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seas two years would be able to re-
turn to their homes in March. Gen.
Collins said it now looked doubt
full that this could be done.
Gen. Collins said the War De-
partment had made every effort to
obtain sufficient replacements for
overseas duty but the draft had
been supplying $1,000 instead of 50,-
600 men a month sought by the
Army since VI day.
AS for enlistments, he added, about
400 900 men have been procured for
the Regular Army through the re-
|cruiting program up to January /.
Gen. Collins cautioned against as
suming that this satisfactory rate of
recruiting would continue and added
that the majority of those recruited
were Regular Army men who have
re-enlisted, thus making no new ad-
ditions to Army strength.
Estimates Reduced.
Gen. Collins also disclosed the
planned strength of the Army for
next July now is 1850 900, a reduc-
ton of about 100000 from estimates
made last September.
Its distribution would be as fol-
lows:
Overseas-Europe, including Italy,
1856 900; Pacific. including Japan,
375 900; other areas, $1,000; Filipino
troops undergoing training, $4,000.
Continental United States-Sup-
ply, hospital and other operating
personnel, 100000; troops in train
ing and in transit and "a small
strategic reserve" 343, 900.
The revision lowered the prospec-
tive European force by approxi-
mately $4,000 and the prospective
Pacific force by $4,000.
Navy Lowers Points.
The Navy, in addition to lowering
scores for male officers and enlisted
men next month, provided that
WAVE officers may be discharged
with % points on February and 27
points on March 2. The enlisted
WAVE score will be cut from % to
% and 81 on the same dates. There
will be no February Is reduction for
WAVES.
Other Personnel Reductions.
Other reductions:
Navy nurses, now 90 to %, Feb
ruary 2, and 27, March 2.
Doctors, now 81, to so February 2
and 49 March 2.
Naval officers on flying duty, above
rank of ensign, now 80, reduced to
20 January Is, % February 2, 27
February Is and 26 March 2. The
score for ensigns remains at 20.
Reductions for enlisted personnel
in special classifications include:
Yeoman, storekeepers Except Sea-
bee storekeeper stevedores), classifi-
cation specialists, punch card &C
counting machine operators. trans
portation specialists, hospital corps
men with speciality in occupational
or physical therapy who are as
signed to duty in continental United
States naval special hospitals-male,
Al, February 2. and 20, March q;
ASAAoAC, ~, 4 CYL uoA q, ~, dAiu 81,
March 2.
Mailmen: Male, SO, February 2;
"a, February Is, and 80, March 2;
female, Is, February 2; "a, February
Is, and 81, March 2.
Male electricians mates, except
Seabees, 36 points until March 2,
then IS.
Water tenders Except Seabees) +,
machinists' mates Except Seabees
and industrial gas generating me-
chanics), chief commissary stew
ards, ships cooks and bakers, un-
changed at 38 until March 2,
then 81.
Seabee storekeepers stevedores,
Seabee water tenders, Seabee ma
chinist's mates and Seabee electri-
clans mates, "a February 2, 80 Feb
ruary Is and 80 March 2.
Shore patrol and key punch op-I
orator specialists, male, "a, Febru-
ary 2; 33, February Is; 80, March 2;
female, %, February 2; 81, March 2.
Machinists' mates, industrial gas
generating mechanics, 38, February
2; 80, February Is; 80, March 2.
A Roosevelt Memorial Bond is be-
nE e. 4yH