Milford chronicle., 1935-07-05
5l2 DELAWARE
MEN In CCCCAMPS
Work Is Being Given Pri-
marily To Young Men
From 18 To % Years.

Expansion of the Civilian Conser-
walton Corps to a new peak strength
of 100000 men began In all sections
of the country on June is. Robert
Fechner, director of Emergency
Conservation Work, stated that Q
survey had disclosed 1t would be
necessary to enroll a total OF $685.
$40 young men and war veterans to
bring the enrolled strength of the
CCC camps to the 6O0,O00-mRn fig
ure. OF the 32S,570 new men, a to-
tai of 247 900 will represent outright
additions to the Corps made neces-
sary through President ROOsevelt's
CCC expansion program, while ST.
$40 will be requirements for enroll
lees who have dropped out OF the
CCC in recent months or who will
be discharged prior to July l, next.
Selection of the new expansion
and replacement quotas is now un-
der way in all sections of the eoun-
try. The Labor Department, which
is responsible for selecting the
young mems group, has sent out let
ters of instruction to all State di-
rectOrs of selection advising them
as to the aumber of men to be Sc
lected in each state. The task of the
state selecting agencies will be to
interview young men who wish to
ioin the CCC, determine whether
they are eligible and then direct ac-
cepted applicants to report to Army
stations for physical examinations.
The Veterans Administration, which
selects the veterans quota, has for
Warded instructions. including the
new veterans expansion quota for
each state, to all its regional offices.
The regulations governing the new
stipulate that all new
must be taken from fam
lilies on relief rolls.
Under the expansion program,
work is being given primarily to
young men between the ages of
eighteen and twenty-eight who are
of the United States, un-
and unemployed, who wish
to allot a substantial portion Of
their $50 monthly cash allowance
for the assistance of their needy
and dependent families. Former en-
rollees given honorable discharges /
" hen they left the CCC are eligible |
tc re-enrOll. if their families are on
relief rolls, and If they have serV- |
ed in the CCC a minimum of four |
months and not more than thirteen |
No age or marital restric- |
tons are imposed on the war veter-
ans quota.
The War Department, which has
been charged with the responsible
ty of enrolling the men, condition
ing them for forest work, feeding,
clothing and looking after the well
lare of all enrCllees, as well as the
and operation of the
amps, has been preparing for the
new enrolment for several weeks.
IN instructions from the War De-
,artment, the commanding generals
# the nine Army corps areas have
completed arrangements
or enrolling the 32S,57O new en-
Ollees and transporting them to
or work camps. In
Ome areas the men will be moved
o conditioning camps for two weeks
IriOr to being transported to work
amps in forests, parks and fields.
n order to supply clothing and food
or new enrOllees as rapidly as they
re enrolled, the War Department
as purchased and distributed {
throughout the country large guam
tiles of fOodstuffs and wearing ap-
arel =
"The new expansion program has !
iVen the CCC organization one of
8 biggest assignments since the
Ork began" Director Fechner
lated. "In order to have the men in
Jrest camps by August 81, il will {
2 necessary for the Department of !
abOr and the Veterans Admins
alton TO send men to the Army for =
nrOllment at an average rate of a
pprOximately $4,000 men per week i
II ten weeks. All these men must I
: examined and enrolled by the
rmy, transported to camps, cloth
I, fed and put to work This means $
at tremendous quantities of cloth Z I
g and other equipment must be +
Irchased to keep the men well fed -
I'd properly clothed and equipped -
r the work expected of them in the 4
lrk, forest and soil erosion camps. {
, house the men, the War Depart q
ent is constructing 1.450 new sets y
camp buildings. When the en-
llment is completed there will be P
0 900 enrolled men working out of a
ZIG camps. 4
The number of new men to be Sc II
cted in Delaware is 512. -