Evening star., 1948-08-29
Draft Questions and Answers

I|DroHQuestior
Even before the arrangements for
the registration of men Is through
IS years of age got well under way.
District Selective Service Director
William E. Leahy began getting a
steady stream of calls from prospec-
tive registrants and their parents
about the new law and the draft
machinery. So Mr.. Leahv compiled
the following questions and answers
for their benefit:
! @. Who must register?
| A. Generally speaking. every male
of l8 years, who has not attained
/ his 26th birthday on August 30,
! 1948, must register. This includes
veterans.
@. When must he register?
| A. Every one must register be-
tween August 80 and September Is,
| 1948, both inclusive.
I @. Where may he register?
A. District Building, Fourteenth
and E streets NV.
Municipal Center, 800 Indiana
avenue NV.
Armory, 2O0l East Capitol street.
Dunbar High School, First street
between N and o streets NV.
Any police precinct station.
ANY fire station.
Place of his employment if facili-
ties are provided by his employer.
Earlier Registration.
Q. May one register before the
days fixed by Presidential proclama-
tion and proclamation of the Dis
trict Commissioners, If 1t is for his
convenience SO to do. provided ne
registers within the dates fixed by
the proclamations?
A. Yes. If the convenience of the
registrant indicates he prefers to
register on a date earlier than that
prescribed in the proclamations for
his registration he may do so, pro-
vided. of course, it is within the
period tixed-August 80 to Septem-
ber 18. 1948.
@. May one register at his place
Of employment?
A. Yes, where arrangements for
registration have been made. In
duStry and the various agencies and
departments of our Government are
cooperating whole in the
public interest in this registration.
This service by the Government and
of registrants Selective Service Of
flcialS said the forms should be
filled out and returned within 10
days.
The registrants then will be classi-
fled as follows:
Glass I-Available for. military
service.
Glass II-Deferred because of oc-
cupational status.
!, Glass III-Deferred because of de-
tendency.
Glass IV-Defered specifically by
law or because unfit for service.
Glass IV-C-Aliens temporarily in
this country for study teaching,
practical training or research who
have not declared their intention
to become citizens.
Glass V-Men who became 26 years
old, and ineligible for the draft,
before they were called up.
Class 1 to Provide Draftees.
Draftees-the Army will call for
10000 of them in November-will be
taken only from the Glass I group.
These men will be Ia, as in World
War II, and subject to call by age,
the Oldest (25) going first. Within
the 25-year group, older men will be
called first. Men receiving draft
calls will be allowed almost a month
to settle their affairs. The period
Of service is 81 months, to be followed
by a protracted period in the re-
serves.
The 1s-year-olds must register
but will not be subject to call until
they have reached 10. They may
volunteer now for one years active
service with the armed service in
the United States, to be followed by
periods in the reserves and thus be
deferred from draft calls.
Veterans fall into several cate
gories under the draft act passed
by Congress last June. While all
of them within the l8-to-26-year
age group must register. those who
served hOnorably on active duty dur
ing year or more between Septem-
ber IL, 1910, and June "a l948 Che
date the draft law went into effect
are not liable for service. Neither
are those who served honorably for
more than 80 days between Decem-
ber 7, l94l pearl Harbor and
September 2. 1945 (V-J day.
Also exempt from induction-but
not from registration-are ordained
ministers, divinity students and
conscientious objectors.
Many to Be Deferred.
President Truman on August 20
ordered deferments from induction,
but not from registration, for
much wider group. These men need
not anticipate military service:
Married men; farmers; all men
with dependents, including unmar-
ried fathers: most publicly elected
officials; men involved in study, re-
search or medical, scientific or other
endeavors considered necessary to
public safety or interest; sole sur
viving sons of families whose chill
dren were killed in World War II,
aliens and many others.
Students are deferred until they
graduate from high school or until
they become 20, whichever is first
College students are deferred for
the duration of the academic year
In both instances, students must be
doing satisfactory work to be de-