Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
Regular Armed Forces
May Reach 1,154,782
By February |
Estimated Figure Is
Exclusive of SeIective
Service Truinees
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Enlisted men in the regular armed
forces of the United Statistic
Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Ma
tional Guard, exclusive of selective
service trainees who may be assigned
them--will number 1,154,782 by Feb
ruary /, it was estimated yesterday
at national selective service head
quarters.
This total previously had been ar
rived at in computing the quotas
each State is to furnish in supplying
the 100000 Selectees to be recruited
by next July l, but for the first time
headquarters gave breakdown
among the various branches of those
serving regular enlistments. The
breakdown follows:
Army, 791 SAB.
Navy, 294545.
Marine Corps, $3.50.
Present Quotas Unaffected.
The Army figure includes National
Guardsmen, a large part OF whom
already have been modified for a
years Federal service.
The new tables of figures will not
affect at present the quotas assigned
the States. BY next spring some of
the quotas may be revised as more
accurate figures on enlistments are
made available.
The total figure is based on actual
enrolment in the regular forces on
October ! and increases anticipated
by February.
The District of Columbia, which is
to furnish 1882 selectees by the end
of the fiscal year, according to pres
ent quotas. has an estimated 1856
in the regulars. divided as follows:
Army (including National Guard
1858.
Navy, 1,545.
Marine Corps. 958.
Nearby States Quotas.
The figures include members of
reserve units in the various services.
Maryland's quota of 1854 for
the first year of selective service
was based on these credits: Army
and National Guard, 9.672; Navy,
3,797; Marine Corps, 865.
Virginia, assigned a quota of
s,747 selectees, will have in the
regular services: Army and National
Guard, 1886; Navy, 9,466; Marine
Corps, 1914.
New York, expected to furnish
1l4,796 recruits through selective
service. will have, NEAR the end of
winter. an estimated 1884 men
serving in the regular forces as fol-
lows: Army and National Guard,
62,6o8; Navy, 1888; Marine Corps,
4,233.
At the other extreme of the pic
ture, Nevada, required to supply
only 624 men, is given credit for
these volunteers in the regular
branches: Army and National
Guard 1852; Navy 275; Marine
Corps, Sc.
Enlistment Permitted.
Men between the ages OF 81 and
SO who registered for the draft on
October Is and have not yet been
called to service may enlist for
three-year terms in any of the
armed forces which will accept them.
They are required only to notify
their local draft boards of this
intention. Such men may volun-
teer for the Regular Army, Navy
or Marines up to the time they are
summoned for induction through the
selective service machinery.
officials emphasize that these VOL
unteers will be accepted only for
three-year enlistments. If they de-
sire to volunteer for one year they
may offer their services to their
boards. If they are otherwise elig-
ible-not barred by dependents or
for vocational reasons-they will be
pushed ahead. regardless of how
their registration numbers were
drawn in the national lottery, and
called at an early date, with the