Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1918 — Young Men of United States Urged to Enlist in Student Training Corps [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Young Men of United States Urged to Enlist in Student Training Corps

By Dr. P. P. CLAXTON.

, United State* CooMUMonar el Education

“How can I render the most valuable service to my country during the period of the war?” Every young man over eighteen is asking himself this question. The war department has just offered a new answer to the question. It says: “Enter college if you are fitted to do so or return to college if you are already enrolled, and enlist in the student army training corps.” By enlisting in the student army training corps you will become a member of the United States army. You will receive a uniform and be given military

drill under officers detailed by the war department. During the early part of your course you will receive ten hours of military instruction a week, six of which will be academic work, for which military credit is given, such as mathematics, English, foreign languages, history, science, etc. You will be carefully rated both by the college authorities and by the military officers, who will help you to discover a special line of military service for which you have the greatest capacity and preference. Later in your course you will have an opportunity to specialize in a branch of training designed to fit you to become an officer of field artillery, medical or engineer officer, an expert in some technical or scientific service, and so on. On reaching the age of twenty-one you must register with your local board. You may remain in college until your call is reached under the selective service law. At that time it will be decided whether you will be called immediately to active service or whether you should remain in “College to complete the course you are pursuing. The decision will depend, upon the needs of the service and upon your achievements in your military wotk and in your studies as determined by the military officers at the college and by the college authorities. , During the summer you will have an opportunity to attend a summer camp for intensive military training. Your traveling expenses to and from camp will be paid and you will'be on active duty under pay and subsistence by the war department. As a member of the student army training corps you will be subject to call to active duty at any time in case of emergency. If you desire to center active service before completing your college training, transfer to active duty may be arranged through military channels with the consent of the military officers at the college and of the college officials. It will be the policy of the government, however, to allow you to remain in college until you reach the age of twenty-one, or until you complete your course. Previously there have been two methods by which a young man might enter the national service. He might either enlist voluntarily as a private in the army or a seaman in the navy, or he might remain in civilian life until called into active service at the age of twenty-one under the selective service law. The student army training corps represents a third method of entering the service which has special advantages for young men fitted to go to college. For further information concerning the student army training corps apply to any college which you desire to attend or to the committee on education and special training, war department, Washington, D. C.