Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-17
Army Will Induct
First Of 100000
Se|ectees tuesday
go 900, Including 81 From
D. c.. to Start Troinins
By End Of Month
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

all from the new England states,
will start their years training under
q program that will bring SOC, 900
men, representing every community
In the country, from civil life into
the Army by next July.
America thus launches her first
peacetime CONSUMPTION of military
reserve power-a plan to train be-
tween 1000, 900 and 10000 In five
years against the potential day some
enemy may menace the country.
While the first contingent, the
New Englanders who go to induction
centers Tuesday, will number little
less than 1000. the Army is to re-
ceive 10000 selected trainees by the
end Of the month, including 81 from
the District Of Columbia. After that
additional quotas will be sent by
$500 draft boards, from time to time,
In ever-increasing numbers, as rap
idly as housing and other facilities
are available at Army induction
centers. The first 100000 should be
in training by February.
The initial 10000 are expected to
consist largely of volunteers-of reg
istered men who offered their serv-
Ices to their local boards.
Address Changes Prohibited.
As the selective service system
smoothed the way for the first in
duction Of men, ruling Of particular
interest to Government employees
was announced yesterday by c. A,
Dykstra, director Of selective service.
This was that registrants may not
change the addresses they placed on
their registration cards and SO may
not be transferred to induction CEN
tiers in other States unless their local
boards consider there Is good reason
for such change.
The address on the registration
card is conclusive, said Mr.. Dykstra.
He cited as an example:
John Doe, living and working
In Washington, gave his Washing
ton address when he registered.
Consequently. he is under the juris-
diction OF Washington local board.
He now wishes to change the ad-
dress on his registration card in
the hope that he will come under
the jurisdiction Of q local board in
another area for reasons of his
own. Such a request must be de-
MED"
This ruling will hold, it was
pointed out at Selective service
headquarters, even If, as often hap
pens, Federal workers stationed
here maintain a legal residence in
some State.
The reason for this Interpretation
Of the draft regulations, 1t was ex-
planned, is that every registered
man is part Of the quotas which
may be assigned his board, and
constant transfer of men liable for
service would make 1t impossible
to maintain these allotments. There
also Is the -mattar of. the order
numbers established BY the national
lottery held on october 49, Boards
often have a different sequence Of
numbers, owing to the varying size
of their iSa3&rxtfon lists. and large
numbers OF transfers thus would
compicate further the selective
service process.
Duties Might Be Shifted.
Still, to prevent undue hardships
to registrants, Director Dykstra said
the local board holding a. regis
tration card might transfer some
Of its duties to another board tenn
porarily without losing control over
the man involved.
Where the registrant is at a
great distance from the board OF
original jurisdiction" the announce
ment said, land would be greatly
handicapped If forced to return to
1t for classification, physical ex-
animation or induction, the local
board may authorize another board
to conduct any or all of these
processes for it. The same must
be done when the board or its
physician is too closely related to
the registfant. because of blood or
employer-employe relationship, to
pass on his classification or physical
condition.
Upon the completion of any or
all of the processes for which the
temporary transfer Of authority
was made, the complete record will
be returned to the board of origin
without delay, so that at all times
1t will have detailed information
concerning each registrant under
its authority. The board having
original jurisdiction over a regis
trant will be given credit against
Its quota when he is indicted into
the armed forces, regardless Of what
local board inducts him."
In reply to inquiries from Govern
ment employees and others who want
to serve with troops from their
native States, selective service off,
GERS said this could not be assured
even If men were allowed to return
to their home towns for service
The Army, they pointed out, will
not mobilize selected men as State
units, but after they have gone
through preliminary examination
and Quitting at induction centers,
will send them where they are
needed in the branch Of the service
to which they have been assigned
Policy on Assignments.
While, as q general policy, the
men will be trained In corps areas
nearest their homes, they may be
assigned to Regular Army units OF
to the National Guard from some
other State, depending on require
ments of the War Department and
the corps area commanders. The
plan is to use citizen recruits largely
to I'LL up Regular Army and Guard
organizations to war strength, but
men sent to specialized units, such
rs tanks or anti-aircraft, may flnd
themselves serving far from home
The law allows selective service SOL
diers to 60 anywhere in the Western
Hemisphere.
The bar against transfers from
board to board, without special au-
thorization, does not apply to men
who were absent from their homes