Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1940 — Page 20
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DRAFTEES TO EASE INTO ARMY SLOWLY
Theoretically, Every Rookie Will Have an Old-Timer at
His Side as He Advances To His Specialized
From Shoe Shining Stage Post in Maneuvers.
By BRUCE CATTON
2 Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—The new Army which will come into being as a result of passage of the Burke-Wads-
worth Bill will take snape in
a way entirely ditferent from
the formation of the World War draft army.
There won't be any gr
eat training cantonments, or
any new units composed entirely of rookies.
Instead, the new men will be fed into existing formations—some with the Regular Army, some with the National Guard. The point is that every rookie will have an old timer at his side all the yay. Assume, for instance, that the present strength of an infantry
company in the Regular Army is}
around 110 men. Approximately 85 hew men would be assigned to this company The whole course of sprouts which the rookie is put through rests on the general staff's assumption that (a) it takes at least 12 months to make a soldier, and (b) that most soldiers nowadays are specialists of one kind or another Basic Training he new soldier spends the first two months of his army career getting his basic training— learning how to roll his blankets and shine his shoes and handle his rifle and so on After two months the soldier has the rough edges polished off a bit, and his company then goes into special and unit training. The whole idea of this training—and there'll be eight months of it—is to prap the soldier for the rather specialized job he will finally fill Maneuver in Groups
Ten months after the rookies have I the company 1s vy to become a “team” in the highly complex work of a modern-
ized Army It thereupon goes out for field ercises Smaller units exercise putting into practice the spestunts tne preceding 10 months ive taught them; then come maers by divisions, by corps, and v bv entire armies j Twn ‘months ‘of this, and the training is up. The soldier has done his vear’s service, and he goes back to civil life—remaining on the reand liable to call in case
serve list of war
UNIVERSITY HONORS SAMUEL R. HARRELL
muel R. Harrell of Indianapolis today was chosen to represent the Class of Pennsylvania bicentennial celebra-
tion week opening Maonday.
1922 at the University of
Highlight of the week's program will address by President Roosevelt Friday afternoon The President gill be presented with an honorary degree. Mr. Harrell recently was elected an Alumni trustee
of the University.
V o DE ‘an
CALL MAY SKIP TOOL WORKERS
Machinists Also May Be Exempted From Early Conscription.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (U. P.). Machinists, tool-makers and other skilled workers needed for national defense industries probably will escape early conscription for military training whether employed or jobless at the moment,
| draft planners indicated today.
Present plans would withhold from the draft unemployed skilled workers on the theory that places will be created for them in industry as the defense program broadens. A large number of skilled workers, however, would not be subject to the draft since the first conscripts will be drawn from the 21 to 31 age group and specialized technical skills usually are found among older men. Sidney Hillman, labor co-ordina-tor of the National Defense Commission, declined to say whether the commission proposes to ask the War Department to postpone drafting unemploved skilled workers.
Not Unemployed by Choice
“I can say nothing on that until the draft bill has been enacted into law,” he told the United Press. From other sources, however, it was learned that such a proposal has been discussed by ‘Commission members. Under the proposal, exemption from military service would not be granted to eligible, unemployed laborers who have been called to work in defense industries but insist on remaining idle. The Defense Commission recentlv registered 5,500,000 unemployed men and listed them geographically according to their particular trades or skills. This register will be available at all times to private employers.
100,000 Skilled Men Sought
The Civil Service Cmmission is conducting a radio campaign to recruit 100,000 technically-trained men, such as radio men, ship-yard cers, motion picture technicians and ecialized labor for naval construction and arsenals. A ‘Civil Service Commission pokesman said that such skilled rkers are answering the radio appeals a the rate of “several weekly. He explained that the employment drive is progressing very satisfactorily” but that the 100.000 quota is still far from fulfillment
skilled
2 oH thousand
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