Evening star., 1940-10-06
Few D. T.. Residents
Are Likely for Call
In First Draft
High Enlistments May
Fill Quote Before
Conscription Is Effective

With registration day only 10
days away. the Districts arrange
ments for enrolment of possible
draftees are in well-adyanced
stage today, but it is becoming
more and more likely each day that
very. few, H-any, Washingtonians
will be. included in the first call
for conscripts.
Even though no District conscripts
were called within the next year
an admitted possibility-the regis
tration would be necessary, of
course, to provide men for future
emergencies and to aid in deter
mination of quotas. {.
The Districts quotas, like the
quotas for the States, has not been
announced, but 1t. Col. Victor
O'Kelliher of National Selective
Service Headquarters. has estimated
that the local number would be
between 5000 and $500, according
to the number of men registered on
October 16 District residents al
ready in the armed forces and
National Guard (Which is to enter
active service shortly after January
u would be deducted from the
quota
EnlistmentS Are High.
This means the District would
get credit for its $500 National
Guardsmen and all of its residents
who volunteer or who are still
serving enlistments in the military
forces. Since Army enlistments at
the local recruiting station have
increased greatly in recent months
(setting a new. peacetime monthly
high of 1873 during September, and
giving every indication of soaring
far above this record in October,
there is more than strong possi-
bility that no Washington conscripts
will be needed in the earlier calls.
Such possibility has not deferred
plans for registering an estimated
$4,000 men between 81 and SO years
of age In the "a local draft areas
one week from Wednesday.
More than three-fourths of the
1900 persons that will be needed
to do this work have already been
obtained. DR.. Chester w. Holmes,
assistant superintendent of schools,
chief of registration of the Dis
trict, said yesterday. The remainder
needed should be obtained within
the next few days, at the rate vol
unteers are appearing, DR.. Holmes
declared
Nominations Sent President.
Personnel of the "a five-member
local draft boards that will handle
selection. deferment and exemption
under the conscription program.
and the seven-nan board of appeals,
that will hear protest cases, was
nominated by the Commissioners
last Thursday and sent to the White
House for approval. Medical ad-
visers, Government service advis-
ers and registrants' advisers for each
of the "a registration centers have
not yet been chosen by the Commits
sioners. Those bodies, like the draft
boards. will be selected from list
of persons recommended for the
positions by Brig. Gen. Albert L..
Cox. selective service executive for
the district.
Gen. Cox said yesterday that a
central headquarters for consumption
activities in the District would be
established at the District National
Guard Armory, Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Sixth street NV. The
various local draft board headquar-
ters have not yet been designated,
he added, but many OF them Will
be situated in the schools which
serve as registration centers.
American Legion officials have
asked members of the Legion and
the Legion Auxiliary to volunteer
as registrars for selective service on
October l6. The registrars will work
in two shifts-one from am. to
2 pm. and the other from 2 to 9
pm.
The Legion has asked those who
can serve to get in touch with
their commanders, giving their
names. addresses, telephone numbers
and preference as to shift.