National Guard To
Form Native Units
The National Guard Bureau has
agreed to waive certain eligibility
requirements for enlistment in the
two proposed Scout Battalions of
the Alaska National Guard in or
der fully to utilize the manpower
capabilities of the native popula
t tion, according to word received at
Fort Richardson.
Considered highly important to
the formation of the native units,
the announcement was made by
Maj. Gen. Stanley L. Scott, Com
manding V. S. Army, Alaska, who
Is charged with training and
equipping the units.
The new maximum age limit for
Eskimos and Aleuts on an origin
al enlistment will now be 45 in
stead of 35, and a native’s inabili
ty to read or write will not prevent
his enlistment and membership in
the Guard.
The plan to establish the two
Scout Battalions in the smaller
towns in the western and nothern
parts of Alaska, both along the
coasts and in some of the interior
communities up the rivers, already
has Federal approval. The Army
also hopes for the establishment
I of two Infantry battalions In the
| larger towns, although enabling
j legislation by the territorial legis
i atuie is a prerequisite of either
j type unit.
, General Scott has already point
ed out the value the National
Guard will have in aiding the de
fense of the territory. He stated
that steps have been taken to
equip the Scout units immediately
upon their organization, and that
he has asked the Department of
the Army to assign unit instructors
at once in order that planning for
training activity may start soon.
Preliminary surveys by Lt. Col.
J. D. Alexander, Officer in Charge
of National Guard Affairs in Al
aska, have indicated that there is
sufficient interested personnel in
Alaska to form the Guard units
proposed.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Amer
ican Red Cross recently has shipped
24,800,000 atabrine tablets to the j
Red Crescent Society of Turkey, it
was announced announced recently. |
The tablets had been declared war- I
time surplus and were provided by
the War Assets Administration.
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