Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
The STUDENTS
ARMY TRAINING CORPS
State Council of Defense Urges Every
Qualified Young Man to Enter
college This FAN

IS man the tahng up or continuing o
ie college and university courses. Fo
# those already enrolled or those quail
It fed to enter college, nat to do so j
t felt by the War Department to be
e great economic waste of man-pOwee
d which ought to be avoided at thi
e crisis in our history. Not only il
d the demand now urgent for technical
n ly trained men for war purposes, bu
e also the demand will be just as great
: if not greater, for that trained mar
e when the period of reconstruction
q comes. MajOr-G eral Leonard
: Wood says:---"It is a great mistake
f for partly educated young men to
/. rush to the cOlOrs now. We do not
Y need them. 1t is very important
i that they should finish their educa-
8 ton" Secretary Lanes special COM
. mittee on higher education and in
. dustry has just made public a plan
} which is of interest now when the
: War Departments recommendations
to make the draft ages is to As will
soon be before Congress.
In order to carry out the wishes of
the Government and to have Dela--
ware take hel place with Othe: sta;es,
the State Council of Defense has made
certain plans in which citizens, es-
pecially the young men, are asked to
cooperate. Student Army Corps
have been established in various col
leges in all states. Delaware COL
lege has been designated as one of
the institutions in which a Students
Army Training Corps will be estab-
lished. The direction of the Corps is
under the supervision and control of
the Committee on Education and
Special Training of the War Depart
ment and this branch of the army ser
vice will be under the joint jurisdic-
tion of Colonel Robert 1. Rees and of
President Mitchell acting in conjunc-
tion with the commanding officer
stationed at the college.
The objects of the Corps are:-Q)
ito mobilize the brain power of the
young men of the country for those
services which demand special train
ing, and to make that power availa- I
bic in the war and in the peace
which will follow; (2) to prepare
these young men properly for the .
more eXacting forms of military
service for which the special educa-
tion and military training advantages
established under the provisions of
this plan shall prepare them. To
this end scientific training is indis-
pensable.
In order to become members of the
Students Army Training Corps at
Delaware College, young men must
satisfy the regular entrance require 9
ments. Information and application
blank will be furnished gladly. For
enlistment in the Corps, a student ;
must have reached the age of eigh-
teen. Those under eighteen may not
enlist, but are urged to enroll. En-
rolled students will enjoy the instruc-
ton and privileges of enlisted stud !
ents, except they cannot have the
of a soldier in the service of t
his country until they reach the age of
eighteen.
The status of members of the {
Students Army Training Corps is set L
forth as follows by the committee in t
enlisting in the Stud J
ents' Army Training Cor you will b
become a member of the United u
States Army. You will receive reg c
llar uniforms, including hats, shoes, t
and overcoats, and be given military v
under officers detailed by v
the War Department. During the Il
early part of your course you will re- a
ceive ten hours of military instruc- Il
ions week, six of which will be u
iriu and rifle aractice and other out L
ioor training, and four will be aca- Il
iemic work for which military credit c
S given, such as mathematics, Eng Il
ish, foreign languages, history e.
science, etc. You will be carefully n
ated both by the college authorities p'
nd by the military officers, who will Il
lelp you to discover the special line te
lave the greatest capacity and pre-
erence.
Members of the Corps will also be
equired TO attend a six weeks train
ng camp during the summer for
lgid and intensive military instruc- W
ion, with the pay of privates in the er
-rmy, and will be subject to the call S,
I the President for active service at ce
ny time-but it will be the policy of ell
he Government not to make such CT
all except in case of absolute emer- fu
ency. Students in this Corps, al re
lough technically in active service,
lust register as soon as they reach tiC
ne draft age. They will state on
leir questiOnaries that they are ct
already in the military service" and an
ill be laced by their Local Draft Dl
cards in Glass SD. tn
The Advantage of enlistment in the ia
Army Training Corps, while
does not hold out any promise of an Bl
dlcer's commission, is at the present tn
me the plainest road leading in that fat
rection. Provisions has been made
accordance with which the enlisted Gr
IAN, upon recommendation of the Ell
roper military and college authori- br
es, will, upon the completion of his CIR
)urse, be transferred to that branch ce
active servic service in which he at,
ay prefer to serve. hi,
The State Council Of Defense makes K
q appeal to qualified young men to tel
appeal to qualified young men to tai
ltr college this Fall as a patriotic he
ity, and TO Join the Students Army
raining Cor in order to fit them Wis
lives for positions in which their
'untry will need trained workers. oh
en- scientifically trained will be in B i.
instant demand at the front as we'll
behind the lines during the war Wis
Id in constructive industries and
'OfeggiOns after fha war no1o ,,,il