Evening star., 1950-07-25
Draft Machinery Here
Called Smoother Than
That Of World War Il

oC0pIOC Q11uouo4 u111Cu1bIGS ia tcSt~
ing the first District group, off,
cials reported today.
The Arlington Farms staff is
forwarding to District Boards II
and Is the records of Is men who
passed and 81 who failed the men,
tai and physical examinations
yesterday. 1t also is sending for
NAL notice that another Is failed
to appear.
Examiners turned their atten-
tion today to IS men from nearby
Virginia and IS from nearby
Maryland. This was the first
group from Virginia since draft
examinations began last Thursday
at the Arlington Farms examining
and induction center for the
Washington area.
Today's scheduled contingent OF
10 includes % from Arlington, 13
from Falls Church, il from Rock
vile and 81 from Silver Spring
In addition, there will be another
group of Army and Air Force vol
unteers to be examined.
so Scheduled for Tomorrow.
The second District group-ap-
proximately so men called by
Local Boards IL and 13-is to
report tomorrow. Similar groups
will be examined on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays thereafter
until the Districts September in
duction quota Of 101 is filled.
UndiSturbed by the fact that
only is of the Districts first group
passed the examinations yester-
day. selective service spokesmen
predicted a far better showing
later. Most of those sent in yes
terday were "a or Is years old and
had been previously examined and
rejected In the 1948 call.
It is likely that some of the Is
who passed yesterday may be de-
ferred when local boards look
more closely into their qualiflca-
tions and perhaps find that some
have acquired dependency or other
deferred status since registering.
On the other hand, it is possible
that some of those who failed the
mental test yesterday might not
have tried very hard" a staff Of
fetal said. Closer checking by
local boards may necessitate
another test.
"Our job at this center" an
officer explained, "iS simply to
determine if the men sent to us
by local boards qualify by meeting
certain mental and physical tests.
We examine every one sent here,
even if they say they are mar
ried or over Is. Local boards
later will say which men will be
placed in the induction pool"
Examination of the 46 District
men was only a part of yesterdays
activity. The staff also examined
six men from the Leonardtown
(Md0 Draft Board and almost 10
volunteers who in recent days had
enlisted at the Army and Air
Force Recruiting Office at 403
Tenth street NV.
ALI MarylanderS Fail.
None of the six Maryland youths
passed. Another five who had
been called by the Leonardtown
board did not show I'm
Draft authorities said they are
not greatly worried by the fail
ure Of Is District and five Mary
land men tor report. Investiga-
tions will be made in every in
stance but probably will show that
practically all of them had passed
the age limit or otherwise be-
heved they need not report, Off
cials said.
District men who passed yester-
day, subject to possible further
checks by local boards, were:
Local Board 11-Cyril B. Cum
mings, "a, 305 Ninth street Sc;
William E. Edmonds, "a, of 757
Sixth street Sc; Anthony L. Ma
makos, "a Of COS D street Sc,
and Isaac c. Pitts, 25, of 1920
Third street NV.
Local Board Robert E. F..
Baker, 25, of 1928 University place
NV; William c. Chrisman, "a, of
1873 Potomac avenue Sc: Henry
Cumpart, 25, of 1924 Eastern ave-
nue. NE; Charles w. Catcher, "a,
Of 80 o street S.W.; Herbert M.
Jefferson, "a, of 92O Forty sixth
street NE; Cecil c. Jones, "a, of
1911 D street NE; James R. King,
"a. of 1903 Thirty seventh place,
Brentwood; Robert E. McCoskey,
"a, OF 1923 Minnesota avenue Sc;
Harold McMichael, IS, of 1923
Fifty-eighth avenue NE; Herbert
G. Robertson, "a, Of 4309 Quarles
street NE, and Charles M.
Thomas, jr., Is, of 800 Thirty fifth
street.
The examining center staff in
dicated it was pleased with the
smoothness with which the work
has been carried on thus far. Be-
sides Capt. Edward Cumbey, COM
manding officer, and 1st 1t. Don
aid Knott, adjutant. the staff in
eludes two chief processing officers
for draftees and volunteers, two
officials to direct the mental ex-
aminations, four civilian doctors
two medical technicians and a
clerical and record staff. Prac-
tically all of the staff has had con-
siderable experience in the work
Recruiting activities, meanwhile
maintained a good pace yesterday
at downtown Washington Offices.
The Army and Air Force recruiters
interviewed 80 applicants and ten
tatively accepted 10. The Navy
accepted IL of "a applicants. The
Marine Corps had 81 applicants
and took 3. The Coast Guard ac-
cepted 6 of 7 applicants and placed
them on the August quota list.
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