Evening star., 1940-11-03
Force Of 1,935,277
In 3 Months Seen as
Draft Quotas Are Set
District to Have II, ,84S
Men in Service by
July Of Next Yeor

The United States plans to have
force of 1,935,277 men under arms
on land and sea within eight months,
Selective Service headquarters dis
closed yesterday in announcing State
quotas for 100000 selectees.
The quotas were fixed after cred
iting each State with men already in
service or about to be inducted as
National Guardsmen and Reserv-
lists.
Headquarters records completed
yesterday showed that l6,3l3,240
men registered for the draft, and
of these approximately 1882, SAT
will be found available for imme-
diate service as soon as classif1ca-
ton, which has just begun, is COM
pleted. Plans are to train 100000
selectees each year for five years,
a total Of 100000. 1t is expected
that additional registrations will
be ordered for men who reached the
age of 81 since the last registra-
ton.
OF the 114,341 men who registered
in Washington 1t was estimated by
draft officials that 22,868 would be
in classification IA, Immediately
eligible for selection.
d. c. to Have 1l,848 in Service.
The District will have IL ,848 men
in. service by June 80, 194l-only
about 1000 less than served during
the entire period of the World War
These include the assigned quota
of 1882 selectees. 2,528 National
Guardsmen and 1888 Marine and
Naval ReServistS, Reserve officers
or enlisted men in the regular land
and sea forces.
After completion of the year Of
training for Guardsmen and Re-
servists, the District selectee quota
is expected to be much larger.
The number of men serving from
Washington will be higher than in
any of IA States, including Arizona,
| Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Montana,
Nevada, New Hampshire. New Mex
leo. North and South Dakota, Rhode
Island, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming
In the selectee quota. the District
will be required to furnish more
men than in any of is States.
Although no indication was made
of how the men would be distributed,
various officials estimated that the
Army will have a strength of nearly
$500 900 officers and men by June
80, while the remaining ABS ,227 will
be in the other services.
New York to Lead.
New York State, which during the
World War led all others in the
number of men supplied for the
fighting services, again will lead the
parade of States with 200, ,160 men
in service by next June 80. OF this
number ,796 will be selectees, the
highest quota assigned.
Nevada again is at the bottom
of States in the number of its res
idents who will serve, 2.Oo7 men, of
whom 624 will be selectees.
Alaska. Hawaii and Puerto Rico
will furnish II 900 selectees and 6,057
National Guardsmen. Hawaii reg
istered 60,l36 men on October Is
and instructions were forwarded
yesterday by trans-Paciflc clipper
for holding a draft lottery within
the next two weeks.
Registration in Alaska has been
postponed until mid-January when
a freeze up" will permit easier
travelling for its scattered residents.
1t is estimated that $500 men will
register.
Puerto Rico may have its regis
tration of an estimated 100000 men
about November 20. The delay was
caused by the necessity of printing
the registration and classification
forms in Spanish and English.
The men selected from these out
lying possessions of the United
States will aid guardsmen from
those areas and regulars in prepar-
ing new fortificationS.