Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24

We-gO DOyS Will De JOlIlcu ny q maj
year taste of military life under the
Wheels of Uncle Sans military
machine are geared to brisk pace
to pick up the newcomers with a
minimum of confusion.
At Fort George G. Meade, Nd,
first stop for the District trainees
as well as those from other juris-
dictions in the Sd Corps Area,
everything is shipshape to greet
1,100 selectees by next week end
Wednesday will be the big day there
Just as it, will be for the majority
of Washington's first-call trainees.
Physical Examination Thorough.
Wednesdays induction at 458 In
diana avenue NV, including a
physical examination unsurpassed
for thoroughness in Army recruiting
history, will precede trek to the
Fort Meade reception center, and
the selectees' initiation into Army
ranks.
Vanguard selectees from WASH
ington probably will not arrive al
Fort Meade until late afternoon,
which means that a brief check-in
a visit to barracks and a hearty
meal will comprise their first glimpse
of Army life before turning In for
the night. The next day, Thursday
will bring a different story.
Perhaps the first Meade ON
Ger to greet the District selectees
when they arrive by train near the
fort will be 1t. Charles A. Fisher
TRANSFORMATION officer for the res
ervation. Under his supervision
the newcomers will be directed to
the checking station-a brick build
ing in use temporarily as the re-
ceiving center for new recruits al
the post. Selectees called to duty
in the next acquisitions about the
first of the year will be received
in new buildings, now being rushed
to completion.
Doctors Check Brief.
At the checking station, the Sc
lectees will be given a routine physi-
cal uncover. probably by Capt
CHRISTOPHER J. Mogan. camp sur
eeon. This check will not take oyei
two or three minutes, authorities
relving on the induction station
physicians to weed out any selec'
tees who have no business in the
Army.
Records given selectees at theil
local boards and the induction sta
ton will be taken by an officer whit
will check them while the physica
examinations are taking place. Tit
selectees will be given dog tags
ordinary shipping tags which vii
note the company to which they VII
be assigned for bunking space ane
their Army serial numbers.
From the checking station. thu
selectees will be taken to their bar
racks-modern, centrally heated
brick buildings-now being vacated
here and there by regulars to make
room for the newcomers. \
Next step for the District men
should they follow current schedules
and arrive late in the afternoon
will be 'chow'-and the post prom
ises this will be the best and plen'
tiful."
Army Strives 10 Please.
The Army seems intent on max
ing selectees happy to begin theil
wears service. you're in the Army
now" won't have the same meaning
as of old, if Fort Meade powers
that-be have anything to do with 1t
A visit to the classification section
will come next for the new men (ane
it may be Thursday morning before
this step is taken by the District.
first selective service representa-.
tives). The trainees will file into
an examination room and sit al
desks in groups of approximately 100
For about an hour the men VII