Evening star., 1940-12-15
January Draft
Quota for D. {.
Raised 10 202
1000 to Get Physical
Examinations in
Response to Call

A warning order" for 202 WASH
ington young men to be made ready
for Army induction early next
month was issued by Sd Corps Area
headquarters late yesterday in a
sudden acceleration of the selective
service program in the area.
The 202 figure, set tentatively
pending dispatch of official notice
to District draft officials tomorrow
or Tuesday, marked an increase Of
more than 100 per cent over the
tentative maximum" proposed as
Washington share in the January
call several days ago.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, selective
service executive for the District,
was notified by wire of the quota
revision and plans were launched
Immediately to speed up local draft
board work to provide the necessary
men.
1000 to Be Examined.
On the basis of experience in the
first call, more than 1000 classified
la registrants will have to be given
physical examinations before the
202 selectees will be made available
for induction.
A tentative order received by Gen.
Cox last Tuesday called for maxi
mum of only 80 men for the jan
uary call, but corps area officials
decided to boost the call when it
became apparent that the Army
housing construction program, re-
ported tagging, actually was pro-
crossing almost on schedule in the
area.
Gen. Cox said that as soon as off,
cial notification of the quota is re-
ceived the total will be broken down
for the Is local draft boards. 1t was
believed a formula of proportionate
registration would be followed in
apportioning the quota between the
boards-just as in the case of the
first call last month. when the Dis
trict was called on for 81 selectees.
/ January 6 has been set tentatively
as the opening induction date for the
months call of selectees.
Station Here Abandoned.
Washington men called up to fill
the quota at that time will be in
Quoted at the 5th Regiment Armory
in Baltimore, the Washington induc-
ton station at 458 Indiana avenue
N. w. having been abandoned yes
terday on orders from corps area
officials.
| The lone replacement selectee vet
to be inducted to fill the city's first
call quota will be initiated into Army
life tomorrow at the regular Army
recruiting station, 631 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, where most of the ad-
ministrative personnel of the Indi-
ana avenue station was absorbed
Future selectees from the District
and nearby Maryland and Virginia
counties. which also we're served by
the Washington induction station.
will be transported by rail to Balti-
more for induction formalities. in
Guiding physical examinations de-
cidedly more rigid than those given
prospective trainees by local draft
board physicians.
Transportation Paid.
Selectees who fail to measure up
to physical standards will have to
be returned to the District at Gov
eminent expense, while those who
are passed will 60 directly to Fort
George G. Meade, Md, reception
center for the corps area.
| Abandonment of the Washington
induction station-a move made in
the interest of economy and ef-
ficiency," according to corps area
spokesmen-provoked a number of
protests on the part of local officials.
who contended that the District, as
the "49th State" should have it's
own station. Other protests we're
based on the following factors:
That with expenditure of a rela-
lively small sum the structure used
to house the station here could be
put in first-class condition.
That the station admittedly
handled first call selectees with
efficiency second to none in the
crops area; whereas frequent
AiilIiiCo oCFclOtcO dt tIle bdltlII1OIG
center during first call inductions.
That every effort should be made
to have local selectees passed or
rejected by physicians and examin-
ers who are residents of the Dis
trict. The entire staff of specialists
used at the Washington station
hailed by Maj. Seth Gayle, jr., sta
ton medical supervisor as experts
in their particular fields-was COM
posed Of Washington practitioners.
That Washington, as the Nations
Capital. should have an induction
station that would prove model for
the rest of the country.
1t was believed probable that
should the January load of selectees
prove too heavy on the Baltimore
station the Washington center
would be re-opened.