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Draft outlook and military manpower figures prompt continued enlistment
Secretary Forrestal releases data showing 1,622,000 troops under arms as of December 31 with overall strength capped at 1,916,000 for the 1950 fiscal year. President Truman’s budget aims set forces near 1.92 million, cadets excluded, while reliance on voluntary enlistments and the Selective Service act persists. Draft calls already withheld for February, with contingencies if enlistments falter. Sergi Ber Phebus transferred. police rank change noted.
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