EXECUTIVE ORDER

Extending the Period of Training and Service, Active Military Service, and 
Enlistment of Persons in or Subject to Training and Service or active Military 
Service.

	By virtue of the authority conferred upon me by section 2 of the Service 
Extension Act of 1941 (Public Law 213, 77th Congress), approved August 18, 
1941, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it 
is ordered as follows:
	1.  The periods of training and service of all persons inducted for 
training and service under the provisions of the Selective training and 
Service Act of 1940, as amended, who are now, or why may hereafter be, in such 
training and service are hereby extended for a period of eighteen months, 
unless such persons are sooner discharged.  Notwithstanding such extension of 
the periods of training and service, the Secretary of War shall, as the 
interests of national defense permit, release from training and service and 
transfer to a reserve component of the land forces, as provided in section 3 
(c) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, all those 
persons who shall have completed twelve months of such training and service.  
The release of such persons from training and service and their transfer to a 
reserve component of the land forces shall be accomplished with a view to the 
early creation of a large trained reserve while, at the same time, maintaining 
the Army in immediate readiness for use in the defense of the nation.
	2.	The periods of active military service of all members of the 
regular Army Reserve, all members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and all 
members and units of the National Guard of the United States, who are now, or 
who may hereafter be, in the active military service of the United States, 
pursuant to orders issued under the authority of Public Resolution No. 96, 
76th Congress, approved August 27, 1940, are hereby extended for a period of 
eighteen months, unless such persons or units are sooner released or 
discharged.  After completion in each case of twelve months of active military 
service by such persons and units, and as the interests of national defense 
permit, the Secretary of War shall provide for the release of such persons or 
units from active military service under such regulations as he shall from 
time to time prescribe.
	3.  The periods of enlistment of all persons who are now, or who may 
hereafter be, enlisted in the Regular Army, the Regular Army Reserve, the 
Enlisted Reserve Corps, and the National Guard of the United States are hereby 
extended for a period of eighteen months, unless such persons are sooner 
discharged.  After completion in each case of the unextended period of 
enlistment by such persons, and as the interests of national defense permit, 
the Secretary of War shall provide for their discharge under such regulations 
as he shall from time to time prescribe.

						/s/ FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
	THE WHITE HOUSE,
	August 21, 1941			(No. 8862)

(F. R. Doc. 41-6323; Filed, August 22, 1941; 11:02 a.m.)


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