Evening star., 1938-03-21
IT, MOBILIZATION
ARMY:NAW TOPIC
Officers of All Branches to
Confer On Steps in
Possible Emergency.

Problems Of mobilizing 1000, 900 men
in four months in case Of military
emergency will be considered by a
group Of so officers, representing all
components of the Nations armed
forces, which will meet here March 2S-
April 8.
Meeting under the direction of the
Joint Army and Navy Selective Serv-
ice Committee, the group will be COM
posed Of representatives of the War
and Navy Departments and officers of
the National Guard and reserves Of
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
The officers, coming in general from
the Eastern Seaboard section Of the
country, will represent the District of
Columbia, IA States and Puerto Rico.
All are specialists in personnel pro-
curement planning
The conference, the third of a series
of four held in different regions of the
United States. will be for the purpose
OF training the individual officers in
the latest methods of personnel pro-
curement and for the study Of factors
which may influence the use of man.
power in an emergency. The meeting
is expected to result in recommends
tions Of notifications in present plans
necessary to keep them up to date, the
War Department explained.
Part Of Enlistment Program.
The session will be part of an en-
listment program in preparation since
the World War and has no direct con-
nection with current international ten
sion, officials said.
In the event Of war, the Army and
National Guard expect to have ap-
proximately 375,000 men ready, the
Navy a third as many. The Army
estimates it would require 1,25o,ooo
recruits in four months. and the Navy
100000 in like period.
The first 100000 under existing
plans, would be sought as volunteers
in the first month, before selective
draft machinery like that of 19l7-18
was put into operation.
Already prepared for quick submi-
sion to Congress is a draft of selec-
. tive service law, officials have dis
closed Regulations have been drafted,
and preparations made to print forms
in few days. Military officers in all
States have detailed local plans to
Cooperate on file here
Local Officers in Group.
Recruiting 100000 volunteers with
out delay is the task to which much
official attention has been given re-
Gently. In April. 1917, only $4,000
volunteers were enrolled. but the Army
hopes efforts Of local patriotic organi-
cations and other agencies would re-
suit in attainment of the larger OBJ
jective.
Local officers included in the group,
which will meet at the Army Medical
Center, are 1t. Comdr. Leslie c. Nc
Nemar, U. s. N. R., ofice OF the
Judge advocate general, Navy De-
partment; Maj. Chauncy Parker, Ma
rine Corps Reserve; Maj. Hiram w.
Bennet. Specialist Reserve, 4450 Volta
place NV; Maj. Emmett r. Carroll,
Specialist Reserve, Veterans Admin
istration; Maj. Raymond T. Higgins,
Specialist Reserve, 1923 Ninth street
NE; Maj. Henry F. Rhodes, Specialist
Reserve. Home Owners Loan Corp;
Capt. John L. Newbold, ,jr., Specialist
Reserve. 920 E street NV; Capt.
Ralph L. Walker, District National
Guard; Capt. Edgar r. Baker, spe-
cialist Reserve, Budget Bureau, and
Capt. Malcolm F. Halliday, Specialist
Reserve, National Labor Relations
Board.
C.. C.. C. EXPERIENCE.