Evening star., 1950-07-13
First D. {. Men
Will Take Draft
Physical Ju|y24
Examinations Due
For 400 at Rute of
IS to 70 q Day

The first of 400 prospective
District draftees will get theil
pre-induction physical examina-
tions July "a at Fort Myer south
post station, it was learned today
Military officials said machinery
for carrying out the examinations
has not been set, but it was
learned from other sources thai
hundreds of Maryland and Vir-
ginia men also will be routed tc
Fort Myer beginning the week
after next.
District men will be sent fol
examinations each Monday
Wednesday and Friday after July
"a, at the rate of IS to 10 men
a day, until a total of about 400
are examined. From these, 101
will be selected for induction, to
serve a maximum of 81 months
in the Army.
Quota to Be Watched Closely.
Oficials said they will watch
closely the numbers of those ac-
ceptable to the armed forces, in
order to shut off the orders as
soon as 101 men are earmarked
for induction.
Draft officials said they will
discount previous physical exami-
nations taken under the draft call
two years ago. Each man selected
will be sent for a new physical.
At the same time, Col. Asher
Harman, Virginia Selective Serv-
ice chief, disclosed this afternoon
that 1900 men from his State will
be called for physicals and that
quotas will go out today to local
boards. Only 435 of the Virgin
ians, between the ages of 10 and
rs, will be indicted in the first
draft call.
~ From Arlington to Appear.
In this area. under tentative
plans, % men from Arlington
County will be ordered to appear
for physicals July "a; a. from
Fairfax County on August l. anc
IL from Alexandria on August 2
Col. Harman said.
Nineteen Virginia draft boards
will send men to the Fort Myel
station for physicals, the State Of
ficials said.
Quotas sent to local boards in
this area from the Maryland
headquarters include: Rockville
IA: Silver Spring, "a; Chevy
Chase. Is; Hyattsville. 20, and
Upper Marlboro, 81.
Among the other Maryland
quotas were: Annapolis, 4s; La
Plata, 10: Frederick. 27; Leonard
town. 10; Hagerstown, 36. and
Salisbury, 18.
designations Barred.
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord
State Adjutant General, an
nounced that no one will be per-
mitted to resign or withdraw from
the Maryland National Guard
unless he served at least 80 days
in World War II. Men with this
much war service also are ex-
empt from the draft, under law
Meanwhile, an Army spokesman
told reporters today there are
no present plans" for a second
draft call.
High Army officials made il
clear that number of pos
sibilities are under study tt
expand the service, but stressed
that their use is dependent or
at least two factors. One is the
extent of voluntary enlistments
which preliminary reports indi-
cate already have been spurrec
by use of the draft. The Other
is future needs. to be dictated
by military developments.
At present, the Army is only
about $1,000 men below the $780,.
600 men allowed by the budget
and that number is expected tt
be made up by the new draft cal
and voluntary enlistments. How.
ever, President Truman has au.
thorized the Army to exceed thi;
level-to some point between
100000 men and the 37,0O0-mar
strength authorized in the draft
act. Congressional action woulc
be needed to exceed the $4,000
level.
Hundreds Swamp Headquarters.
Hundreds of District men be.
tween the ages of 18 and 26
meanwhile, continued to swamr
the city's draft headquarters, 1901
d street NV, mostly for infor.
nation about the draft registra
ton.
Frank Norton, deputy draf
chief, said that 1875 of the 145 mer
who appeared to register for tn.
first time yesterday had violated
the draft act by not registering
earlier. Only 20 of the men hae
just turned 18-when compulsory
registration is demanded by tht
act. Among the 145 men were
some who had registered for the
World War II draft.
MIR. Norton stressed that such
registration is worthless. Regis.
tration for the new law began ir
August, 1948.