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Show In addition to replacements for Ninth Corps Area organizations, enlistments were also made for service in Alaska, Panama, Hawaii Ha-waii and the Philippine Islands, Major Charles C. Quiglcy, Corps Area Recruiting Officer said. The replacement quotas for April have been still further reduced re-duced and it is believed that recruiting re-cruiting stations will be forced to revert to the system of placing plac-ing the names of eligible men on waiting lists before the end of the month. However, until such time as it becomes necessary to establish waiting lists, eligible applicants will be accepted for both foreign and domestic service ser-vice in the order in which they make application, it was stated, The Corps Area Recruiting Officer Of-ficer also announced that the enlistment en-listment of 125 men as flying cadets ca-dets has been authorized by the War Department for the month of May. Men selected for this service must have at least two years of college work or its equivalent. equi-valent. The major added that this will be the last class accepted under the present regulations. Here after af-ter men enlisted as flying cadets must be college graduates. Flying cadet examining boards visiting many of the colleges and universities for the purpose of ! examining applicants for the May flying cadet class. No difficulty in filling the quota is anticipa- , ted, reports received here indicate. indi-cate. S FEW VACANCIES STILL OPEN IN U S ARMY . PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, FRANCIS-CO, April 4 The month of March was closed with a total of 1326 army enlistments credited to tho eight-state Ninth Corps Area, of which 600 were original enlistments, enlist-ments, according to an announcement announce-ment made today at the Headquarters Head-quarters of the Ninth Corps Area, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. With the expansion program completed, recruiting efforts during dur-ing the month were devoted to procuring replacements in organizations organ-izations as vacancies occurred. |