Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-25

ton for the location of a defense
base in Newfoundland from the
special Navy board inspecting
SITES for such bases in British
territory in this hemisphere. The
| exact nature of today's recon-
| mendation was not disclosed.
President Roosevelt today ordered
an additional 35,700 National
Guardsmen into training October Is.
experimenting with an executive or
der a previous designation of the
units by the War Department.
Meanwhile the possibility that a
large portion of the first draft in
| crement of 400 900 men may be filled
| by volunteers was seen at selective
service headquarters here as in
| Quiries indicating such an intention
came in steady stream.
Secretary Knox said at press
! conference that the Navy has a
/ sufficient number of volunteers and
will take no conscripts.
AT present the Navy does not in
tend to induct any men who do not
voluntarily enlist" he declared
Sufficient volunteers have been OBJ
tanned to fill the ranks of required
recruits on a voluntary six-year en-
hstment basis"
/ Among the IS Guard units in
volved in todays presidential order
are nine from the Caribbean ana
Pacific outposts of Puerto Rico and
Hawaii.
$500 Already Called.
An initial batch of 60500 Guards
men was called out for years
training on September IS and ten
tative plans have been made for the
War Department to call up two other
increments before the end of the
year.
No District units are included in
either group called up thus far.
The units covered in todays order
were the same ones designated by
the War Department September l6
10 report for duty October Is. The
presidential action was necessary to
orders for service.
The units involved include:
The 9th Division less it's tank
company, from New York, which
will train at Fort Mcclellan. Ala.
The 37th Division, from Ohio, less
/ its tank company. and companies F
and I of the 10TH Medical Regiment,
which will go TO Camp Shelby. Miss.
The 800 Division, less its tank
company, from Michigan and Wis
consin, TO train at Beauregard, La.
The 102d Observation Squadron
from New York, which also will go
to Fort Mcclellan.
The 153d Observation Squadron
from Mississippi, which will re-
port at Meridian, Miss.
The 10th Observation Squadron
from Michigan. which will train at
Camp Beauregard.
Hawaiian Units.
From Hawaii the 298th and 299th
Infantry Regiments were sum-
moned to Federal service and will
train wherever the commander of
the Hawaiian Department directs.
In addition these Puerto Rican
units were called into service and
will be stationed at the direction
of the commanding officer of the
Puerto Rican Department: 295th
and 296th Infantry Regiments, the
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company of the 92d Infantry Bril-
gade, the LIST Battalion of the
253d Coast Artillery. -millimeter
gum, lSt Battalion of the 162d
Field Artillery C75-millimeter gum,
LIST Battalion. 201st Coast Artillery
| (anti-ail craft and the LIST Battalion
of the l30th Engineers (combaD.
Nays Position.
Conscripts would be available for
only one year of service which
would be sufficient to produce
efficiency in the highly technical
work of the Navy, Secretary Knox
told newspapermen.
He said there are l61 100 enlisted
men in the Navy. as compared with
total of $4,000 men needed. At
present there are more than 5000
applicants. of which $500 men have
been accepted and are on the wait
ing list, he said. Applications of
the remainder are now under ex-
animation. he added
His formal statement added:
The number of young men ap-
plying have satisfactorily filled the
need of the Navy at this time to
meet the demands of the expansion
of the fleet and shore establish
ments.'
With the Selective Service Act
providing that eligible men may
volunteer to serve their year, there
were indications here that a great
many may take advantage of this
opportunity.
One officer at the headquarters
directing the draft machinery went