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ders. He then would not begin
to serve his enlistment until after
the June term was finished.
Quotas Will Be Maintained.
Only limit imposed by the or
der is that volunteers must not
exceed enlistment quotas of the
services.
Gen. Marshall said the new
policy has the concurrence OF
Selective Service Director Lewis
B. Hershey. He also made clear
TINT it's main purpose is to s.or
the stampede of college students
to enlist and "beat the draft.
The new move, if it has the effect
of keeping youths in school, may
ease the enlistment rush which
last week forced both the Ali
Force and the Navy to limit en-
listment drastically.
The Army today announced
an early call to active duty
| for Limited number" ol
National Guard and Reserve
majors and lieutenant colonels.
No specific quotas were set, but
the Army said those selected
would be men with special quail
fcations needed in the current
expansion program. Previous
calls have been limited mainly to
captains and lieutenants.
| Meanwhile. the Senate Pre-
paredness Subcommittee sum-
moned Gen. Bradley to testify
Monday on the Pentagon's pro-
posal to draft 1S-year-olds for
27 months of training and service
27-Month Provision Is Issue.
AS hearings on the controversial
draft extension measure nearee
their third week in the Senate
| the 27-month draft service pI O.
vision shaped up as the hotties
issue.
/ Admitting that the 27-montf
period was compromise" pro.
posal, members of the join
Chiefs of Staff yesterday sup.
ported it, along with other por.
tions of the program. But then
in this order:
/ l. Admiral Sherman, Chief o.
Naval Operations, told the sub
committee the 27-month time was
too low to meet needs of the
Navy except for a small propor-
ton" of Navy personnel.
| 2. Gen. Collins, Army Chief o1
Staff, said that frankly. woulc
rather have seen it 80 months"
| 8. Gen. Vandenberg, Air Force
Chief of Staff. said Il would prefer
a longer period"
Hershey Proposal Cited.
Chairman johnson broke in to
point out that Gen. Hershey had
favored the 27-month time "be-
cause it was closer to 80 months
than anything else he had heard
mentioned"
Senator Chapman, Democrat, OF
Kentucky then asked wfo, if all
the services felt the time should
be longer, was insisting on q
shorter period.
An Air Force witness replied
1.-The Department of Defense
frankly" And Assistant Defense
Secretary Anna M. Rosenberg
who presented the Pentagon pro-
posal, nodded in assent.
The military chiefs strongly
asked, however, that draft service
not be placed below the 27-montf
mark. In addition, they argued
for the draft of 18-year-olds anc
asked that the Pentagon's hands
not be tied on sending youths oi
that age overseas.
Collins Explains Buildup.
Gen. Collins also urged the COM
mittee not to try to evaluate COM
bat strength in terms of military
divisions alone. He made the ap.
peal after Senator johnson sale
there have been complaints that
the Army is not getting enough
combat units from the men avail
able.
The Army chief said that the
buildup to 18 divisions by JUNE
I3O, for example, would actually
give the Army a strength "equiva-
lent" to that of "a divisions. The
extra six, he said. will come from
18 regimental combat teams ano
supporting units. In addition, the
Army will gain such forces as ar
tillery units which, although COM
bat, are not parts of divisions.
| He also used the experience in
Korea to demonstrate the need fol
a draft of 18-year-olds and q
strong buildup of Reserve forces
Regular Army Cleaned Out"
To meet Korean needs, hi
said, the Army had to "prac.
tically clean out the Regular