Evening star., 1941-07-02
Boards Sort
Cards Of 5,518
Registrars
Forms to Be Sent to
Prospective Selectees
Who Signed Yesterday

enrolment for military service.
As fast as the boards culled ou'
cards belonging to other areas with
in the District and the variou!
States. the forms were being for
warded to District Selective Servic,
headquarters at the National Guarc
Armory and prepared for mailing
This first step in the handling o
cards signed by the Selective Servic,
newcomers was hastened so loca
boards will be able by July tt
shuffie and number serially card
rightfully belonging in their juris.
diction.
The overall total of registrants il
the District yesterday included 5.43(
young men who had reached votins
age since last October Is, and 8,
older draft eligibles who for on,
reason or another failed to register
last fall. Most of the latter wer,
former members of the service wht
received discharges since October
and who, consequently. are required
to register but are not liable to call
s22 From Out of Town.
Registered at the visitors center
Bet up at the Guard Armory wer,
S22 out-of-towners, most of whom
were just passing through town
Ofilcials anticipate that the assort-
Ing process will add several hundred
additional cards to this figure.
Thirty five 2l-yesr-olds were reg
istered at District hospitals anC
Jails during the day.
Local Board No. 9. which toppec
the city with a 6.439 registration las,
fall. again was high with 378 regis.
trsnts, The visitors center reported
the second high total. Board No. 2:
enrolled only SO men. This boare
had $3.50 registrants last fall. The
city's smallest board. No. 8. with
an old total of 2,2O6 men, registered
s3 yesterday.
The second registration was de.
void of the long lines of weary
would-be registrants which charac-
terized the enrolment of some ia
900 Washingtonians last fall. Al
though most OF the registration
centers reported a few early ar
rivals yesterday. the task was per-
formed generally with ease and
with time to spare
Peak Reached Before 10.
The peak was reached early-from
am. to 10 a.m.-and the registra
ton tapered to minimum near
CLOSING time" at o'clock last night
During the morning hours. six
registration places were inspected
by an official party consisting of
Chairman Reynolds of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee: Brig
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, acting di-
rector Of national selective service:
Brig. Gen c. w. Kutz. District
Engineer Commissioner; Brig. Gen
Albert l.. Cox. District director of
selective service. and William H
Hargrave, District department COM
mander of the American Legion and
chief registrar for Washington.
The group visited centers at JEFF
ferson Junior High School, Hine
Junior High, Stuart Junior High
Thomson School and two colored
high schools, Dunbar and Cardozo.
At the Hine School, Senator
Reynolds questioned registrant
James A. Lenahan. a medical stu
dent from Wilkes Barre, Pa.
How DO you feel about register
ang?" the Senator wondered.
All right" said the youth, IF
am allowed to complete my medical
studies. Otherwise, not SO good"
Reynolds Recalls Bill.
Senator Reynolds recalled that hi.
committee had reported out a bill
to defer medical students.
Gen. Hershey pointed out that the
Job was far simpler than the leg.
istration of last October. when som,
1900, 900 responded to the call, and
furthermore, most of those handlin,
the new registration had taken par
in the last and knew what 10 do
Today, he said, there we're perha D.
10000 registration places through.
out the country, while the Iegistra
tion last fall required 125,OOO
Wen take Cnis registration ir
stride the acting national director
added. THE Legion is doing a fin,
job in Washington. The tour con.
vinced me that the work is coins
smoothly and efficiently"
In almost every registrant ther,
was a story. Accompanying Alberr
Prosseda of Melton, Pa. to thu
visitors center was his bride of tn,
day before. They were on theil
honeymoon. She was 81, too. 1--WE
had been planning to get marriec
for a long time" Mrs. Prosseda ex.
planned, while her husband reg.
lstered.
Youth a Father of 4.
An unemployed colored vouth
from North Carolina registered al
Eastern High School and, after ex.
planning to registrar that ne was
married at the age of IA. had fou,
children and was expecting a fifth
within the next three weeks. IN.
euired: do you think I'll be deferred
because of dependents2"
One of the Alexandria registrar,
was relieved of duty early. Tn.
salmon-colored registration card.
weren't very legible for him. He i.
color blind. Registered in Alex
andria was Crooper E. B. Marshall
one of the youngest members of the
Virginia State Police force. State
policemen have to be at least. q
and Ofhcer Marshall made the
grade on New Year Eve.
One Prefers Navy.
One registrant at Adams SchooI
signed up willingly but declared he
didn't want to serve in the Army but
in the Navy. The preference i,
hereditary. The registrant was Johr
Herbert Brown. III, 1927 Nineteenth
street, NV, whose father is Capt
j. H. Brown, in command, of the
o. S. s. Richmond.