The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-28
A CATECHIsM
of the
STUDENT ARMY TRAINING CORPS

of the
STUDENT ARMY TRAINING CORPS
Issued by the American Council on
Education and Approved by the
War Department.
Robert L. Kelly, Campaign Director
From the Topeka State Journal
Information Bureau, Washington.
D.. c.. F. j. Haskin, Director.
10. What is the Student Army
Training Corps?
A. The Student Army Training
Corps is a body of draft registrants
raised by voluntary induction, for the
purpose OF utilizing effectively the
plant, equipment and organization OF
and for selecting and training officers
and technical experts for service in
the existing emergency.
u-Q. What persons are eligible
for induction into the Student Army
Training Corps?
registered under the selective service
regulations, who are physically fit to
perform full military duty There are
two sections of the Student Army
Training Corps. The collegiate Sec
| ton (section Al is for those who have
graduated from, a standard four-year
nigh school or preparatory school or
nave equivalent educational quaIifica-
lions. The vocational section (section
- OF the Student Army Training
Sorps VIII include those who have had
q grammar school education or its
equivalent
| 1II-Q. How does the individual
seek induction into the college section
OF the Student Army Training Corps ?
a. BY enrolling in the institution
| lie hnr Z
the s. A. T. c., and which teaches the
subjects in which he wishes to speciaI-
lze. There he will matriculate as a
regular student. About October 1 he
VIII be indicted upon application to
the commanding officer into the Stu
dent Army Training Corps.
| 1V-Q. How does an individual seek
| induction into the vocational section
of the S. "A. T. CT,
A. By application for voluntary in
ductfon at the local draft board. AS
fast as vacancies occur in these ranks
| they Will be filled from these appli-
cants.
V-Q. What is the status of a mem
per OF the Student Army Training
A. That of private soldier in the
army of the United States on active
duty He will be given a private's pay
$3.50 per month";, and his housing,
subsistence and instruction will be
provided by the college at the expense
of the government.
We. How long will member Of
the Student Army Training Corps re-
main at school or college?
A. This will depend upon his age,
qualifications and aptitude. In gem
era1 men IS years of age will remain
about nine months, and older men for
shorter periods, but there is no in
variable rule.
eminent pursue in assigning members
OF the Student Army Training Corps
for duty?
A. In. accordance with the needs
OF the service and the qualifications of
the individual, members of the Student
Army Training Corps may be assigned
TO CAD an officers training camp, (B)
non-commissioned officers training
school, (C) depot brigade, CD to
continue in certain cases in either col
Iegiate or vocational sections, such
special or technical training as the
needs of the services may require.
CAD Men assigned to officers train
ing camps will be trained as officers
of the U. S. A.
lB) Men assigned to non-commis-
stoned officers schools will be trained
as non-commissioned officers in the
U. S. A.
Co Men assigned to depot brigades
ing as combat troops.
CD Men who show special aptitude,
who have training or experience of
special war value may remain in col
lege or training school after the other
men of their classes have been assign
ed to service. These men may be en-
gineers, chemists, dictors, pharmacists,
ETC., of the collegiate section, or me-
chanics or other skilled workers of the
vocational section.
The preference of the registrants
who are voluntarily indicted into the
Student Army Training Corps as to
the branch of service they ultimately
enter (e. g., engineers, artillery. infan-
try. chemical warfare service, etc.,
Will be given confederation except
where military needs require a differ
ent course
VIIEQ. What subjects will be
taught the members of the Student
Army Training Corps?
A. These have not yet been worked
out in full. instruction will be divided
into two classes. Military instruction,
including military theory and physi-
cal training, will occupy in the normal
course, thirteen hours a week. Allied
subjects will occupy about forty-two
hours a week. In the cases of some
units studying technical subjects, the
proportion of military instruction will
be reduced.
AAieu supJects taught VIII oruinar-
lily be selected from the following list:
English, French, German, mathe-
mates, physics, chemistry. biology,
geology, mine ralogy, geography, topo-
graphy and may making, meteorofogy,
astronomy. hygiene, sanitation, de-
scriptive geometry, mechanical and
freehand drawing, surveying, econo-
mics. accounting, history, internation-
al law. military law and government
A course in war aims, occupying at
least three class room hours per week,
and consisting OF a study Of the un-
DERIVING issues of the war, will be
taught at all of the institutions.
IX-Q. May a an in a-deferred
class apply to the committee on edu-
cation and speci-1 t. aiming, war de-
partment, for admission to the Student
Army Training Corps?
A. His acceptance will depend upon
his qualifications and his status with