Evening star., 1940-06-18
Capital Aids
Army Call for
New Recruits
June Enlistments Are
Reported Second
Highest in Is Months
BY FRED H. MORHART, Jr.

ny nED n. MOnHAn1, Jr.
Enlistments during June at the
local recruiting Office, 63l Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, today were
reported as the second highest re-
corded in a corresponding period
in the last 16 months, fol-
lowing an intensification of the
campaign for new Army enroll
ments.
Nationally, at the same time, 1t
was reported that more than half
the June quota of $4,000 men has
been recruited. With the beginning
of the new fiscal year $4,000 more
men will be taken into the Army to
bring it's strength to the 10000 au-
thorized limit.
The local station. headed by Maj
Seth Gayle, jr, Medical Corps, has
been averaging half a dozen en-
listments a day. Thus far this
month more than 40 men have
been signed up and sent to camp
for training.
1881 Men in Is Days.
Nationally, during the first Is
days of this month 1881 men were
taken into the service. The 9th
Corps area with headquarters at
Fort Sam Houston. Tex, led with
1,780 enlistments. The Sd Corps,
headquarters in Baltimore. was fifth
with 986 applicants approved. Last
week this area, which includes
Washington. recruited 245 men.
In addition to the drive for more
men to raise the total strength of
the Army, $1,000 annually must be
enlisted to fill normal losses. How
ever. large section of the normal
loss" is filled by re-enlistments. Also
in this category are the deaths. re-
tirements and other regular sever
ances from the service regularly ex-
perienced by the Army.
Counties in Recruiting Area.
The Washington recruiting area in
cludes Montgomery, Prince Georges,
st. Marys and Charles Counties in
Maryland and Fairfax and Arling-
ton counties in Virginia. The
coroner of a Southern Maryland
county offered to examine applicants
before they were brought to WASH
ington. He pointed out he thus
would save the Government the
added expense of transporting those
applicants who were rejected.
Meanwhile, Secretary of War
Woodring announced today dispo-
sition of the $4,000 new enlistments
They will be used to organize two
triangular divisions, the 7th and 9th,
which will affect several posts in
the Washington region.
Elements of the 9th Quartermaster
Battalion of Fort Myer and Fort
Meade along with the 9Th Field Ar
tillery of Fort Hoyle will be trans
ferred to Camp Jackson, S. c. In
addition three anti-aircraft groups
will be reorganized or established.
The lst Battalion, 74th Coast Artil-
lery, will be organized at Fort Mon
roe, Va, and the 1st Battalion, list
Coast Artillery will be set up at
Fort Story, Va, to augment defense
of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay.
The old End Battalion of the 69th
Coast Artillery will be transferred
from Fort Monroe to Fort Crockett,
Tex.
Provides Streamlined Divisions.
In effect the new assignments
constitute a general reorganization
of the coastal defenses of the coun-
try.
The 1st Cavalry Division, mech
anized, will be brought to a more
effective strength through a special
weapons troop for each cavalry
regiment and the completion of the
82d Field Artillery by activation of
two firing batteries.
Infantry and artillery regiments
of three streamlined triangular di-
visions, 1st, I'd and Sd, will be raised
to full peacetime strength and be
provided with medical troops for
their infantry and artillery regi-
ments and engineer battalion. Bat
talon combat trains will be fur
nished four 75-mm. pack howitzer
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