Evening star., 1940-11-03
Guard Complies Membership
Lists for Draft Boards
Recruiting for Units to Be
Kept Up Until Mobilization

In order that selective service
quotas may get full credit for every
man In the District National Guard,
brigade headquarters is compiling q
list of officers and men. The total
in the Guard will be checked at
national headquarters against the
quota which 1t has been decided
that the city must furnish, and from
this number will be deducted all of
the Guard, as we'll as those In the
Regular services and in the Naval
Reserve.
The lists will be held until No
vember 30. as only the men who are
on the rolls on that date will be
counted, to check against the allot-
ments. 1t is possible that an in
creased number Of men may join the
Guard between now and that time,
for the reason that II they are not
among the first selectees they will be
able to choose their own time for
training by joining the Guard and
get the service over with.
The lists which are being compiled
by the Guard will later be sent to
the local draft boards so that the
names Of the Guardsmen may be
checked, because Of the fact that,
being in the military service, they
did not have to register. In this
connection, it was said that the
brigade headquarters had decided
that 1t would not issue identification
cards to members of the Guard, but
it was said that the individual units
are giving Identification letters to
their personnel to show that they
are members of the Guard and as
such do not have to register.
If men are separated from the
service they will have to register,
and the boards are notified of such
separations 50 as to have q check
on such men.
Recruiting will be continued right
up to the day for mobilization.
While the Guard Is prohibited from
recruiting men up to peace strength
for the active units, 1t was said that
1t has been authorized to recruit
for all units, and If the number is
IN excess Of that allowed under the
present National Guard strength. "
then the men, even though recruits.
Will be placed on the inactive lists.
These lists will be activated as soon
as the mobilization order is issued
That is, all men on the inactive list
will be called into active service
when the active units are called in.
Personnel equipment supplies in
the Guard storerooms are being
checked to ascertain whether there
is enough equipment to outfit the
recruits If they come in sufncient
numbers. 1t was indicated that
many Of the new men, if they are
obtained before the Guard goes
into the field, will have to take
the old-style uniforms. as there
are not enough of the new with
which to outfit them.
Second 1t. James w. Hill, Coast
Artillery Corps, attached to Battery
F, 260th Coast Artillery. has quail
ned for promotion to the rank Of
first lieutenant Of coast artillery
on the inactive list.
Oficers at brigade headquarters
are still without information as to
any definite or even tentative date
as to when the Guard will be
mustered into the Federal service.
1t was said that they are not
likely to receive any information
on the matter until some word is
received from Camp Meade that
the necessary housing, sanitary and
other facilities are ready for the
troops.
Sergt. Thomas H. Ewell, Company
D, 121st Engineers, has been ordered
to report to an officers examining
board for examination for q COM
mission as q second lieutenant Of
engineers.
President Roosevelt has accepted
the resignation of 1t. Harvey F.
Kreuzburg, Medical Corps. assigned
to the Medical Department Detach-
ment, l21st Engineers.
DR.. Matthew P. Pupilla has been
ordered to report to the Medical
Corps Examining Board, for exam
ination for commission as q first
lieutenant in the Dental Corps.
Sergt. Philip H. Bagby, Battery
D. 260th Coast Artillery, has been
ordered to report to an ofdcers
examining board, for examination
for appointment as a second lieu
tenant In the Coast Artillery Corps.
The following promotions have
been ordered in Company B, 121st
Engineers: Sergt. Isadore Frank to
be staff sergeant, Corp. Cecil c. Cox
to be sergeant, and Pvt. First Glass;
Fred j. Patane and Pvts. William
N. Hays and Samuel Millstein to be
corporals.
In connection with the plan to re-
cruit Is many for the Guard -
possible before it is called into Fed
eral service, the following recruiting
officers have been appointed: Capt.
Edward A. Mcmahon, Headquarters
and Service Company; Capt. vii.
liam I. Mushake, Company B; Sec
ond 1t. John H. Davis, Company G,
and Second 1t. Stanley w. Stephen
son, Company r, all In the 121st
Regiment Of Engineers.