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Show Army Decides To Release 4500 Soldiers To Mines Major General Kenyon A. Joyce, commanding ofncer tor the ninth service command has been notified by Acting Secre-tary Secre-tary of War Robert P. Patterson, to supervise the release of 4 00, soldiers experienced ;n n n rung eoDDer zinc and moobdenum ffi acti military service g, take up the shortage of labor in miningP these vitally needed me-1 Beginning about August 12. j men who have had previous experience ex-perience will be released a he balsShTSm! Srfs? o; arpost, camp and station com--anders in the ; Seven th - wijh the nearest providing for . te" s y. men volunteering for emPW ment in the mines. After s'a d qualify they wffiothe ixom their present station to u ! , nvning casual detachment, to be estabhshed at Fort Douglas re-ception re-ception center- . Upon arrival at the reception ! center and after preliminary details de-tails are completed, represen a-, a-, tiVes of mining companies will 1 be notified on an individual basis bas-is Thev will interview prospective prospec-tive employees and hiring will take place at the reception cen- I t0 After an enlisted man has vol-'unYeered vol-'unYeered and has accepted the offer of employment, he will be re eased from active service and transferred to the enlisted reserves re-serves and must remain m the mining industry. Upon release the worker will have to report to the local selective service Sard designated jo admin.ste reservists employed by the par fcular mining company within 15 days after release. A nign Priority will be given men who Eave less than three months army training. In other words the amy will retain those men that K completed their army training. |