Evening star., 1941-01-03
1000 Se|ectees
From CorpsArea
Going TO Texas
List May Include
Many Of Districts
210 Inductees
By THOMAS C. HARDMAN.

By THOMAS c. HARDMAN.
Nearly half of the 4,918 selectees,
including 210 Washingtonians, to be
called to the colors in the Sd Corps
Area this month will be sent for
their years training to Fort Sam
Houston, Tex, it was learned to-
day at Fort George G. Meade, Md,
corps area reception center.
At the same time, it was revealed
that an auxiliary reception center
would be established as quickly as
possible at Camp Lee, Va, near
Petersburg, to handle all Virginia
selecteeS in a drastic Speedup OF
the selective service program in the
corps area. The new center may
be set up in time for the February
call.
Fort Sill RequisitiOns $50.
A reQuisition for 1000 tralneeS has
been received at Fort Meade from
the Texas post. In addition, the
next highest total among the requi-
Sitions received thus far came from
Fort Sill, Okla, which will receive
$50 Sd Corps Selectees.
Other acquisitions include Fort
Belvoir, Va, 376; Fort Monroe, Va,
376; Fort Story. Va. 500 call Vir-
ginians, if possible; Fort Myer, Va,
2; Nansemond Ordnance Depot, Va,
III: Fort Benning. Ga. 342, and Fort
Bragg. N. c.. 375 (all colored).
Forts Sam Houston and Sill are
located in the 9th Corps Area, while
Forts Benning and Bragg are in the
4th. officials announced some weeks
ago that they were contemplating
sending some of the Sd Corp Area
January selectees outside this
jurisdiction, but the total ut-of-
area acquisitions revealed today are
considerably larger anticipated in
most quarters.
Will Travel on Pullmans.
Transportation officers at the Fort
Meade reception center. headed by
1t. Charles A. Fisher, already have
begun work on the problem of ship
ping the large contingents of
trainees to the Texas, Oklahoma
and Georgia posts.
The men will be transported on
Pullmans, it was learned. and it is
the responsibility of military au-
thorities TO take care of auxiliary
train crews and additional supplies
made necessary by the large number
of passengers.
Possibility that many Washington
men will be among selectees shipped
to the Houston post was expressed
by Fort Meade officers. They will
be the second group from the Dis
trict of Columbia to travel to Texas
for military service, the 260th Coast
Artillery of the District National
Guard having been scheduled al
ready to depart for Fort Bliss, Tex,
within two weeks
1t was considered probable that
number of the selectees sent to
Texas eventually will be assigned
for regular duty with the 260th.
War strength for the regiment has
been set at approximately 1000 Off
GERS and men. whereas not more
than 1000 present members are eX-
pected to move to Fort Bliss this
the difference to be made up
later with selective service rockies.
Meanwhile, a schedule of Selectee
arrivals at Fort Meade this month
revealed that the 210 Washington
men will be initiated into Army life
on the following dates: January H.,
$50 men: January 13, l6 and January
IT. "A call colored.
To provide the 2l0 District quota,
more than 900 Washington regis
trants will have been given physical
examinations. The final contingent
of about 335 men were scheduled
for examination at five local hos
pitals tonight Of this group. 1874
are colored, and from them A will
be selected for immediate service.
Ordered to Clinic.
All registrants scheduled to re-
port for examination tonight at
Garfield and Providence
Hospitals were ordered during the
day to the District tuberculosis
Clinic at 469 C street NV. for chest
X-rays. Registrants to be examined
at Freedmen's Hospital will be given
chest X-rays at 9 am. tomorrow,
while those to be examined at Sib-
lev were ordered to report to the
clinic at II am. tomorrow.
All District selectees this month
will be inducted at the 5th Regiment
Armory in Baltimore. Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Cox. Selective Service ex-
ecutive for the city, announced to-
day that the first $50 men will leave
from the National Guard Armory
at 7 am. next Saturday by bus for
Baltimore. They will be in charge
of Ensign Edward Clarke, liaison
officer at Selective Service head
quarters. The men will be asked
to report at Gas IN. for brief fare
we'll ceremonies prior to departure.
The second and third groups will
leave on their respective call dates
by the same bus schedule, Gen. Cox
said.
Other Arrivals to Be Staggered.
Other arrivals at the Meade
reception center will be staggered
during the month from $50 from
Richmond and Roanoke on January
9 to the last contingent from
Pennsylvania on January 81. Peak
load at the reception center will
occur on January II when 344
selectees are expected to be re-
ceived.
The reception center at Camp
Lee will be set up similar to another
Sd Corps auxiliary center already
underway at New Cumberland. Pa.