Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
DC. Employees
Register for
Draft on Job
1000 in Age Groups;
Center for Trunsients
To Be Set Up Here

District Government employees
who are eligible for the draft will
register at their place of employ
ment, William E. Leahy. Selective
Service director for the District. an
nounced today.
Mr. Leahy said that out Of 10000
District employees, about 1000 men
will fall in the 18-to-25 age group.
He said arrangements will be made
for firemen to register in their fire
houses, policemen at their precincts
and the city workers In the District
Building and Municipal Center be-
tween August 80 and September 10.
In addition. he said registration
center will be set up for transients
on the first floor of the District
Building The transient registration
point will be open from 8 am. to
S pm. daily, including Saturdays.
U. S. Employees to Use Schools.
Federal employees will register in
District schools. Government per-
sonnet directors turned down the
idea to have them register at their
places Of work. Fifteen large bus
mess firms, however, have made
arrangements to register their en-
ployes at work.
1t is expected the total registration
In the District will be about $4,000.
The Army announced yesterday
that it expects to start taking
its first batch Of about $4,000 in
ductees under the new draft law
early in November.
Mai Gen. John E. Dahlquist,
deputy chief Of personnel estimated
the draftees will start coming into
training camps between November
] and IS.
This estimate is based on a cal
culation that selective service will
need about go days TO make the in
auctions after it gets a manpower
requisition order from the Army.
Requisition Due Soon.
I'VE might put in the requisition
in the next week or 10 days" Gen.
Dalhquist said. Our people are
working directly and Informally with
Selective Service and we are trying
to coordinate things so they can
deliver men when we ask them"
Gen. Dalhquist explained that the
Army has to complete plans tor &C
commodation and training of the
draftees, and that the number of
men enlisted in the Army has
bearing on how many men will be
sought through the draft.
The requirements for drafted men
will increase gradually to about
10000 monthly, he said, but added it
would be a gradual increase rather
than an immediate doubling of the
draft call.
EnIistments Alter Plans.
The upsurge in enlistments has
made some difference in Army draft
plans. Gen. Dahlquist said. Last
month, the Army and Air Force
signed up 51.461 men. Gen. Dahl
Quist said this was more than TO-
600 above what he had expected.
The first men to be actually in
Quoted are expected to be the 25-
year-olds Selective Service officials
want to get this group before too
many reach their 26th birthday and
become draft exempt
Approximately $4,000 college STU
dents in Reserve o;cer training
courses will be deferred while in
training.
The Army and Air Force, an
nouncing this jointly, said eligible
students must: Cd Have enrolled
in ROTC before June "a, 1913; ca |
remain in good standing in both
military and school studies: 80 !
agree to take an officers commits
sion if and when offered; a. serve
at least two years If called for &C
tive duty
The Army has a quota of 1890
ROTC students and the Air Force
10000. They are in 231 colleges
and universities.