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Show Selective Service NEW PROCEDURE .. ' 1; ON INDUCTION The War Department today advised National Headquarters, Selective Service System that all accepted registrants will De inducted in-ducted into the military forces at of the Army physical examination, examina-tion, thereby eliminating the present Army pre-induction procedure. pro-cedure. National Headquarters said that the War Department has given assurances that in cases where the immediate induction would cause undue hardship to the registrant he will be given an immediate furlough to adjust his civilian affairs. Although the final physical examination ex-amination by the Army will continue con-tinue to be the most thorough one given registrants, the local boards" will continue to give "screening" examinations,, rejecting reject-ing the obviously physically unfit men. Instead of receiving the notice to report for physical examination examina-tion by the armed forces as they do now, the registrants will be given a notice of induction, National Na-tional Headquarters said. Under this new procedure registrants will have two physical physi-cal examinations, the first one known as the "screening" test to be given by the local examining physician, and the second one at a later date to be given by the regular Army Examining Board. Strict compliance of all notices sent to registrants to take either of these examinations is urged as failure to comply with notices is considered a violation of Selective Se-lective Service regulations and subjects one guilty of violation to heavy penalties imposed in Selective Service Law. |