RECRUITING AND REPLACEMENT SYSTEM IN HUNGARY

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2005
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• Publication Date: September 12, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION ..__--
COUNTRY ,unzary REPORT
"ecruiting and "eplacement System in ITun(;ary
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED-
REFERENCES
PAGES
REMARKS
25X1 DATE PREPARED 12 .Septerlber 19449
ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
1. itec~ting Offices
25X1 a. One recruiting office "'as located in each Comitate (three
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charge of draft of horses).
(3) Registration officer.
(4) P aymac er
(5) Clerk (iICO)
(5) Accountant (1CO)
(7) One or two registration NCOso
(8) Two or three woman typists-
recruiting offices were located in 13UDAPE )
bo The recruiting offices were subordinated to tr., respective
.:ilitary District Headquarters, However, the recruiting of-
fices received orders directly from the Administrative Section
and the :.tenlacerlent Section of the Ministry of TTational Defense
especially with regard to matters relating. to inductions.
a o The 7th -ecruit ink; Off ice was located in S7JOrB.`,TI2 LY
(P 48/C 78).
da The personnel of a recruiting office vas as follov,s:
(1) Commanding officer (a fielk officer).
(2) :Recruiting officer (a field officer, simultaneously in
CLASSIFICATI I /US OFFICI.A.LS 0!T.Y
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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2 Draft Procedures
ha recx'uitifl; czid replaeenent system as basest on comnulsory
li ~ service, acccrdine to the "'Second Lax""" of 1939 'hick,
apart sore minor araendrients, "':Ias. still valid in January
'.Jl males 21 years of af'e mere rer.?,istered by comriunitieso
_e re istrati on lasts 3'or each eorulunity "ere submitted to
6he appropri.^.te recruit .nc office, "hick in turn rerx~rted the
total of pe ."sons r^aci stored ?'ithin the respective Corlitt-te to
the , ini stry of :rational :;defense o
bn ,21ic order to proceed. rith the artual r"eL.stration for the
rtraft z'a5 ?,iven by the driinistrative ?ection of the ::inistry
of .'rational efexise to the Qomitate authorities _.ioh, in
cooperation 1-1141. the Comitate recru.itinC office, composed the
registration schedule e This ers{ens t,"ere finally classified by army
represerttatives as follcr`"s:
(1) "To be inducted" 1"1.1 "bo wore classified ""Ka", ""Ks"
and "Fn
(2) "To be deferred": All 'rho ,,!ere classified "Jan'".
J.._ll 111 0 "ere classified "An".
(3) "";,',~~t to be inducted""
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f. The selection of draftees for the srecific branches of
service .,!as :kad.e by the recruitinr officor.
in case the military physician and the [^,overnnient nh rm
si_ciaax. could not of ee on the medical ei,ss:;.fication, the
criairuan of the draft board could dennand an exari nati on by
the :'iiitary . is 'riot physician and a decision by the axed
Board of 13xalifers" s~i~icr ,,:as an. institution of the " inistry
of _ ational .,)ef euse.
h~ The final classification ""as entered in the draft records,
az,d a personal record and a draft ovxd -as riade out for each
drafted. The '-ersonal record had Lien ne,."ly introduced into
the tostv!ar arroyo It contained persana1 data, classification.
far:i1ly status, finenoial conclition.s ai d till: .tary career upon
merely
the draftee c,antd enter. actually appeared
a conf iriation that the
before the draft board.
iO .-'i ti-k the exception of those elassif ied "Jan." and '', n", all
draftees 1~'erc swor~A into,: thehe
ex~-r?cination procedureo
lento th of service by the folloi-jr C viords: "The lent th of
service is trio years, according to the lax". Lo?"ever,because
of the preLent lot~r personnel strencth of the ar!xt.1 11 o you datel
preour-ably serve for Only 12 to 18 rkonths.
of in.forriat Lon, about 80 percent of the Inductees t.ero dis-
ciar;ed after ooripletiug only twelve months o' active service.
j., loilQ^ the rer,ular exanination by the draft board, the
.Tin~, the
recruit inG offices established a list of all draftees " .o *"ore
classified. "fit for military service". for k. nia recruitinu offices hold
draf'tl~ardt, inatir-eaand tho~aee
the
i-'1~4 failed to rar~vrt before
had rreviously been clas'sifiod "Jan"o
a. e uest for special privile,,;es 'ere decided by the draft
board or the rocr~.l.itinC off1 r..eso .onnlaints about this de-
Oislon could be filed '''ith. the ,.inistry of -ational ..)efenss.
ri v3.1e#es :
b. There v !ere three categories of special p
service " es out dcv"n
(l,) .~ransfer Into the reserve (military the clex'f;yFaen., fathers of
to for ee riorths at the most) : a ? g? :
many children, o'"'ners of inherited farms.
(2) oferncrjt e.C, for bl +hi school and univcrsity students
rho 1--1-ant.. d to t;Qvl,llete their education.
service: e.c , for meribers of the
(45) , xaciption~ osts, ra~.lroad, etc.
state polio;e,
offices subr~itted nont'. ly sur; .tcrized re ports
c. The recruiting, " ;;istriet
on ganteci privileges to the eopropriat+a ilitary
.k.eadc?~uarters.
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40 Induction .procedures:
a. Ih.hc induction was 1lur:'led by the recruitin o fice
aecor~if:;.,_ to order::' by the L ilitary, District liegd~-
quarter:. These orders defined the classes to be inducted,
the, occ ap ti ort 1 groups ai>.u the number of draftees to be
inducted for -";.iie inUividual units.
by 12',e recrui.titi off:iceo i;~sueu the notice of induction
art nor-.-J,_mierrt the )_roonal recor and an excerpt of the
dra:N records to the unit in which the draftee was to be
inducted,.
c U,)on the Srrivral oy the drai2e, the unit sent notice of
ar 'iv .l to the appropriate recruitiiii- czfice end started
sc: ?viee record for the draftee. all chaa es in the status of
o :aol,:icr, suc au transfers, promotions etc.
n tide service record. s ^~exe entered
d4 -tlpsn completion of m-i litur;ir service, the soldier's service
record ;1)u:a closed and forwarded to the u_,propriute recruiting
office wJlaich, from ta:i.; t time on, carried lii,a in the reserve.
a.. Political ;Leliabilit of Inductees:
., t;r tin? in 1. ov?ub,.~r 1948, c re I t efforts have b en made to
chiefly induct politically reliubie perzoxio, i.e.. Commur-Lir.vt.
.Pyoc example:, he draft records of the ?rGv:ii3:,`s1.iLY rocruitinrg
of.:ice were examined by a representative of the the hilitury-
.tolitic~~Al Depzz.-t'tiaelit of the h.ii.i:stry of I:atiunal Defense as
to the political reliability of draftees.. Officers of the 13th
and 14tri Lorde. u?uaXd Bns also :.t )1jpeared in the aZOX- i"I'MLY re-
cruiti.iiy tai (iced, huvin preparad rooters of drafteeu. The re
portiii, deserter did not know w1aet hc~2 or not other recruiting
oe,.; gay}.,liar equally standards as to political screen-
in;,. ;oL.:.ierti who turner out to be, politically unreliable ,Jere
usually disc"~.ar~;;ra c:1ftcr only a few Weeks of active service.
0, It'i,~a.?res coiniceriiinL the draft examination and induction:
as 'b?ne :copurtiri, deserter r riiis. bared the followir'; fi urge
concerniin,; t;:ie draft exa.ninutiori avid infltuction of the 1327
clans as effectd by the recruitin; (.:fice in
1948:
(1)
:?eavl't of physical examination:
"Kait
R aft
ttIds.t
':tit,iout deficiencies): deficiencies) . 30?
fit for auxiliary service 400
Total: 1p3UG
(2) i!ersoxi.z :J.lo were ;;ranted privile ;es, ;auc'.. as slzort-term
Gcxvicc, ile.ier:;iant or exeraptioria
(3)
:"Ka:' (:;a thout der icier cies) B 3c;.G
:tKa" with deficiencies): 150
"Kan .
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Total-, 4=v:;i.l.ab1G for ind: ction:
of 1~a
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t+lithout deficio Gies): 300 )
"Ka" (with deficiencies): 15U
"Koet S 300
Told 75U-
(4) Actually inducted on 3 a~oveiabcr 194s
without deficiencies): 250
with deficiencies) s 50
10
Totals 310 -
The draftees wore inducted into
13th Border Guard Bns
14th Border Guard Dn.-
2d .1.iilitary Iloapital, UG(i-.`,.;.sTjJi j Y:
2d =ration Su:ap1y Brunch--Despot,
2d. In.deo Guard Co, 1] Ca (Y 5/B 21"w),;
~ohool.-
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