Evening star., 1941-02-02
District Guard
Mobilization
SET Tomorrow
Additional 800 Men
Will Make z, 500
Called to Service
(Another nearby Guard story,
Page CO.

Mobilization of approximately 300
troops in remaining units of the
District National Guard will begin
tomorrow, boosting to $500 the total
number of Washington men called
into active military service since
the drastic expansion program of
the Nations armed forces was set
in motion last fall.
A seven-man medical examining
board, composed of Regular Army
doctors, will be set up at 8 am. to-
morrow in the National Guard
Armory, Sixth street and Pennsyl~
vania avenue NV, to begin physi-
cal tests which are expected to be
completed by the week end.
Col. Charles A. bravo. adiutant
general of the District Guard, said
last night that the Special Troops of
the 2eth Division, numbering some
l60 officers and men, would be ex-
amined first and shipped by trucks
| Tuesday to Fort George G.. Meade,
Md. The Special Troops are in COM
mand of Capt. Louis M. Gorson.
Physical examinations will be
| given Is officers and 1876 men of the
104th Quartermaster Regiment on
| Tuesday, Col. Dravo said, with their
departure for Fort Meade scheduled
for the following day. The quarter
master regiment is commanded by
Col. Ralph Hutchins.
Nearby Units Listed.
Guard units from Silver Spring
Md, and Alexandria, Va, will be
examined at the District Armory
on Wednesday.
AS soon as the Marylanders and
Vrginians are disposed of, the ex-
aminers will begin testing members
of the Districts 121st Engineers,
numbering nearly $50 officers and
men. The exact departure time for
this regiment. commanded by Col.
John w. Oehmann, has not been
determined, though it is generally
expected to be about the first of
next week
The local examining board will be
composed of the following officers:
1t. Col. Douglas A. White, Mai.
John B. Klopp, Mai. Frederick B.
Suttenfield, Maj. Samuel r. Tag
gart, Capt. o. D. Todd, 1t John H.
Peacock. and 1t. Robert S. Ander-
son. Col. White is Dental Corps
officer; the others, Medical Corps.
Must Finish in 10 Days.
Board orders, issued through Sd
Corps Area headquarters, stipu-
lated that examinations of the
Washington Guardsmen must be
completed within 10 days.
Col. Dravo said this requirement
should be met without difficulty as
the examination facilities at the ar
mory will be geared to handle 200
men per day
The District men will join other
troops of the 10Th Division at Fort
Meade. More than 10000 guards
men are expected to be quartered at
that Army post by the middle of
the month.
With the exception of two Naval
Reserve battalions and one or two
smaller units, mobilization of the
remaining Guard regiments during
the coming week will clear the Dis
trict of its organized militia.
Already inducted into active serv-
ice are some 800 troops of the 260th
Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft regi-
: ment of the District Guard; bat
talon of approximately 300 naval
reservists; a like number of Marine
reservists, comprising the 5th Bat
talon, and about 260 civilians called
out under the selective service pro-
gram.
In the few months since the mill
tary expansion program was in
augurated Washington men have
been dispatched for duty at posts
from Maryland to the Mexican bor-
der, from the Quantico Marine base
to the Caribbean.
The Districts share in the armed
forces will mount later this month
with induction of 353 additional
selectees.