The Washington herald., 1918-09-23
new RULINGS
FOR DRAFTEES
5000 Allotted Marine S
Each Month and $1,000
to Navy.

! ENc~ IeBuldllOnS covering lne inuuS-
ton Of daft registrants into the navy
and Marine Corps were announced
yesterday by Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder and Secretary Daniels.
Recruiting for the Marine Corps
will be continued though under the
general supervision of the draft sys-
tenn. The Marines will be allotted
5000 men a month for four months.
after which they will receive l.50O men
a month Volunteers for the Marines
are now called applicants. They may
apply at Marine Corps recruiting sta
tions. where recruiting officers of the
corps and naval medical officers will
examine them
II they meet the physical and men,
tai requirements of the corps. the re-
cruiting officer will send a request to
the Provost Marshal General for their
enrolment in the corps. He will or
der the local boards having jurisdic-
ton 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 win GER
tify an adequate number OF regis
trants. who must pass the mental and
physical tests OF the corps before Ma
rine Corps officers and navy physi-
clans.
The navy proper will be allotted
15,oo0 men a month, except in cases Of
emergency, when this may be ex-
ceeded. Mobilization centers are being
established over the country in i'm
portant centers. Men of draft age with
qualifications making them especially
valuable to the navy. may apply at
these mobilization centers, and IL they
pass the mental and physical tests, the
mobilization officers may apply
through the Provo ,farshal Cen
erals office to thC.r local boards for
them.
May Re-enIist.
Men who have served in the navy
may be permitted to re-enlist, and
men in deferred classifications be-
cause of dependency. may be induct-
ed into the navy on their request and
on passing the examination, because
of the higher pay in the navy than in
/ the army. -.
However, the majority of recruits
I for the navy are expected through
the allotments Of the draft boards
I Of the 500 allotments each month,
the navy officials will sort out the
skilled workmen and apply them on
the following months demand for
! skilled men.
| A man called by the draft board on
request from the navy or Marines
and refused on examination. is still
subject to call from the army, be-
cause of the lower requirements of
the army.
The Navy Department has also ar
: ranged a Students Training Corps
( similar to the Students Army Train
I ing Corps, In which college students
! OF draft age may enroll, continu
ing their college work at the govern
ment's expense.
Arrangements have been made with
/ colleges in thirty-eight States by which
students subject to draft and able to
pass the naval examinations, may be
inducted into the navy and continue
their college course. receiving in ad-
ditien special training of value to
naval men. ..r
They are to rank as apprentices i'm
the Naval Reserve and receive active
duty pay, with the same allowance
for lodging. subsistence and tuition
as provided in the contract between
the colleges and the War Department
! for members of the Students Army
Training Corps.
The course is three months one.
! during which period. If they shall be
called In the draft. their call is with
held until completion of the period.
out at the end of that period they
may be ordered to a navy training
camp whether their order number
mas been reached or not.
During their college work they will
wear the uniform of their rank, and
be subject to the discipline and regu-
lation Of the navy. Arrangements
have been made with eighty-five COL
eyes and universities for receiving
hfty to 100 each Of such students.