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that 100 physically and otherwise
qualified men among the COM
paratively small number of Is
year-olds in the la group will be
found available for immediate in
ducion.
Past experience indicates that
at least 400 men will have to be
processed to get 100 to fill the
draft quota. This might necessi-
tate calling some 24-year-old men
but probably not any 23-year- -olds,
Mr.. Norton added.
Many Seek to Enlist.
Meanwhile, Army, Air Force,
Navy and Marine Corps recruiting
offices in downtown Washington
continued to receive a compara-
lively large number of enlistment
applications today.
OF the 109 men and Is women
who applied for enlistment in the
Army or Air Force at the Tenth
street recruiting Office yesterday,
40 passed the preliminary SCREEN
ing tests, officers announced. That
total included six women appli-
cants for the WAC or WAAF.
Telephone inquiries were re-
ceived from another so or more
men who asked for information
about enlisting.
About 20 men had visited the
office up to noon today. Activity
was described as brisk" but not
as pressing as yesterday.
The Marine Corps office in the
Tenth street building also had a
big day yesterday with rs appli-
cations. 1t accepted only five.
Reservists Ordered to Duty.
OF As Navy Reserve enlisted
men who visited the Potomac
River Navy Command recruiting
center at the Naval Gun Factory
yesterday to volunteer for active
duty. "a were ordered to report
for service later this week.
A great increase in the volume
of mail at District draft head
quarters also was regarded as
result of the Korean crisis and
the draft order.
/ Mail Volume Douhles
The Office said mail has almost
doubled during the last two days.
District draft headquarters at
1901 D street NV. also had one
of its busiest days yesterday.
Clerks registered 249 men, as COM
pared with an average of about
40 daily since June 30. Most of
the registrants, officials said, were
late-comers who should have reg
istered weeks or months ago.
The District draft machinery is
ready to CO." with the Is boards
staffed and awaiting the official
quota, Mr.. Norton said. National
and local draft officials have esti-
mated that, on the basis of World
War II experience, the first men
would be inducted in about 6OI
days.
In nearby areas local draft
boards have gone on five or six
day week schedules. The Alexan-
dria-Arlington board in the Alex
andria Post Office announced it,
will be open from am. to 5:15I
pm. Monday through Friday
About Is men were on hand when
the office opened today.
Many of the men who reported
to the Fairfax County draft board
as soon as it opened today wanted
to announce they are married.
They had been married some time
ago but had neglected to notify
the board.
Mrs. Thomas F. Chapman, jr..
board clerk. said the board has
not yet been told to operate on
a full-time basis. Because of the
increased business during the last
two weeks she has kept the Office
open afternoons as we'll as morn
ings.
Montgomery County draft
boards went on a five-day work
week today on orders from Mary
land State Selective Service head
quarters. The three boards at
Rockville Post Office, Chevy Chase
Recreation Center and Jessup-
Blair House in Silver Spring, plan
to hire additional clerical help.
Maryland Draft Board SIS.
which covers the area around
Hyattsville. announced it will be
open hereafter from $3.50 am. to
5 pm. Mondays through Fridays
in the County Service Building.
The office previously was open
only on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Draft calls for the three boards
IN Montgomery County. the three
covering areas around Hyattsville
and Upper Marlboro, in Prince
Georges, and the Alexandria Ar
lington board are expected to be
very small.
Clerks said they had no way of
telling now what their quotas
might be. Local boards will re-
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