Evening star., 1942-05-24
Few Married Men
In Nearby Areas Seek
Officer Training
Maryland, Virginia Boards
Report Comparative
Lack of Interest

Married selective service regis
trants in nearby Maryls nd and Vir-
ginia have Known a comparative
lack of interest so far in applying
for entrance to officers candidate
schools. Draft Board officials dis
closed yesterday.
! However. in the District and else
where in the country so many 3-A
men have volunteered that the
War Department said yesterday the
original monthly quota of accepted
registrants had been raised from
1,500 to 5000. In the Third Corps
Area the quota was raised to $50.
Applicants must be classified in
ga or be eligible for that classifl-
cation because of dependency and
must not be subject to deferment
because of KEY job. If they quail
fy by passage of a physical exami-
nation and test before volunteer
officer candidate board. they are
inducted according to the quota for
each month and take basic training.
From there they go to officers
candidate school and. if they grad
uate, are commissioned. Those who
fail along the line have a choice of
remaining in the Army as enlisted
men or returning home as members
of the enlisted reserve to await the
call of their group to service
Five in Prince Georges Apply.
Only five married men on their
roll have applied for officers train
ing since the policy was established
by National Selective Service Head
quarters almost three months ago,
clerks at Prince Georges County
(MdD Selective Service Board No. l
in Hyattsville said.
The boards quota for the three
months beginning last March was
u. All five of the applicants have
been inducted. they said.
Clerks at Draft Board No. 2 in
Upper Marlboro declined to give
either the number of volunteer
officer candidates or the boards
quota. They did say, however. that
there had been very few ap-
plicants.
One married applicant to date
was reported at Draft Board No. 3
in Upper Marlboro. He is being
considered for induction. Clerks at
the board also refused to give their
quota.
In Montgomery County, where no
quotas have been set for volunteer
officer candidates, Draft Board No.
l in Rockville reported two appli-
cants, thus far with no inductions.
The response was better at Draft
Board No. 2 in Silver Spring, with
rs applicants since the policy went
into effect, according to clerks at
the board None of the applicants
has been inducted as yet, they said.
Quotas Not Assigned.
Ten applicants were reported at
Draft Board No. 3 in Bethesda, of
whom two already have been in
Quoted.
Nearby Virginia boards also have
not been assigned quotas for mar
| ried men to attend officers candi-
date schools. The procedure thus
far has been to refer such applica-
tions to State Selective Service
Headquarters.
The Alexandria Draft Board has
had q very few" applicants ac-
cording to board clerks. Only one
induction was reported.
In Arlington County, Draft Board
No. has received II applications but
none has been approved. A few"
have also applied for officers train
ing at Draft Board No. 2, 1t was re-
ported.
Eleven married selective service
registrants have filed applications
for officers training at the Fairfax
Draft Board. OF these, two have
been inducted and third is to be
indicted in June, draft board clerks
! reported.