CONSCRIPTION IN U.S.
TERMS OF BILL
FAR-REACHING PROPOSALS
LONDON, July 28,
The determination of the United States to build up her own defences is shown by the far-reaching plan of compulsory military training now passing through Congress. In its present form, as supported by the Military Affairs Committee of the Senate, the Conscription Bill provides for the calling up of 400,000 men this year and a further large number in 1941. A million men will soon be in training if the Bill goes through.
After one year's training each man will go into the reserve for ten years or till he is 41. Pay will be 21 dollars a month. Conscientious objectors may be exempted from combatant but not from non-combatant duties. The first group proposed for training are men from 21 to 30, to be chosen by local and State selection boards. The next to be called up, if ah emergency makes it necessary, will be men from 31 to 45. A third group consisting of men from 18 to 21 and from 45 to 60 may be called up to train for home defence within 200 miles of their home.
This American compulsory plan will not do away with voluntary enlistment.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 25, 29 July 1940, Page 8
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203CONSCRIPTION IN U.S. Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 25, 29 July 1940, Page 8
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