Approximately 400 to Sail Within a Week; 125,000
Reservists to Be Called Up for Phil pine Army Manila, Feb, 12, Approximately 400 wives and dependents of the U.S, Army officers in the Philippines will sail for the United States aboard the Army transports Etolin and Grant within a week as a result of Washington's evacuate tion "invitation," the U.S, army announced today, Simultaneously, the Philippines Army announced that reserve officers will be called up for 14 days inten-4 sive training beginning on February 17, Enlisted members of the reserve will be called for 10 days training, The order affects approximately 125,000 reservists. The last reservist training was held April 5, 1939, The United States Army's plan to train 5,000 specially picked Philippine Reservists as well as increasing and closer U.S, Army supervision over the Philippine Army's training have necessitated an increase in U.S. officers here. The Army Air Corps here also is expanding rapidly.
The 5,000 picked Filipino reservists will be enrolled for one year's training in the U.S, Arthy's native branch ~-they philippine Scouts, Reserve Army officers are expected here aboard six U.S. Army transports other than the Grant and Etolin and which are en route to the Philippines at present, reliable sources reported, They are bringing supplies in addition to reserve officers, these sources said, On their return trip the six trnsports, they added, would be used to evacuate other dependents of the U.S, Army here. The first group of 400 dependents of the U.S, Army officers will sail for home aboard the Etolin and Grant within a week, but no actual date for the sailing of the vessels has yet been announced, Husbands of the first group of evacuees are due to end their tour of duty in the next six months. The officers, however, have been ordered to remain in the Philippines after their tour ends, it was learned.
Observers recalled that the U.S, Navy already had evacuated wives and dependents from the Philippines but that the coming evacuation would be the first mass army affair, Army authorities formerly had said dependents would remain in the Philippines even in the event of a crisis—United Press, "On February 7, after a successful bombing raid carried out by cur squadrons, in which they destroyed important objectives and numerous aeroplanes on the ground, an Italian air base was stormed and the enemy suffered heavy losses in men and materials.
"Operations satisfactorily. are still progressing Reuter,
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