Evening star., 1948-09-03
Only s. District Men
To Be Inducted Into
Army in First Month.
Districts November
Quote Much Smaller
Than Was Anticipated
By John A. Giles

Only SIS District men will be
inducted into the Army in No
vember, the first month of in
ductions under the new peace
time draft. it was announced
today.
The Army has asked for 10000 in
ductees throughout the country in
November and State quotas are be-
ing announced locally.
Frank D. Norton, deputy selective
service director, announced the Dis
tyict quota and commented that it
was much less than had been an
ticipated
I'VE will have no trouble in filling
the initial call" Mr.. Norton said
"A total of IS 1853 men already have
registered in the DHtrict, 2.296 of
them yesterday. We originally had
estimated that the total registration
would be $4,000"
Cost Per Soldier Higher.
Registration went into its fifth
day today with the last of the men
born in 1924 signing up. They start
ed yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Army disclosed
that it would cost nearly three times
more to feed, clothe and equip the
men inducted under the new selec-
tive service law than it did for the
first GIs drafted for World War II.
Army officials said that because of
the hign cost of living, it would cost
the Government an average of
$99628 to feed. clothe, equip and
maintain each man annually. This
compares with $25620 in 1910.
Food Jumps 154 Per Cent.
They said that the food item alone
had jumped 154 per cent-from
sl4323 per year before the war to
$37795 now.
Although the clothing the peace
time draftee will receive will be of
much better quality and better fitted
than his wartime counterpart got,
high costs also have been the pre-
dominant factor in boosting the an
nual total payment by the Govern
ItltllJ. WIICl bllC VIC
$90.31 in 1910 it now is S238l1.
Equipage which includes some 20
items given each new soldier, such
as tooth brushes, shaving kits and
other articles, costs $l7l07 year
at today's prices, compared with
SLIP just before World War II
began. These costs do not include
rifles issued to the men.
Maintenance Rises Sharply.
Maintaining the soldier, the
fourth major item, has jumped from
S46.81 to $21914.
Army officers said that the peace
time draftee would be much better
dressed than the wartime inductee
since orders assured him of a per-
sonal fit by a tailor and made his
immediate commander responsible
for seeing that he got It,
Meanwhile, District registration
continued without incident.
District Director William E.
Leahy announced that five more
police stations would be opened for
registration tomorrow to make sure
the anticipated weekend extra
load can be handled.
Police Stations Listed.
The police stations to be used
from tomorrow through the end of
the registration on September l8
are as follows:
Sixth precinct, Thirteenth and
Nicholson streets NV; eighth pre-
cinct. Forty-second and Albemsrle
streets NV: ninth precinct, 500
block of Ninth street NE; eleventh
precinct, Chicago street and Nichols
avenue Sc, and thirteenth pre-
cinct, Ninth and U streets NV.
Main registration places here are
the District Building, Municipal
Center, National Guard Armory,
Dunbar High School, fire houses,
police stations and at American
University Centers at Nebraska and
Massachusetts avenues NV. ano
Nineteenth and F streets NV.
Tomorrow those born in 1925 will