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Show "draftees may TRAIN AT FORT 0RD, CALIF. Selectees from . Central Utah who will be inducted this week will likely be sent for eight weeks basic training to Port Ord, near Carmel, Calif., or possibly to Ft. Lewis, Wash., or Ft. Riley, Kan. Col. Paul H. Weiland, national guard instructor revealed this in-formation in-formation Youths who have not reached the age of 18 years and six months and veterans who served at least 90 days but less than 12 months before Pearl Harbor or after V-J Day, can still be exempt from the draft, according to Maj. Gen.. Kenneth Ken-neth F. Cramer, chief of the national na-tional guard bureau, Washington. The national guard on a nation-wide basis still has openings for some 20,000 youths of the above standards, Gen. Cramer said. Col Weiland said the Provo unit is filled, but young men may still join the guard units in Mt. Pleasant, Spanish Fork and possibly pos-sibly Springville. Official army information pertaining per-taining to selectees afected by the new selective service bill was also received at Col. Weiland's office as follows: The selectee will serve where he is most needed, which may mean overseas, and he will receive basic training with regular army volunteers. It is not anticipated that he will be sent overseas unless un-less that is where . he is needed, and until he has completed his basic eight weeks training. Draftees will not he able to transfer to the air force or navy nor vice versa. A substantial proportion of selectees will have an opportunity to attend technical schools with short term courses for which he is qualified. He may have 30 days a year op portunity to visit home, and probably pro-bably a little time when in basic training. The selectee will have a better opportunity for promotion than in former peacetime armies, and if properly qualified may apply for the course to become an officer. of-ficer. He will be able to continue formal studies, in off-duty time. He will not get the benefits of the "G.I. hill" Those entering the army after July 25, 1947, are in this category. He will however, be entitled to very liberal re-employment benefits, the circular said. |