Evening star., 1948-09-12
Army Ready 10 Speed
Draftee Training for
Overseas Combat
By John A. Giles

service, can look forward to few
housekeeping" details and more
actual combat training at q rapid
pace, Army officials said yesterday.
Most of the new men will be used
to fill the combat and combat
supporting units and, while the
strength Of the Army is being dou-
bled on paper, its fighting strength
actually will be trebled rs . result,
they said. They figure that .
smaller proportion Of the inductees
will 60 into overhead and caretak-
ing organizations than during the
last war because these outfits al
ready are large enough TO take
care OF the added strength.
Specifically, II divisions, with sup
porting troops, are to be made ready
as part of an 18-division mobile
striking force.
To Use Time-SaMng Devices.
The Army plans to use every
time saving device to obtain every
possible advantage from the in
ductees' 21-month bitches. These
include pre-induction examinations
and transportation by air in place
of water for those assigned overseas.
The draftee can expect full-scale
within . year.
As men born in 1927 finished
registering yesterday and those born
in 1928 prepared to sign up tomor-
row and Tuesday, District Selective
Service oficials said they hope to
obtain most If not all of the Dis
tricts quota Of IS draftees for No
vember from Is and "a year old
single, nonyeterans.
OF approximately 1900 registrants
in the Is year old age bracket here,
1913 have been tentatively listed
thus far as single, non-veterans
and nonfathers. Another 1872 OF
the approximately 1900 registrants
in the "a year old group are also
so listed.
Frank D. Norton, deputy District
draft director, said many of these
may have been examined and re-
jected several years ago for the
wartime draft. 1t Is possible that
some may have been rejected for
physical conditions that subse-
quently have been corrected, he
added.
will Report by Age Groups.
In any event, men called for in
duction will report for physical
examinations by age groups, be-
ginning with the Is year olds. Mr..
Norton explained that this pro-
cedure must be followed because
lnductions themselves will be on
the basis of age groups, beginning
with the oldest.
District draft headquarters re-
ported that 37,123 men, 18 through
rs, have registered thus far. About
$4,000 are expected to register here
before the close of the formal
registration period next Saturday.
Local draft boards will start clas-
styling men possibly this week." Mr..
Norton said. "Questionnaires have
been going out during the past few
days to single, nonveteran, nom
father registrants in the older age
groups. This will continue through
the remainder Of this month for
those categories Of draft-eligible
men 19 through Is. Men have 10
days to return their classification
and many probably
will be coming in this week. The
boards then will begin to classify
the registrants on the basis of the
information in the missionaries. :"
Board Phones Listed.
He also announced for the first
time the clerks and telephone num-
bers of the local boards. General
about the draft here
may be obtained by calling Re-
public 8100, Extension 1929, he said.
Mrs. Marcella Dalton at Republic
1896 will be clerk Of Boards l, 2 and
3. She also will act as clerk for
the Districts ONCE of transfer,
which out-of-town registrants should
seek for information and advice
as to processing OF their papers and
the telephone number there is Ster-
ling 1884.
Miss Mary Cole at Republic alta
will be clerk of Boards 4, and s:
Mrs. Mary Carpenter at Republic
4794 for Boards 7, 8 and 9: A. p.
Bauman at Republic 5l27 for Boards
10, IL and IL: and Mrs. Mae Hart
at Republic 5128 for Boards Is, IA
and Is.
Registration here has been pro-
ceeding smoothly. 1t started August
20 with 25-year-olds. Men born
in 1929 will sign up Wednesday
and Thursday. those born in 1880
before September 10 on Friday and
Saturday. Men who reach IS years
after September 1s are required to
register within i've days after their
birthday.
The Army, the only service which
will call on the draft for men, is
continuing to accept volunteers and
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