Evening star., 1948-06-25
Rush 10 Join Guard
Ends as President
.Siqns Draft Bill

The flood of enlistments in the
National Guard and other re-
serve groups has been shut. off as
a result of President Truman's
signing of the draft-revival bill.
Legal advisers of Secretary of
Defense Forrestal agreed that the
law became effective last midnight
following Mr.. Trumans signature
yesterday afternoon. The rush to
get in reserve units under the laws
escape clause" continued to the
last minute. The act provides that
men 10 through Is who signed with
reserve componentS before the meas
ure became law would not be in
Quoted into the regular forces
The District National Guard re-
ported a rush beginning at IL am.
and the final enlfstee-at two min
utes before midnight-was Raymond
Greenberg, 40 Surrey street, Chevy
Chase, Md. The Guard here has
just about filled its authorized COM
plement as result of the rush
since Congress passed the draft
act last Saturday. A total of 178
were recruited yesterday.
State Directors Listed.
Registration for the draft will get
under way as soon as the Nation
wide machinery is set up-perhaps
about August 16. A list of State
directors already has been made up,
it was learned. First, however, must
come the appointment Of direc-
tor of selective service. Maj. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, who directed the
system during World War II and
who has been heading the Office OF
Selective Service Records, presum-
ably would get the post although
there have been demands from
members of Congress that civilian
be named.
Four thousand local draft boards
must be organized to register the
thousands of men 18 through Is.
Specially trained National Guard
and reserve officers will help set up
the organization.
But new draftees will not start
marching off to training camps
until September % or later. The
law provides that 80 days must
elapse between enactment of the
bill and the order to shoulder arms.
225,000 Men May Be Called.
Up to 225,OO0 men 10 through Is
may be called up for 81 months
service-mostly in the Army-in the
first II months. Another 16l 900
18-year -olds may volunteer for one
years training to escape drafting
later.
But the 18-year-old volunteers
must put in six extra years in the
reserves. All draftees must serve
at least three years in the active
reserves, or five years in the in
active reserves after their 21-month
hitch.
The Army was making plans to
announce soon the names of re-
placement training centers which
would be reopened for use by the
draftees.
Earlier yesterday President Tru-
man signed two appropriation meas
ures which gave the Army. Navy
and Air Force more thap $lo,ooo,-
000, 900.
The Army needs its money in the
fiscal year beginning next Thursday
for a multitude of things: To payl
more troops as 1t begins to move
toward its 1877 900 man goal, to buy
new weapons, to support occupation
forces in Germany and Japan, tol
supply the Air Force with clothing.
food and transportation, to help run
the National Guard.
The Navy will spend its billions
next year to do things like this
Operate about 270 major combat
ships and about 4S0 smaller, aux
iliary craft; begin work on a super
carrier of $1,000 tons; modernize
it's carrier and land based aviation;
guard the sealanes to our occupa-
ton forces abroad and otherwise
support American foreign policy in
distant parts of the world
The Air Force got 1896, ,986, 900 of
the fund. 1t already had received
separate appropriations to start
toward the 70-group goal authorized
by Congress.