Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
District Draft Board
Selections Expected
ByMiddIe Of Week
Commissioners Announce
Establishment Of Areas
And Registration Places

Completion of the first major cog
In the Districts draft machinery
establishment of draft board areas
and registration places-was an
nounced yesterday by the Commits
sioners coincident with proclama-
ton calling on the citys employers
and prospective draftees to prepare
in earnest for registration day,
October is.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, Wash
ingtons selective service officer, said
last night that the draft program
generally would be speeded into high
gear by the middle Of the week
when, it is hoped, recommendations
for personnel on the "a draft boards
will be ready for the Commissioners
approval.
The first two sections of the draft
regulations, having to do with head
quarters organization and personnel,
are expected from Federal authori-
ties tomorrow or Tuesday, and local
officials then will be able to proceed
with preparations in stepped-up
tempo.
Many prospective members of the
draft boards have been tentatively
decided on, one official said yester-
day. but the list is by no means COM
plete. The boards will consist of
at least three members each. Later
will come the task of selecting the
membership of appeals and medical
boards for each area, and the cleri-
cal and registration personnel, most
of which will be handled by teachers
in the school system.
Headquarters to Be Set Up.
General headquarters for the
selective service administration of
the draft will be set up in the Ma
tional Guard Armory as soon as
regulations are received indicating
necessary features, Gen. Cox said.
In the revised draft plan released
yesterday in map form provision Is
made for "a draft board areas, with
two schools designated in each as
registration places, except in arsa
No. 20, where the Taft Junior High
School will be used in a dual ca
pacity. and in Nos. 4 and 5, where
Military Road School will serve for
colored registrants in both areas.
The areas were mapped to include
approximately 10000 population in
each A total of $4,000 are eligible
for registration in the District, the
Census Bureau has estimated.
The draft proclamation. signed by
Commissioners Melvin C. Hazen,
John Russell Young and David Nc
Coach. jr., urged employers to
prepare to give all draft eligibles
in their charge sufficient time off
to register
At the same time. residents subject
10 the act were asked to familiarize
themselves with the rules and regu-
lations governing registration and
to comply with them to the fullest
extent.
Text Of Proclamation.
Complete text of the proclamation
follows:
Whereas, the President of the
United States has, on September IT,
1910, issued a proclamation calling
upon every male person (other
than persons excepted by section 5
(A) of the Selective Training and
Service Act of 1910, dated September
is. 1940) who is a citizen of the
United States or an alien residing
in the United States and who, on
October Is, 1910, has attained tie
21st anniversary of the day of his
birthday and has not attained the
36th anniversary of the day of his
birth. to present himself for and to
submit to registration on Wednes-
day, the 18th day of October, 1910,
between the hours of am. and 9
pm, at the duly designated place
of registration within the precinct,
district or registration area in which
he has his permanent home or in
which he may happen to be on that
date. unless on account of sickness
or other cause beyond his control
he is unable to present himself for
registration at the designated place
of registration on October is, 1910.
Now, therefore. we, Melvin c..
Hazen, John Russell Young and
David McCoach, jr., Commissioners
of the District of Columbia, do here
by urge the persons referred to in
the Presidents proclamation who
have their permanent homes in the
District of Columbia or who happen
to be in the District of Columbia on
October 16, 194o to present them
selves for and to submit to regis