Show new peace time record established for recruiting presidio of sin san francisco jan 11 1 L A new peace time record for recruiting was established in the amys eight state ninth corps area comprising the western states slates during the month of december according toan to an announcement released today at headquarters ninth area corps area the report shows a total of 1839 enlistments during the month of which 1086 were original enlistments defeating any previous single month on record in reviewing the events for the past year major charles C quigley corps area recruiting office aid for the period july first to D december 31 a new record was aiso set with a tot dottl il of enlistments list ments which is the largest fori for any like period since the termination of the world war major quigley sad sa d the young man of today does not enlist for the some same reasons that his grandfather did today the young man joins the colors for the purpose of establishing himself on a job learn a worthwhile and profitable trade and place himself in a place of security with the army expansion program as authorized by congress and the president now in full swing and intended to raise the enlisted strength from men the strength on january 1 1939 to major quigley Q u 91 e y stated enlistments during the ne next x t six months no doubt will be even greater than that of the preceding like period in concluding his brief review of army recruiting activities major quigley stated that enlistments are entirely voluntary and qualified men are taking advantage of the educational possibilities offered by the new streamlined army and are also enjoying the promotions and increases in i n salary that works hand in hand with the soldiers ability to move f orward forward |