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Show Intensive Preparations by Army Insure InsureProPei Insure'Proper InsureProper ' Proper ProPei ' Accommodations for Conscripts I By FRANK rRANK M DAVISReleased DAVISReleased DAVIS DAVISReleased Released ( ( Released by Western Newspaper Union ) XIT'ASHINGTON XITASHINGTON ' , D C C- C CAdequacy - WASHINGTON W Adequacy in m the pro proVISIon provision provision VISIon of shelter , hospital and andsamtatIOn andsanitation andsanitation samtatIOn sanitation facilities fac1l1tIes is the thekeynote thekeynote thekeynote keynote in army prepara prepara- preparations preparations preparations - - tions for the induction mductIon of selectees se- se selectees se selectees - lectees made available for formIlItary formilitary formilitary mIlItary service by the Burke BurkeWadsworth BurkeWadsworth BurkeWadsworth Wadsworth ActBoth ActBoth Act ActBoth Both the National Guardand Guard Guardand Guardand and selective service induc mduc- mduc mductees induc- induc inductees inductees - - tees will be brought into mto the thefederal thefederal thefederal federal service by incre mcre- mcre mcrements incre- incre increments increments - - ments , m in order that full prep preparatlons preparations preparations aratlons arations may be made pnor prior pnorto priorto priorto to their induction mductIon By the thetime thetime thetime time any particular group IS ISbrought isbrought isbrought brought in m , all necessary con con- construction construction construction - struction will have been com corn completed cornpleted cornpleted pleted and adequate facilitiesprovided facIlIties facIlItiesprovIded facilitiesprovided provIded to insure msure healthful healthfuland healthfuland healthfuland and comfortable living hvmg condi condI- condItions condi- condi conditions conditions - - tions tionsThis tionsThl Thl This ! ) principle prmclple will apply applypartIcularly applyparticularly applyparticularly partIcularly in m regard to toclothmg toclothing toclothing clothmg clothing and hospital eqUlp equip eqUlpment equipment equipment I ment The present War De- De Department Department De Department - - : partment procurement objectives objec obJec- obJectives objectives - tives will also Insure msure a suffi suffi- sufficient suffiCIent suffi- suffi sufficient - - cient amount of material matenal so sothat sothat sothat that the training traImng of the new newtroops newtroops newtroops troops can be conducted on onthe onthe onthe the latest and most modern moderneqmpment modernequipment modernequipment modernequipmentThe eqmpment equipment eqmpmentThe equipmentThe The selective service sys systern systern systern tern . of mobilizing mobllIzmg the man man- manpower manpower manpower - power of the nation in m case of ofan ofan ofan an emergency has been a asubJect asubject asubject subJect of continuous contmuous study studysmce studysince studysince smce since the last war The Idea Ideaof ideaof ideaof of ofselective selective service WhIch WhIchwas whichwas whichwas was put into mto effect at that thatt t me proved to be sound and smce since smcethen sincethen sincethen then all plans have been devoted to tosmoothmg tosmoothing tosmoothing smoothmg smoothing out the wrinkles and andmakIng andmaking andmaking makIng minor improvements m in the thesystem thesystem thesystem thesystemThe system systemTbe systemThe The Tbe procurement of the manpower manpowerauthorIzed manpowerauthorized manpowerauthorized authorIzed by the Burke Wadsworthact Wadsworth Wadsworthact act is lS as under the control of the dl di dlrector director director rector of selective service servlce appomted appointed appomtedby appointedby appointedby by the President The d rector bas has basestabl hasestabl hasestabi establ shed a national headquarters headquartersand headquartersand and works through the governors of ofthe ofthe ofthe the states who have appointed appomted 10 to tocal 10cal local cal boards composed of clvllIans- clvllIans civilians- civilians clvllIansone civiliansone civilians - one board for approximately every every30 30 000 people These Tbese local boards boardsare boardsare boardsare are charged primarily with the cIas cIasslficatIon ciassification classification slficatIon sification and examination exammatlon of registrants regls regis reglstrants registrants , trants as to availability for servIce servIceIt serviceIt serviceIt It is felt that members of such suchboards suchboards suchboards , boards who are familiar with local localconditIons localconditions localconditions conditIons who in 10 tact fact are neIgh neIghbors neighbors neighbors bors of the registrants are much muchbetter muchbetter muchbetter better qualified than any other agen agency agency agency cy to cIass classify y and judge the rndl mdi rndlvlduals mdividuals mdividuals vlduals viduals who should be selected as asthe asthe asthe the representatives of their the1I commu commumtles communitres communities mtles nitres m in the army The knowlf'dge knowlfdge knowledge knowlf'dgewhich knowledgewhich knowledgewhich ' which the members of these boards boardshave boardshave boardshave have of each individual mdlvldual s status sta.tus status . as asto asto asto I to dependents his work or profes professlon profesSion profession slon Sion and his health will go far tar to toward toward toward ward insuring msurmg insurmg a fair and democratIc democratIcoperatIon democraticoperation democraticoperation operatIon of the systemArmy systemArmy system systemArmy Army Requisitions Requrslhons StatesTbe StatesThe States StatesThe The Tbe army first e exercises erclses direct m in mfluence influence mfluence fluence under the selective servIce servIceact serviceact serviceact ! act m in requ sitionmg sltIonmg situoning tha the vaiiOUS various vaiiOUSsta variousstates variousstates , sta states tes for quotas of men to fill neces necessary necessary necessary sary military requirements as de determmed determined determmed termmed termined by the war departmentWhen departmentWhen department departmentWhen When a local board has bcen been bcencalled beencalled beencalled I called upon by the state in which It ItIS itas itis IS as located to furnish a quota of se selectees selectees selectces lectees upon a certain certam date the theboard theboard theboard board will fill the quota by call ng ngand ngand ngand and assembling assemblmg the necessary num . . , 111 ' 0 > " ' ' : : n " " , , ' . ? of ! ( 1 - < P - . & t < - ' " " ' " " ' 'iBB iBB 'iBB't ' ysr 'tysr -'t- 't t ' - ; ' - ' " , I l lt -t t - ia < n Si MJ J - i M MFirstclass First-class First class - - Private Vcrnon Vernon G Fleury GFleury of the ( he Seventeenth Signal SignalService Service DC company Washington WashlDgton D DC DC C , the ' ' samples new C ration rahon issued IS ISsued issued sued to the army for field service It serviceIt consists of vegetable and beef beet beefstew beetstew beefstew stew which may be eaten either hot hotor hotor hotor or cold biscuits ! ' sugar 'ugar ugar and concen concentrated concentrated trated conccntrated coffee colYee I -iv iv - iva tp tpiv a t tv v 9 . - i iD D h hYq ,1 1 , Yq , ? r b s _ _ _ u _ _ _ . _ A typical typIcalarmy army camp to whichneophyte winch which winchneophyte whichneophyte neophyte sold soldiers solders ers may be as ass assigned assigned s gnedu signedis signed gned is u Camp Dix Dx D x , N J J p pc pic ptured pictuned pictured c tured tuned turedabove tunedabove above , . which whIchuas whichwas uas was , a training tram train tramrng training rng ing base during durrng the World Worldwar warExtensive war warExtenswe warExtensive Extenswe Extensive construction wortis ivork worT . isbeing u is ubeing isbeing being beingcarned beingcarried carnedon carriedon carried carned on in rn this thu ands andsim and s sim simfilar simliar m mdar dar filar army camps throughout thecountry the thecountry thecountry country so that facd facilities ttes for forhousing forhousing housmg housing the conscripts conscnpts tv tvill soul ll beadequate be beadequate adequate when the influx mflux beginsRight begzns begins begznsR beginsRight R Right- Right RightC ght- ght ghtC - C ' Batteryof Battery of the 68th 68thCoast 68thCoast 68thCoast Coast Artillery Artdlery Artdlerymaneuver Artillerymaneuver maneuver an ananU ananti ananti anU anti a aircraft rcraft gun at Potsdam N NY NY NY Y Conscripts Conscnpts will wdl be instructedin mstructedIn mstructed instructed In the manipulation mampulatzon ofsuch of such suchtteapons suchueapons suchweapons tteapons ueapons under the army stram strammg s training train trainmg mg programber program programher her ber of registrants in 10 the order that thattheir thattheir thattheir their registration numbers are aredrawn aredrawn aredrawn drawn by lot in m Washmgton-provld Washmgton provld Washington-provid Washington provid Washmgtonprovlded Washingtonprovided Washington - provided ed of course that the men have havebeen havebeen havebeen been classified cIa < ; slfied as available for immediate un am unmedIate ammediate medIate mil tary service The local localboard localboard localboard board will g ve ye each man a physl physi physlcal physical physical cal exam nation nahon and will accept for forunmedlate forimmediate forimmediate unmedlate immediate service only those who whoare whoare whoare are physically fitBefore fitBefore fit fitBefore Before they are ass gned to army armyumts armyunits armyunits umts units the selectees will go through througha a careful sorting sortmg and selecting selectmg proc process process process ess During Durmg the World war before beforethe beforethe beforethe the problem of sortmg sorting manpower manpowerwas manpowerwas manpowerwas was solved considerable t me andeffort and andeffort andeffort effort were wasted because men menwere menwere menwere were not properly distributed among amongthe amongthe amongthe the units m in accordance with the1I their the1ImIlitary theirmilitary theirmilitary mIlitary qualifications For mstance instance mstanceone instanceone instanceone one division was disrupted as many manyas manyas manyas as four times by the transfer of men menof menof , of certa n qualifications to other or orgamzabons organizations organizations gamzabons ganizations The Tbe confusion and loss lossof lossof lossof of time caused by failure to sort out outpersonnel outpersonnel outpersonnel personnel before assignment durmg during durmgthe duringthe duringthe the last war has caused the attach attachment attachment ment of considerable importance to tothIs tothis tothis thIs phase of induct mduct on at the pres present present ent tune time Under the selective serv service service ' Ice act a heterogeneous assortment assortmentof of manpower will be received by the thearmy thearmy thearmy army The Tbe accomplishment of the thesortmg thesorting thesorting sortmg sorting process before the assIgn assIgnment assignment assignment ment ot of the men to orgamzat organizat ons onswIlli onswill onswill wIlli will 1 tta ft tt a great burden from the tac tactIcal tactical tactical tIcal units uruts which are concerned prI prImanly primanly pnmanly manly with training trauung Consequently Consequentlythe ConsequentlyI the local board will send the groupof group groupof groupof of selectees it lt at has assembled not notto notto notto to an army training trammg camp but to toan toan ! ' an induct 10duct on stationInduction station stabon stationInduction Induction Induchon Stations ImportantThe ImportantThe Important ImportantThe The basic purpose of an mduction induction mductionstat inductionstat inductionstat stat on is to give a detailed physl physr physrcal physical cal exammat on to the selectees selecteesformally selecteesformally I formally induct mduct them into mto the milttary mill milt millI milltary milltary I tary service and then pass them on onto onto onto to the reception recepbon center The mduc induc induet mduct induct t on stat ons will perform functionssimilar functIOns functIOnssImIlar functionssimilar sImIlar to those of the ordinary ordmary re recrUltmg recrusting recruitmg crUltmg crusting stations and they will be beso beso beso so located as to expedite epedlte ' { the pro proI processmg processing processing I cessmg cessing ot of the selectees Appro'tl Approtl Appro'u Approu Appro'tlmately Appro'umately Approximately ' ' mately 100 of these stations stabons are dls des dlstrlbuted destributed distributed trlbuted tributed throughout the UOlted United UOltedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States It is planned to pass the theselectees theselectees theselectees selectees through the induction mducbon sta statlOns stations stahons tlOns tions and on to the recepton recept on cen centers centers centers ters the same day that they arnve arrive arnveIf arriveIf arriveIt If they arrive late in m the afternoonthey afternoon afternoonthey afternoonthey they will be kept overnight overOlght If the themductlOn theinduction theinduction mductlOn induction station is lS located in m an a cIty cItythey citythey citythey they will be cared for either at the thestabon thestation thestation stabon station or w 11 II ll be lodged in 10 an armones armories armoriesor armonesor or hotels It If any of the men are arefound arefound arefound found to be disqualified by physical physicaldefects physicaldefects physicaldefects defects at the thorough exam natIon natIonwhIch nationwhich nationwhich whIch will be given at the induc inducbon induction induetion bon tion station they will be furmshed furnished furmshedtransportabon furnishedtransportation furnishedtransportation transportabon transportation back to their the1I home hometowns hometowns hometowns towns at that tune time tuneWhen timeWhen tuneWhen When they arrive at the reception receptioncenters receptioncenters receptioncenters centers the selectees will have their theirfirst theirfirst theirfirst first real contacts with the army armyTheir armyTheir armyTheir Their records rccords will be completed completeduniforms completeduniforms un uniforms orms will be issued an oppor opportunlty opportunity opportunity tunlty tunity g ven yen to obtain obtam government governmentmsurance governmentinsurance governmentinsurance msurance insurance policies vacc nations and andinoculations andinoculations andinoculations inoculations will bs be administeredand admmlsteredand admmlstered administered and the men will be carefully sorted sortedand sortedand sortedand and class fled tied for their thell ' first assIgn assIgnments assignments assignments ments m In the army Each man w 11 11be 11be 11be be given a general class float ficat on testand test testand testand and will then be interviewed mtervlewed by an anofficer anofficer anofficer officer to determine the mllitIry military : militaryduty mllitIryduty duty to wh ch he is best adapted In Informat format on will be obtained obtamed as to theman the theman theman man sage s age birthplace blrtbplace home par - . , , , , , , , . r- r I ' n # me-'e me 'e e - " ' ' ' - ' - . " , ' " 1 . r rents 4 4A A i di d dcots ents cots dependents dependent and education It ItwIll Itwill Itwill wIll be ascertained ascertamed what fore gn languages Ian Lan Ianguages Languages guages he speaks if any it will be bedetermmed bedetermined bedetermined determmed determined what work he has done doneIn donein donein In civil life hfe and what previous mill mils milltary milstary milltary tary experience he may have bad had badIf hadIf hadIt If he appears to have been a tra ned nedspecIalist nedspecialist nedspecialist specIalist in 10 some branch of a cIvIl cIvIltrade civiltrade civiltrade trade that fact will be noted He Hewill Hewill will be given an opportunity opportumty to ex express express express press his bls choice in m athletics athlebcs bob hob bobbles hobbies hobbies bles bies and the nature of service he hed"slres hedesires bed d"slres dslres desires " sires Th s |