Evening star., 1941-01-17
Physical Examination!
Slated Next Week
For February Quotas
$500 to Face Tests;
Number Of SeIectees
From Boards Is Set

Selective service officials today
were preparing for the examination
of from 1,5OO to 1000 District men
from whose ranks will come Wash
ington's February quota of 353
selectees for Army training.
Forty-three men left Washington
early today for induction into the
Army at Baltimore. Forty we're
colored men, comprising the last
regular component of the January
quota. They are expected to be
assigned for permanent training at
Fort Bragg, N. c., after induction
and brief period at Fort George G..
Meade. The other three were white
men held over from previous quotas.
Four additional colored men will be
sent to Baltimore later. Replace
ments for rejected Washington
selectees will be inducted Janu-
airy 81.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, selective
yesterday announced the apportion-
ment among the Is local draft boards
OF Washington's February quota.
Examinations Next Week.
The call is the largest to date, and
embraces 224 white and 129 colored
selectees. Selective service head
quarters announced that physical
examinations will be given sometime
next week, with the date to be set
soon by Col. A. c. Gray, State med
ical examiner for the District.
The February consignment of 353
men will be inducted on four days
next month-February 19, 20, 81 and
"a. The dates were chosen so as not
to conflict with mobilization of Ma
tional Guard units of the 29th Diyi-
sion, tentatively set for February 3.
Forty-nine co1ored men will be in
Quoted February 10; TO white and
40 colored on February 20: 10 white
and 40 colored on February 81, and
"a white on February "a. They will
be inducted at the 5th Regiment
Armory in Baltimore.
0uOtdS ny DUdluSs
Draft Board quotas and dates on
which these men will be indicted,
follow:
Board No. l, quota 13, February
10, colored, and February "a, II
white; Board No. 2, quota 10,
February 10, l colored, and February
"a, 9 white; Board No. 8, quota 5,
February 81, 5 white; Board No. 4,
quota 13, February 10, l colored,
and February "a, IL white; Board
No S, quota IL, February "a, II
white; Board No. 6, quota 13,
February 10, 2 colored, and February
"a, II white; Board No. 7, quota 16,
February 10, 8 colored, and Feb
ruary "a, 13 white; Board No. 8,
quota 16, February 10, colored, and
February "a, 10 white; Board No. 9,
quota 10, February 10, 3 colored, and
February 20, 16 white; Board No. 10,
quota II, February 10, colored, and
February 20, 9 white; Board No. IL,
quota 81, February 10, IA colored,
and February 20, 7 white, and
Board No. IL, quota Is, February 20,
4 white, and IL colored.
Board No. 13, quota II, February
10, 6 colored, and February 20,
white; Board No. IA, quota Is,
February 81, 10 white, and 5 colored;
Board No. Is, quota 16, February 10,
10 colored, and February "a, 6 white {;
Board No. 16, quota 10, February 20,
4 'colored, and February 81, white; 1;
Board No. II, quota Is, February 20,
13 white, and 2 colored; Board No.
18, quota 13, February 20, 8 white,
and February 81, 5 colored; Board
No. 10, quota 18, February 81, white,
and 16 colored; Board No. 20, quota
Is, February 81, Is white, and l
colored; Board No. 81, quota 16
February 20, colored, and February
81, IL white; Board No. %, quota 10,
February 10, colored, and February
20, white; Board No. %, quota IA
February 20, 6 colored, and February
81, 8 white; Board No. "a, quota H.
February 20, 2 colored, and Feb
ruary 81, 10 white, and Board No
25, quota Is, February 81, 2 white
and 13 colored.
February's draft call will take a
total of TIT men from the Sd Corps
Area, of which 1,070 will come from
Maryland, 843 from Virginia and