Spokesman Says Army Won't Call Up Guard Except in Emergency

Army spokesmen said yesterday that unless the world situation becomes worse, no more National Guardsmen will be called into service. The six divisions now under arms will be released after their 21 month tour of duty.

Major-General Maxwell D. Taylor, Army training and planning chief, also said that regular Army divisions will form the backbone of the Army under these plans, which call for the release of about 233,800 National Guardsmen and reservists.

This does not preclude possible assignment of some of the units now on duty to overseas posts, he added.

Taylor said that 98,000 Guardsmen were on duty at the beginning of the year, not including 19,800 officers and men who entered Federal service shortly after.