Evening star., 1942-02-17
$3.50 Added
To Draft Lists
In Washington
Army ReIoxes
Physical Tests
For SeIectees

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he cards of $3.50 men who regis
kered for selective service In the Dis
trict yesterday In preparation for
the third national draft lottery Of
the emergency scheduled for mid
March.
At the same time, new Army ply
sical standards were announced
which materially reduce dental and
eye requirements for selectees.
The new ruling is expected to
bring thousands Of heretofore de-
ferred registrants into the rapidly
expanding Army and to permit In
duction of thousands of others
among them men who registered
yesterday-who would have failed to
qualify for IA classification.
Although the Army yesterday lift
ed the ban on publication Of local
registration figures, 1t did not allow
national figures to be released. 1t
was estimated, however, that ap-
proximately 1,650000 youths OF 20
and 81 years and about 1850, 900
older men were registered through
out the Nation. The enrolment
included all previously unregistered
men not exempted by law between
the ages of 20 and A, inclusive.
Cards Being Separated.
Local boards will continue clas-
sification and reclassification OF old
registrants while they separate all
out-of-area cards and forward them
to local headquarters for routing to
the proper boards, either here or
in other States.
All cards belonging to local boards
will be held until March 8 when the
local boards have been instructed
to shuttle the cards and number
them serially. The lottery will then
determine the order in which the
new registrants will be placed on
local board lists for classification
and the new registrants will follow
old registrants on local board lists.
Local boards also had men,
orandum from National Selective
Service headquarters, stating that
representatives and officials of local
unions and Government labor liai-
son men were among those who
could be considered essential in war
production.
Teeth, Eye Ruling Relaxed.
IN its memorandum on physical
defects, national headquarters di-
rected local boards to reopen and
reconsider the classification Of all
registrants heretofore classified in
l-B or AZ because Of deficiencies in
teeth or eyesight.
Formerly, the Army required that
m inductee have a minimum Of six
nnasticating and six incisor teeth.
all Of which were opposed. The new
requirement is merely that he be
able to eat and digest Army food.
1t also permits this to be accom-
plished with false teeth.
More than 20 per cent Of the men
rejected for physical disability under
the old Army standards were turned
down because Of teeth defects.
Requirement on Vision Given.
Eye requirements now read:
For general military service in all
noncombatant branches:
"Registrants whose visual aculty
Is below 20-100 but not below 20-100
In each eye without glasses if cor
rectible to 20-40 in each eye. (The
actual possession Of suitable glasses
by an individual is not required for
his acceptance under these stand
ards.)
william E. Leahy, District di-
rector of selective service, today
sent kilograms Of commentator to
DR.. Chester w. Holmes, assistant
superintendent of schools and chief
registrar, and to Haywood N. Saun-
ders, commander, District Depart
ment, American Legion, who CO.
ordinated his organizations volun-
teer registrar efforts.
During yesterdays registration,
1858 men were registered at local
selective service headquarters in the
old National Guard Armory. 270 at
hospitals, 13 in police station cell
blocks and 81 at the special registra-
ton center for members Of Congress
on Capitol Hill.
Following Is q breakdown OF the