Evening star., 1940-07-28

est is imperiled, he shall be sub
ject to service until the Congress
shall declare that the national
interest permits his being relieved
from active service. Each man,
after completion of his training
period, shall be transferred to
reserve component of the land
or naval forces of the United
States for period of 10 years
or until he shall reach the age
OF As, whichever is sooner, un-
less sooner discharged, and dur
ing such period shall be subject
to such additional training as
may now or hereafter be pre-
Scrlbed by law: Provided, That
any man completing his IL
months training and service in
the land forces in time of eeace,
as provided herein, who there
after completes not less than two
years satisfactory service in the
Regular Army or in the National
Guard, shall, upon completion of
such service, be relieved from fur
ther liability to serve in the re-
serve components of the Army of
the United States in time of
peace
(c) Men during their training
and service period as provided
for in this section shall receive
the same pay, allowances and
other benefits as are provided by
law for enlisted men of like
grades and length of service of
that component of the land and
naval forces to which they are
assigned and thereafter they
shall receive the same benefits
provided by law in like cases
for members of the reserve COM
ponents of the land and naval
forces to which they have been
transferred. Men in training and
service shall have an opportunity
to qualify for promotion.
Section d. Every male citizen and
every male alien residing in the
United States or its possessions
who has declared his intention
to become citizen, between the
ages of l8 and 81 or the ages of
As and "a. except those excepted
herein from registration. shall
be liable for training and serv-
ice in OF near the community or
areas in which he resides in such
home-defense units OF the land
and naval forces of the United
States as are now established
or as may hereafter be authorized
by Congress. The President is
authorized to induct into such
home-defense units such number
OF men as in his judgment,
whether a state of war exists or
not, is necessary in the national
interest.
Selection of Men
To Be Made Impartially.
Section 5. (a) The selection of
men subject to the training and
service provided for in section 3
shall be made in an impartial
manner from all the men between
the ages of 81 and As who are
liable for training and service:
Provided. that until the compile
ton of the registration and classi-
fication of men between the ages
of 81 and 45, the selection of
men for the training and service
provided in section 3 shall be
made in an impartial manner
from all the men between the
ages of 81 and 81 who are liable
for training and service.
(b) 1t shall be an ultimate
objective in the administration
of this act that in the selection
of men for the training and serv-
ice provided for in section 3, as
nearly as may be practicable, not
more than 81 per centum or less
than 78 per centum of the men
selected shall be between the ages
of 81 and 81, not more than Is
per centum nor less than 10 per
centum of the men selected shall
be between the ages of 81 and 38.
and not more than per centum
nor less than per centum of the
men selected shall be between the
ages of 38 and As. Quotas of men
to be furnished for the training
and service provided for in sec
ton 3 shall be determined for
each State, territory, and the
District of Columbia and for sub
divisions thereof, on the basis
OF the actual number of men in
the several States, territories, and
the District of Columbia and sub
divisions thereof who are liable
for training and service but who
are not deferred after classifca-
ton; credits shall be given in
fixing such quotas for residents
OF such subdivisions who are, on
the date fixed, in the land and
naval forces of the United States;
and until the actual numbers nec-