Milford chronicle., 1960-01-15
Recruit Still Key
Word IN Natl Guard
Current Recruitment Drive Still
Has One Month To Go

? Recruit" is still the key word
in the activities of the lower Della
ware Army National Guard units.
The current drive, which still has
one month to go, has been the most
successful recruiting effort every
staged by the Delaware Guards
men and the present units are
rapidly filling their vacancies.
In the interest of giving young
men as well as veterans an op-
Z portunity to visit the Armories dur
3 ing the evenings or on the week
Guard program plan has been
formulated to have men on duty
every evening until 900 p. M,
Monday through Fridays, and on
Saturdays and Sundays, from 10
a. m. to $500 D. m. beginning on
Monday and continuing until Feb
ruary IA. Current drive ends on
February IS.
Full-time personnel who are fa-
miIiar with the many .opportuni-
ties offered by the National Guard
will be on duty at the Milford Ar
mory and invite young men, their
parents, and veterans to visit the
local National Guard units to learn
how you can fulfill your military
obligations by serving with your
hometown unit. Major Samuel A.
Grayson, CWO Edward r. knight,
CWO Clement ]. Nevins, M/Sgt.
Charles w. Johnson and Sic.
Franklin w. Donovan have been
detailed to the assignment Of be-
ing at the Milford Armory in the
evenings and on week-ends for
the remainder of the recruiting
drive.
With the influx of new men there
is an ever increasing need for
qualified veterans who can step
into key jobs to assist in training
the newly assigned personnel. Vet
erans can enlist in National Guard
units in the same grade that they
had at the time they were released
from active duty and there is al
ways opportunity for rapid adj
vancement.
High School students can enlist
in the National Guard and have
their six months active duty period
delayed until after they have grad
uated from high school. At the
completion of their schooling they
can attend six months active duty
at a Regular Army Station and
& then return to their local National
Guard unit to complete the re-
mainder of their military obliga-
ton. Eight weeks of the six months
active duty Is devoted to basic
z training while the remainder of
the time is spent in an Army
School program to train the men
in the job that they will have in
the Natiopal Guard. Many of these
schools train the men for jobs that
will prove helpful in civilian life
as well as in the National Guard
such as administration, mechanics,
driver training, etc..
Major General Joseph j. Scan
nell, The Adjutant General of Della
ware, has made request to the
National Guard Bureau to make
change in the troop assignment in
{ Delaware to provide more units to
take care of the influx of men that
are enlisting in the Delaware Army
National Guard. If this request Is
approved that will mean additional
opportunities for men to get into
key positions.
Another attractive angle to serv-
ing in the National Guard is the
additional money that it provides.
This is true in the case of vet
Grams who have families and can
use an extra buck. 1t has been a
. big help to high school students
as they draw three pay checks dur
ing the school year which will
average better than $4,000 for each
check.
Then there is the retirement pro-
{ gram that will pay off big dividends
for the men who serve the requir-
, ed number of years.
These are just few of the ad-
vantage the Army National Guard
has to offer. Visit the National
Guard Armory in your area any
night next week and find out more
about the Guard program.