The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-13
UNIVERSITY WILL
TRAIN SOLDIERS
DIR. LINDLEY APPOINTED CHAIR
MAN FOR IDAHO TO ENCOUR-
AGE EDUCATION

AUE ELL OOAl1ON
DR.. I. H. Lindley, president of the
University of Idaho, returned last night
from Portland, where he spent week
lecturing twice a day to a class of 200
young women who are taking sepcial
I training for war work at Reed college.
President Lindley had but a day and
night in Moscow as he has to leave this
evening at S 80 for Payette to attend an
annual meeting of farmers( where he
will deliver an address, He then goes
to Boise to begin campaign for stu
dents for the University
DR.. Lindley has been made chairman
for Idaho for the drive to induce young
men to attend the universities and COL
lege to prepare for war work. This is
called the go to College Campaign"
and is to be made drive" like the
Liberty loan and other drives. The gov
ernment wants young men to enroll in
the colleges and universities where they
are given special training for war work
AS all voluntary en1istments have been
discontinued this is the only way that
young men can now get into the army
except through the draft boards
The plan for registering for this work
will reach the university some time this
week and will be published in full as
soon as received 1t will be of interest
to every young man in the state.
ION his way home from Portland DR..
Lindley stopped at Spokane where a
morning newspaper published the fol-
lowing interview with him, which gives
much information on his new line of
work. The interview follows:
"Since the en1istments have been
closed, if the proposed draft ages are
put into effect, the only method l know
whereby young men may have a prefer
ence in military service is through the
colleges" Dr. E. H. Lindley, president
If Idaho university, said last night
There is now a drive on by the war de-
,artment to get officers for the enlarged
army, and it will be serious problem.
"The war department tried other
methods to get the required number of
officers, but did not seem to get re-
suits 1t has been estimated that 10000
to $4,000 officers are needed for an army
of 100000 men, If we are to have an
army of 100000 men it can be seen that
we shall need at least 100000 officers, a
great army in itself.
"In this dilemma the war department
has created the students army training
corps A corps will be established in
any college which has not less than 1901
able bodied yoAng men. The University
of Idaho has been designated by the war
department for Idaho, and presume we
shall furnish the larger number of our
state quota.
Students of 18 May Enlist.
students may enlist in this corps if
18 years of age or over. Those under Is
share in the training, but do ont enlist.
The student in this corps goes on the
inactive list until he is of draft age, when
he is reported to the war department,
together with the information as to
whether his work is satisfactory If his
work is satisfactory he stays in college
until June 80 of that year. If his work |
is not satisfactory he is sent to some
cantonment for training as a private.
CAT the end of the college year
those students whose work is salts
factory may choose either the army
or navy, and this is, so far as | am
advised, the only instance in which
an option may be exercised if the
draft ages go into effect.
The military training in the students
army training corps will be on
evel with that given in the canton
ments.
"The work of enlisting young men
N the students training corps al
,eady has been hindered by the pro-
posed lowering of the draft ages.
Young men have rushed to enlist, par
;icularly in the navy, and the order
closing the enlistments for the time
,eing is partly to prevent this rush"