BE 1900 Monthly.

| Washington, Sept. 22.-New regu-
lations covering the induction OF draft
Iregistrants into the navy and marine
corps were announced today by the
provost marshal general and the sec
rotary OF the navy.
Recruiting for the marine corps will
be continued, though under a general
supervision OF the draft system. The
marines will be allotted 5000 men a
month for four months. after which
| they will receive 1.5o0 men a month.
| Volunteers for the marine corps now
are called applicants. They may ap-
fpy at marine corps recruiting sta
tons where recruiting officers Of the
corps and naval medical officers will
examine them.
| IL they meet the physical and men
ltal requirements of the corps the re-
cruiting officer will send request
to the provost marshal general for
their enrolment in the corps He will
order the local boards having juris-
| diction over them to enroll them in
the marine corps and they will be
credited against the quota of the local
boards.
| should the applicants for marine
corps service not meet the needs of
| the corps the local boards will certify
an adequate number of registrants
who must pass the mental and physi-
/ cal tests of the corps before marine
corps Officers and navy physicians.
| Navy Allotted $4,000.
| The navy proper Will be allotted
| 5000 men a month, except in cases
| of emergency. when this may be ex-
| eeeded.
Mobilization centers are being
established over the country in i'm
| portant eenters. Men OF draft age
with qualifications making them espe-
| ciaiiy valuable to the navy may apply
| at these mobilization centers and II
they pass the mental and physical
tests the mobilization officers may ap-
ply through the provost marshal gem
erals Office TO their local boards for
them.
Men who sin have served in the
navy may be permitted TO reiist and
men in deferred classifications be-
cause OF dependency may be indncted
| into the navy on their request and on
| passing the examination because OF
the higher pay In the navy than in
| the array.
| However. the ma jority OF recruits
for the navy are expected through the
alloimen of the draft boards, OF
I the / 8. 900 aIlotments each month the
navy officials will sort out the skilled
: W vi men anu apply thStt on the i9s~
lowing months demand for skilled
i men.
| A man called by his draft board on
I a request from the navy or marines
and refused ON examination still Is
subject to cali from the army because
| of the lower requirements OF the
army.
Recruiting points for the navy or
mobilization point as they now are
called are:
BOSTON, for Maine. MasssehIsett IL,
New Hampshire. Rhode island. Yer
mont and Connecticut.
| Norfolk, fer Virginia. West Viz
ginia. North and South Carolina.
Atlanta. for Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
| New Orleans for louisiana and
! NJ tssisslppi
! students Naval Training Corps.
The navy department also has ar
ranged students naval training
corps similar to the students army
| training corps. in which college stu
dents CT draft age may enroll cen
ttinnsng their college work at the gov
ernnent's expense.
| ARRANGEMENTS have been made with
| leading colleges in thirty eight states
| by which students subject 10 draf,
| and able 10 pass the naval examina
siens may he iaducted into the navy
and continue their college course. re-
eeiving IN addition, special training
! OF value to naval men.
I The course is three one,
during which period II they shall be
called In the draft. their CALI is with
| held until completion of the period.
but AT the end Of that period they may
| be ordered 10 a navy training camp,
whether their order number has been
reached or not