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will come from the Potomac River
Naval Command. officials said.
Air Force personnel needs are
set by the Continental Air Com
mand, with headquarters in New
York. The command in turn, will
send quotas to each of the four
numbered Air Forces which will
fill the quotas from reserve rec
ords they keep. The 1st Air Force.
located at Mitchell Air Force Base,
New York. covers this area.
Guard Call Is Problem.
Defense officials also took up
the more delicate problem of
deciding what National Guard
units might be called.
The recall announcement made
no mention of the National Guard,
and one Pentagon source said no
decision is expected until the end
of this month. President Tru-
mans message cautiously men
toned "units" of the Gaurd, but
did not suggest the size to be
called.
One possibility is that the De-
fense Department might decide
the best plan would be to scatter
the impact of National Guard
call through many States, instead
of selecting only a few entire divi-
sions from certain States.
Situation Politically Explosive.
The situation is ticklish be-
cause officials fear that if entire
divisions are called, the admins
tration may open itself to charges
of being unfair in the politically
powerful guard setup. Officials
pointed out, however, that some
of the more populous States, like
New York, Texas and California,
have two divisions. BY turning to
these States, the Defense Depart
ment may be able to ease itself
out of some trouble.
There are about 600, 1000 men in
the Army Reserves. 1,118,231 in
the Navy Reserve, $4,000 in the
Marines and 117,000 in the Air
Force. Most of these Reservists
are on a non-paid basis.
Latest available strength figures
show that the armed forces are
now more than SOC, 900 below their
legally authorized strength of
zoos, 1882. with a total strength on
June 80 of LASS, 500. This figure
does not reflect results of stepped
up recruiting programs this month.
Tours to Be Year at Least.
Spokesman said military leaders
probably will carry their needs to
Congress before any indication of
plans under the recall will be
made public.
All three services, meanwhile,
said the reservists recalled would
serve at least one year.
The Army and Air Force said
officers called to active duty will
hold their present reserve grades.
This means that those who re-
ceived promotions on separation
from active duty or since will re-
tain them.
The Army said it's greatest Off
Ger need is for medical, engineer
and infantry officers in company
gradeS-meaning lieutenants and
captains. Those in higher grades
will be called as specialists if
needed.
Both the Army and Air Force
promised that Reserve officers
holding the rank of major or
higher, but already on duty in a
rank lower than that, will be con-
sidered for promotion before there
is any general recall of Reserve
officers of comparable rank.
The Navy said its quotas will
be filled as far as possible from
the organized Reserve, with mem
bers of the volunteer Reserve not
to be called involuntarily except
when needs cannot be met from
organized and Fleet Reserve lists.
The Navy also announced it in
tends to clamp down hard on
defermentS except in cases involv-
ing key industrial jobs vital to
defense or in cases where COM
munlty welfare would be affected.