Evening star., 1940-10-17
.D.C.Draft Heads
Rush Posting
OF Numbers
1l4,34l Registered
Here, Official
Count Shows

An official total of ll4,341 regis
trations for the District of Columbia
was forwarded to National Selective
Service headquarters by the Com
missioners today as the huge mass
of registration cards was distributed
in patches to chairmen of the city's
"a draft boards
The Commissioners official figure,
nearly 10000 higher than pre-regis-
tration estimates, varied somewhat
from totals announced earlier-due
to Implications and other unavoid-
able margins for error.
Board chairman received regis
tration cards from a cloak check
room counter in the Pennsylvania
avenue lobby of the Archives Build
ing after the ia, ,34l cards had been
removed from an Archives vault
where they were locked up overnight.
AS they collected the cards the
chairmen indicated they planned
to start at once to assort and num-
Der the signed forms. Most of them
went directly to their school head
quarters, where they were joined by
other board members, ready to start
the work Immediately.
Numbers to Be Posted Soon.
While most of the chairmen hes
itated to predict when serial num-
bers for their areas would be ready
for posting. several said they hoped
to complete the job by Saturday,
and one predicted his task would
be completed by tomorrow.
Major obstacle in the way of
completing the jobs was the ne
cessity of eliminating the out-of.
area and out-of-town cards. Of
ficials believed that once the latter
are forwarded to proper localities
the Districts total would drop much
nearer the pre-registration esti-
mate of $4,000. Opinion was ex-
pressed in some quarter, however,
that the total would remain unex-
pectedly high due to the influx
of emergency Federal workers and
transients since the estimate was
made.
Board Setups Completed.
In almost every instance, board
chairmen reported their organiza-
tions completed, although few ap-
pointees here and there, who were
lost through ineligibility or resigna-
tions, have not been replaced by
substitute appointments.
The registration cards were dis
tributed by Maj. Sidney Morgan, as
sistant selective oficer. First board
chairman to receive his stack was
Col. Davis G.. Arnold Of area No. 8,
who carried the cards away in a
suit case.
Shortly after wiring the official
total to national headquarters. the
Commissioners sent a message to
Brig. Gen. Albert l.. Cox. Washing
ton selective service executive, con-
graduating him on the prompt and
efficient" manner in which the reg
istration was handled yesterday.
They asked that their appreciation
be conveyed to "all who assisted in
this splendid achievement"
A similar message was wired to
Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent
of schools.
Liaison Officers Named.
Appointment of six officers to
serve as liaison men between the
District Selective Service headquar-
tiers and the "a local draft boards
was announced, meanwhile, by Gen.
Cox.
The officers and the local boards
to which they are assigned are:
Comdr. A. C. Flather, ! to 4, in
elusive; Capt. Gordon Hittenmark,
5 to 8, inclusive; Ensign Edward
Clarke, 9 to II, inclusive; Capt.
Tinsley Garnett, Is to Is, inclusive;
1t. Albert L. Cox, jr, II to 20, in
elusive. and 1t. q. g. John r.
De Sibour, 81 to "a. inclusive.
All of the officers are reservists
assigned to active duty with the
local selective service Office.
AS the local boards began the
task of shuffing and numbering
the registration cards, selective
service officials reminded all reg
istrants to watch bulletin boards
at their local draft board head
quarters for further instructions and
listing of numbers assigned.
Washington's total of 114,341 en-
(See n q DPAET poce Al