Evening star., 1941-01-16
Boards Quotas
For February
Draft Call Set
Biggest Area, No. II,
Will Provide II
OF 353 TotoI

Gen. Albert L. Cox, selectiye serv-
Ice executive for the District, an
nounced today the apportionment
between the 25 local draft boards
of the Districts February selectivt
service quota of 353 men.
The greatest number of selectees
will come from board No II, which
Is to provide 81 men, white and
il colored. Only five men will be
required from board No. 8, the
smallest group.
Selective service headquarters an
nounced that approximately 1,5OO
men will report for physical exam
nations some time next week, with
the exact date 10 be set by Col.
A. G. Gray, State medical exam
iner for the District. From these
men, Washington's February quota
will be selected.
Board quotas for the February
group follow: No. l, 13; No. 2, 10;
No. 3, S; No. 4, 13; No. 5, 12; No. G.
13; No. 7, 16; No. 8, 16; No. 9, 10;
No. 10, IT; No. II, 81; No. II, 16;
No. 13, II; No. ID, IS; No. IS, 16; No.
16, 10; No. II, IS; No. Is, 13; No. 10,
18; No. 20, 16; No. 21, 16; No. %
10; No. %, IA; No. "a, u, and No
25, Is.
Largest Quota Yet.
The quota-largeSt to date-was
announced by Gen. Cox following a
conference with Maj. F. w. Ferree,
assistant adjutant general of the
corps area. The call embraces 224
white and 129 colored selecteeS.
Gov. O'Conor announced today
that Maryland's February quota had
been set at 1,070-801 white and 269
colored.
Gov. O'Conor said he was advised
by selective service headquarters
that the men called next month
would be inducted at the 5th Regi-
ment Armory in Baltimore from
February 10 to IS and from Febru-
ary II to 10.
AL District selectees will be in
Quoted after February 18 so as not
to conflict with mobilization OF
National Guard units of the 29th
Division, tentatively scheduled to
begin February 8. Dates for Wash
ington Selective service inductions
will be 49 colored men on February
10; 70 white and 40 colored on Feb
ruary 20; 10 white and 40 colored or
February 81, and "a white On Feb
ruary "a. They will be inducted al
the 5th Regiment Armory in Balti-
more.
To Induct Al Tomorrow.
Meanwhile, final arrangements were
made to transport A colored selec.
tees to Baltimore for induction to.
morrow. These men will complete
Washington's January quota of 21(
men, with the exception of severa
requirements for selectees rejected
last week end at the induction
station. Induction of the substitute:
will take place January 81.
The colored men have been ordered
to report at the National GuarC
Armory at 6:45 am. They will be
taken to Baltimore in chartered
buses. 1t is expected that the major
ity of this group will be assigned
to permanent training at For
Bragg, N. c., following a brief stay
at the Sd Corps Area reception CEN
ter at Fort George G. Meade, Md.
Approximately $50 Washington
men already at Fort Meade prob.
ably will be assigned to permanent
posts by the week end, officials said
They were issued uniforms, classi-
fled and put through their first
drills earlier this week. Many o1
the Washingtonians are expected
to be assigned to duty in Texas
Georgia and Oklahoma.
Third Corps Area Headquarters at
Baltimore announced that February s
draft call will take TIT men, COM
pared with ABB men reporting for
duty in January, the Associated
Press reported.
Virginia's quota was set at 843
men, to be called between February
5 and February "a, while the Mary
land figure was announced to be
1,070 men, of which 801 will be white
men.