Smyrna times., 1941-11-20
I234 STATE MEN
TO BE DRAFTED
200 Whites, 81 Negroes Elk.
pect to Take Physical Test
December 20 and 80
ELIGIBLE FOR GUARD

Delaware will send 234 men for
army induction in the next draft
call, it has been announced by Gen.
William Berl, Jr., state selective
service director. The quota is for
200 white, and "a Negroes. Prob
able dates for the physical exam
nations to be given the men are
December 20 and 30, with induction
following on January 26 and 81.
Examinations are given at Cam
den, N. j., and induction is made
at Fort Dix. The men are the next
who will be selected from this
state, inasmuch as there is NO
further call slated for this year
The last group from Delaware to
be inducted left last Friday for
Fort Dix.
Four Weeks Grace Given
This call, the 21st in the Second
Corps Area, will be the first in
which men from this state will be
given four-weeks period of grace
between the dates of examination
and induction. Since early fall a
three weeks period has been given,
to provide time for selectees to set
tie their personal affairs after be-
ing definitely informed that they
are to be inducted into the army
Before that, selectees were induct-
ed Immediately upon passing the
physical examinations at the army
induction center.
Men Eligible For Guard
General Berl has instructed local
draft boards to advise former en-
listed men, who have had II
months continuous service and who
are within the selective service reg
istration age requirements, that
they are eligible for enlistment in
the Delaware National Guard or in
the Enlisted Reserve Corps. All en-
listed men who were in the regis
tration age brackets on October 16
1910, or July l, 1941, and who are
not already registered under the
Selective Training and Service Act,
must register when discharged
from the military establishment,
General Berl declared, and he en-
phasized that those eligible for in
duction who do not enlist in the
National Guard or the Enlisted Re-
serve Corps will be inducted. ZAP
plication for enlistment in the Ma
tional Guard should be made to the
Adjutant-General of Delaware at
the State Armory. Information
relative to enlistment in the En-
listed Reserve Corps may be OBJ
tanned from thte office of the Sec
ond Corps Area Commander Gov
ernors Island, N. Y; the headquart-
ers of the Third Military Area
Newark, N. j.; or the nearest army
recruiting station" he said.
Put in 1-C Classification
when a former enlisted man
presents satisfactory evidence OF
enlistment in the National Guard
or the Enlisted Reserve, his local
board will put him in Glass 1-C. On
the other hand, any former service
man who does not so enlist, or who
is not eligible for enlistment in the
National Guard or the Enlisted Re-
serve, shall be delivered for selec-
tive service induction provided he is
not exempted by his former service
and if he has not been placed in a
deferred classification for any other
reason" The Selective Service
Act, as amended, General Berl said,
relieves from liability for peace
time training and service under the
act only those regulars who have
satisfactorily served as officers or
enlisted men for at least two years
and six months, consecutivelyl, in
the Regular Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, or Coast Guard, or any en-
listed man honorably discharged
from the Regular Army or the
Coast Guard within six months
prior to the completion of his reg
ular three-year period of enlist
ment.