Evening star., 1948-07-24
D.C..DraftBoards
Will Be Stated
Ear|yNext Week
IS Units to Register
$4,000 Men; Quotes
For Capital Awaited

Members and key employees O,
about Is draft boards to registe,
between 5000 and $4,000 District
men ID through Is probably will be
appointed early next week, Selectiye
Service officials said today.
At least 10000 of those who regi.
ster here beginning August 80 will
be exempt or deferred and com.
paratively few of the others found
eligible for service are likely to be
called each month after the draft
starts next. October.
These estimates were described as
'very general" because the District
will not be notified, perhaps until
after the registration period ends
September IS, what its monthly
draft quotas will be. They are
based principally on current Army
plans to call 10000 men throughout
the country each month from about
October to July.
Groups to Be Deferred.
Under the draft law, as well as
deferment regulations to be issued
by the President, most veterans,
married men, students and various
other groups probably will not be
called into service. ALI in the 18-
through-25-year-old age bracket
must register unless on active duty
with the armed forces or in certain
limited categories. No one will be
drafted before he is 10.
William E. Leahy, District draft
director, announced Washington
will be divided into five admin
istrative areas with a co-ordinator
for every two or three boards.
This not only will facilitate regis
trations and inductions at this time,
but permit quick expansion if
necessary, it was explained.
During the war the District had
Is boards which registered more
than 203, 900 men and inducted more
than 10000. The smaller staff being
assembled for the peacetime draft
work consists mainly of persons
who served in the wartime draft
organization here. Besides handling
the August 30-September 10 regis
tration, probably at school build
ings here, these boards also will
register additional youths as they
become lS. szaa
Enlistment Quotas Filled.
The 18-year-olds eager to enlist
in the armed services for a year
and thus avoid possible drafting
for 81 months will have to mark
time Tor at least another month be-
cause Washington quotas for such
enliStments are filled.
Enlistments for regular terms in
the armed forces also have increased
substantially in recent weeks. The
Navy has filled its July quota and
suspended recruiting for the rest
Of this month. The Marine Corps
has filled practically all of its 1000
quota for this month. Both branches
have waiting lists.
Army and Air Force figures were
not available but recruiting officers
said long term enlistments have In
creased this month. Military Of
flcials expect to announce early next
week the number of 18-year- -olds
who have Joined up for one-year
service. Early reports indicate, they
said, that the 16l, 900 limit allowed
by law has almost been reached.
Virginia Picture Different.
While recruiting Offices in WASH
ington have more than enough 18-
year-olds already accepted or on
waiting lists to meet quotas for
this area until the end of August,
Virginia showed somewhat differ
ent picture.
In that State the 18-year -olds
seemed reluctant to sign up under
the one-year service arrangement
but the Army, Air Force, Navy and
Marine Corps already have exceeded
their July goals for long-term en-
listments. Army and Air Force off,
cialS said in Richmond that they
enlisted 900 men by July 10, as
compared with an original July
quota Of 600. The Navy equalled
its 205 July goal yesterday.
Recruiting Offices here said they
were receiving inquiries from 49,
year-olds yesterday and today, and
were continuing to process others on
waiting list basis. Applications
have tapered off but there probably
will be another rush early in Au-
gust" officers reported.
Training methods for the enlistees
and prospective draftees will be in
spected next week by top-level mil
itary chiefs and other officers who
will train the expanded Army.
Gen. Bradley, Army Chief of Staff,
1t. Gen. Willard S. Paul, director
OF personnel, and Maj. Gen. Harold
r. Bull, acting director of the train
ing division of the Army, will 60 to
Fort Knox, KY, Tuesday to inspect
the experimental unit established
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