Evening star., 1945-10-21
50 Pct. Of Volunteers
For Regular Army
Here Are Veterans

Fifty per cent of all men who vol
llnteer for enlistment in the Regular
Army here are veterans who sign up
for more service before the ink is
dry on their discharges.
Most other volunteers are young
men who prefer to join up for one
and half, two or three year enlist
ments rather sthan enter the Army
via selective service on a duration
and six-months' basis.
These facts were reported by Maj.
Raymond M. Peak, commanding the
Army Recruiting Service in Wash
ington, and his staff yesterday as the
press was shown the Army's reor-
ganized recruiting setup here.
New Quarters.
Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes, COM
mander of the Sd Service Command
meanwhile has obtained larger
quarters for the recruiting office
currently operating in the Grey
hound Bus Terminal Building. On
November the staff Of four officers
and Is enlisted men will move to
the Justice Departments archives
building at 10th and D streets NV.
to occupy the entire first floor. AL
members of the recruiting staf1 hVe
in the Washington area.
Mai. Peak said the local recruiting
Office is having no trouble filling its
present quota of 145 enlistments per
month. His staff is enlisting an
average of eight men day, indicat-
ing that the Army's inducements to
volunteers are bearing fruit.
1t was explained that volunteers
are offered many advantages not
ordinarily extended to draftees. I'm
til October /, 1916, volunteers will
be eligible for all benefits of the Gl
Bill of Rights. Veterans who re-
enlist for regular service within II
days after discharge will be given
the same rank they held at the time
of discharge. Three-year volunteers
may select any arm of the service Oh
serve in any theater OF the worlc
they choose.
Extra inducements.
Veterans who volunteer for service
with the Regulars within thret
months of their discharge receive
in addition to their $500 mastering
out pay, $50 enlistment allowance
for each year of previous service
Drafted men already in the servic,
can request discharges and re-enlis
Immediately in the Regular Army a
their own post with a 90-day fur
Tough granted before they return t
active service.
The Army plans to recruit men a
the new location on a production
line basis Maj. Peak said his stat
will be able to conduct physica
examinations and complete enlist
ment procedure without holding
man longer than "a hours. Ma
Peak, who recently returned fror
Europe, headed the recruiting sta
ton here when the war broke ou
A graduate of st. Johns Colleg
High School and Georgetown Uni
versity, Maj. Peak also saw servic
in the Navy and Marine Corps. II
lives at 2700 Connecticut avenu
NV.
Local Staff.
His staffmen, all overseas vetel
ans, are:
First 1t. George r. Rausch OF 3211 c.
lumbia pike. Arlington: 1st 1t. Edgar
Mills, 1924 Harvard street NV; 1st 1
Elmer L, Mankin. of Alexandria; TISere
BENJAMIN Bloomfield, 721 Erie avenu
Takoma Park: TISergt. John T. Tobi
1898 s. Twentyeighth street. Arlingto
S iSergt. Norman v. Koelzer, 174S LAM
place NV: S/Sergt. David Sokolow
Baltimore, Md; SfSergt. Jacob E. Buck
Fort Myer. Va; Sergt. Nathan Askin. 10
I street N W: .Sergt.. Calvin R. Burke. n
North Carolina avenue. 8. e.. Sergt. Ben
dict c. Cosimano, 2Sea sTweHty- min
street NV. Sergt. John r Simmons. ]
2025 I street NV. Sergt. Arthur J. Ira
miller. 174s Lanier place NV; Sert
Howard L. Waller, 72l Erie avenue, T
koma Park: TIA James C. Arcand, Fo
Myer. Va: corpl Richard H. Beach, SO
o street NV: Corpl. Irving L. Wohl. 10
L street NV Corpi y. d. Davis, 81:
Thirteenth street NV; TIE William
Baker, l711 East Capitol street: Tl5 Ro
ert @. Hay Fort Myer. Va, and TVS Ric
ard H. Thompson, Fort Myer. Va.