Evening star., 1950-08-15
Army Seeks Meeting
With Medical, Dental
Groups on Personnel

The I'd Army has requested
conferences with officials of the
District Medical and Dental
Societies to map a program for
selecting medical and dental per-
Sonnel for active duty.
The request, made by 1t. Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, Army COM
mander, makes clear that the
Army hopes to get most of the
officers it needs through voluntary
programs sponsored by the
societies, despite an announce
ment that 296 reserve officers in
this Army area face possible invol-
untary induction by early october.
Other Developments.
Meanwhile, there were these
other developments as the armed
forces prepared to dip further into
reserve forces:
/. A Second Army spokesman
said officials are ready to start
calling" Army enlisted reserviStS,
most Of them to flll out organized
reserve units mustered into serv-
ice. Quotas call for $500 enlisted
reservists from the Second Army
area for mid-September and 6,703
for October.
2. Orders still were being pro-
cessed for mobilization of 10000
officers and enlisted men of the
Marine Corps volunteer reserve.
No breakdown was available on
numbers of men to be called from
this area, but $4,000 men are
slated for call between now and
October 81.
3. The Coast Guard has ordered
all its districts to assemble a
ready" list of men and women
reservists who are willing to go on
active duty. No involuntary re-
calls are planned at this time.
4. The Air Force announced that
air ROTC students in third and
fourth year training must resign
from any reserve unit affiliation
they have or face separation from
the ROTC. Membership of these
advanced students in ROTC also
defers them from the draft.
S. The Navy announced forma-
ton of procedures for Naval Re-
serve officers called to active duty
who feel they may qualify for de-
ferment.
II Doctors, 4 Dentists Needed.
Seventeen Washington doctors
and four dentists are needed by
October 6 to fill this city'S quota,
under the Army announcement.
Gen. Van Fleet said in a tele-
gram to medical leaders here it is
my desire that no injustice accrue
to either the physician or the
community he serves"
He asked the society leaders,
however, to meet at their con-
venience this week with Col. H.
w. Glattly, I'd Army surgeon, for
the purpose of implementing
voluntary program and to estab-
liSh criteria for deferment OF those
medical Reserve officers subject
to involuntary call for this and
such future drafts as may be
made upon this area"
The District Medical Society
already has endorsed tentative
program of moral suasion," with
a priority selection of the first
men who should go on active duty.
Ready List" Assembled.
The Coast Guards announce
ment that it is assembling a
ready list" said that recalls of
Reservists will be limited. Indi-I
vidual calls will be made accord
ing to specific qualifications. b,
The Coast Guard refused to
say how many men and women
have formal status as reservists,
but said there is a potential of
10000, including 1000 women.
That figure covers those with past
experience in the Coast Guard.
On the local draft front, mean
while, District selectiVe service
heads said the rate of prospective
recruits acceptable to the Army
has steadily increased, as local
draft boards have dipped into the
% and % year age groups.
Through August 7, I'll men
have qualified for acceptance by
the Army from a total group of
377 examined-an acceptance
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