Evening star., 1940-10-18
Arlington 10 Post
Areas First Draft
Numbers Tomorrow
Virginia and Maryland
Boards Stort Sorting
$4,000 Cards

Arlington registrants will be the
first IN the nearby Maryland and
Virginia area to learn their num-
bers under the Selective Service
Act, with the posting of the first
lists in the county courthouse to-
morrow.
Frank H. Eastman, chairman of
Arlington Board No. l, announced
today that the sorting and number
ing of both boards in Arlington had
been completed and the listing be-
gun. The first lists will be posted at
$50 am, he said, and posting will
be continued during the day until
the serial numbers of the 4,468 men
registered by Board No. ! and the
1859 by Board No. 2 are on the
bulletin board. He said it was hoped
that the posting could be finished
by tomorrow night.
Meanwhile. the Alexandria Draft
Board announced today it had issued
numbers to all AleXandrians who
registered in the city. A total of
5,440 numbers was issued. About
300 registration cards made out in
the city by non-residentS were sent
to the Governors of the various
States.
The Alexandria board completed
the sorting and numbering this
morning, the members performing
the work themselves, in each others
presence. A clerical staff will be
employed to list the names and
serial numbers. The posting is eX-
pected to start early next week, it
was announced.
Other Boards Start Work.
Other boards today began the task
Of sorting more than $4,000 cards
from Wednesdays registration in
Maryland and Virginia in prepara-
ton for the numbering process.
With only one precinct missing in
Virginia, Tangier Island in Chesa-
peake Bay, State Selective Service
headquarters in Richmond last night
announced that registration reached
S4O,515, the Associated Press report
ed. Officials explained that the 403,-
900 figure used in preparation for
registration was a maximum esti-
mate used for printing and dis
tributing supplies.
1t. Comdr. Charles H. Bryant,
Maryland registration director, an
nounced that complete but unofficial
returns from Baltimore and the %
Maryland counties showed 24l995
men registered. The figures were
those reported by the States 66 local
boards in the State, he said, but
had net been rechecked.
1851 in Baltimore.
Registrations in Baltimore totaled
1851, while Baltimore County was
second with 21.662 Prince Georges
County third with 1857 and Mont
gomery County fourth with 1861.
Gov. Price of Virginia said in a
radio address last night that every
registrant would be considered in
Class l, those available Immediately
for military service, until otherwise
classified by their local boards.
The second class will consist Of
those deferred because of occupa-
tional status and importance of civ
ilian employment; third, deferred
because of dependents; and fourth.
deferred specifically by law or be-
cause of unfitness for service.
Registrants may appeal their
status to an appeal board but the
right of appeal could not be abused,
he said.
In nearby Maryland, two boards
began work today while four others
decided to await the conference with
State officials in Baltimore tomorrow
before taking over the cards and
starting the sorting procedure.
Extra Boards Planned.
Whether additional draft boards
would be named in areas where
registrations exceed $500 was unde-
termined today. At National Sc
lective Service headquarters here,
It was explained that any locality
having more than $500 registrants
in a draft area could have another
boarG to aid in the classification
work.
A survey of nearby counties
showed that the Alexandria board,
all three boards in Prince Georges
County, boards No. l and 2 in
Arlington, the Fairfax County board,
and Board No. 3 in Montgomery
County would have more than $500
registrants in their territories.
Frederic P. Lee and Stephen
James, chairman of the two boards
in suburban Montgomery County.