Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Draft Boards
Send Out 1900
Questionnaires
Classification Begun
In Preparation for
january Call

Preparing for anticipated January
calls for selectees, Washington's Is
local draft boards have sent out
approximately 1000 additional ques-
tionnaires to District registrants for
possible military service.
A total of 5,575 questionnaireS
have been mailed to date, selective
service headquarters here reported
today About 1,575 questionnaires
sent out early last month easily pro-
vided eligible men for the November
q and % inductions, and a number
of others were classified as available
for future quotas.
Just how many men will be in
Quoted in January has not been an
nounced. Local authorities said they
did not know when the requisition
order that will advise them of the
number of men the District is ex-
pected to furnish will arrive from
national headquarters. 1t is to pre-
pare the local boards to supply the
short notice, if necessary, that the
additional missionaries were sent
out.
Soon Can Supply 1000.
Using the flve-questionnaires-to-
Observation-Disclosures general rule,
officers here estimated the Districts
boards soon can provide more than
1000 young men for a years mill
tary training.
The totals varied somewhat de-
pending on the size of the individual
boards list of registrants, but boards
in the last few days have sent out
an average of about 100 question:
naires each. Early in November the
boards mailed out an average of so
questionnaires each.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, Selective
Service director for the District, said
would proceed with their classical
ton of the missionaries as they
come in, no more men will be called
in for physical examinations until
the next quotas have been deter
mined
PleaSed Dy lnductlOnS.
Gen. Cox expressed his gratifica-
ton at last weeks initial inductions,
which saw 46 out of 81 men sent
in by local boards approved in
rigid Army final physical tests and
assigned Immediately to Fort George
G. Meade, Md. None of the other
five have been finally rejected, so
far as I know" Gen. Cox said.
1.-THE chances are most of them will
be passed when all the examination
results are rechecked."
In order to assure uniformity of
action" in dependency and defer
ment problems, Gen. Coy said he
had called a meeting of all local
board chairmen, government appeal
agents and Registrars Advisory
Board members for Thursday at
3 pm. at the Mayflower Hotel.
Meanwhile three additional local
boards established themselves in new
headquarters today in compliance
with Gen. Cox's recent request that
all the boards find new quarters, If
necessary, to cut down on housing
expenses. Bills for heat, light and
janitor service after school hours
In the boards rent-free Offices in
public schools have been running
in excess of the monthly $40 to $50
maximum housing costs suggested
for the individual boards.
Board No. 9 announced move
TO ITO Fourteenth street NV. from
former quarters in the Weightman
School, Twenty-third and M streets
NV.
Boards 4 and Is also moved today,
4 from Calvin Coolidge School, Fifth
and Tuckerman streets NV. to the
Takoma Theater Building, Fourth
and Butternut streets NV, and Is
from the Bowen School, Third and
K streets S.W., to GIG Pennsylvania
avenue Sc.
Board 6 announced that arrange
ments have been made for transfer
tomorrow of its quarters, now at the
Raymond School, Tenth street and
Spring road NV, to the No. 10 pre-
cinct building at $50 Park road NV.
A little-used room on the ground
floor has been made available at the
police station, it was said.
Five other boards moved on Satur-
day and virtually all of the re-
mainder are expected to move as
soon as they can find quarters that
will At into their suggested budgets.