Evening star., 1941-05-02
Draft Boards
Nearby Enlist
MoreDoctors
Virginia Quote Moy
Be Increased by
Nearly 50 Pct.

Physicians in nearby Maryland
and Virginia were being modified
to speed up medical examinations in
anticipation of increased selective
service quotas.
The examining staffS of Mont
gomery County Boards No. 2 and
at Silver Spring and Bethesda were
doubled and plans were completed
today for enlisting the aid of all
available physicians in Alexandria
as State selective service headquar-
ters at Richmond announced the
Virginia quota may be increased by
nearly SO per cent.
Some relief was expected to re-
suit from a new policy, word of
which was received by selective
service boards in nearby Maryland
today, eliminating the requirement
to supply replacements for men re-
jected from monthly quotas after
June l.
After that date, local boards will
be credited with men accepted in
each call and reflections will be
made up in subsequent quotas as
signed local areas.
Physicians Named.
Seven physicians were added to
the examining staff of Montgomery
Board No. 2, and three to Board No.
3. They are Drs. Norman Shoe
maker, j. wilkins Cooch, William
D. Wardrop, Robert A. Hare, G..
Morrow Gibbs, Arthur E. Coyne and
j. Norman Kimble, for the board
No. 2 in Silver Spring, and Drs. Leo
I. Donovan, John G.. Ball and Brad
ley D. Hodgkins, of Bethesda. Ap-
pointment of additional physicians
is expected soon.
Alexandria physicians have re-
sponded to pleas for assistance and
next week will begin examining
selective service eligibles en- masse.
Previously, A. Addison Slaymaker,
chief clerk of the board, had re-
ported severe shortages of men for
the 18th State draft call. OF so men
due to be inducted next Thursday,
the board has been able to designate
only Is. This was blamed on a
shortage of examining physicians.
DR.. j. Cameron Mcclure, examin-
ing physician for the board, yester-
day informed Mr.. Slaymaker plans
had been formulated, and agreed to
by Alexandria physicians and the
Medical Association of Alexandria,
whereby two nights a week would be
set aside for examination of regis
trantS.
Two Sections Proposed.
Under the Mcclure plan, the doc
tors would be divided into two Sec
tionS One would examine men on
one night week. and the remaining
portion of the doctors would eX-
anime on another night. Mr.. Slay-
maker said the new plan will prob
ably go into effect next week.
The board-composed of DR.. Will
liam B. McIlwaine, jr.; Elliott S.
Hoffman and Edmund F. Ticer-will
decide when the remaining As Of the
18th call will be called into service.
The Is men who will leave for
Richmond next Thursday are:
Douglas w. Stanton, jr.; Gerald r
Springborn, Bernhard r. Berman
George S. Day, Dean Chase, Harri-
son G. Kirby, Edwin V. Milburn
Herbert E. Manson, Clarence E
Campbell, John H Mckinney, James
B. Adams, Robert M. Small, Robert
r. Jackson, James R. Ketchem, Ed
ward T. Monroe, John A. Parrish
and Frank D. Sharpless.
Virginia may be called on to sup
ply a total of IA, 1854 men by June 80,
instead of 9,747 men, the tentative
quota announced last fall, State Sc
lective Service headquarters an
nounced in Richmond yesterday, the
Associated Press reported.
The increase of 4,417 men in the
States net quota came about
through adjustments reducing cred
its allowed the State for men al
ready in the armed services, 1t. Col.
Mills F. Neal, State Selective Serv-
ice director, learned in adviceS from
Bird Corps Area headquarters in Bal
timore.
No change has been made in the
gross quota of 1888 selectees al
lotted Virginia as its share of the
first 100000 men under the Selective
service system, Col. Neal explained.