Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-09-27
EXPLANATION Of
s. A. 7. c. GIVEN
TO AID STUDENTS
Committee on Education and
Special Training, Of War
Department, Issues Letter
on Military Regulations,

The committee on education of the
war department at Washington. d, G.,
has issued a letter explaining the new
students army training corps A copy
of this letter was sent to Governor
w e. Lindsey, who was authorized to
give the matter publicity.
The letter follows
H. After a student has been reg
istered by his local draft board and
has entered, in the regular way, a
coilege-to be chosen by himself, not
by the government--he may be vol
unfairly inducted into the students
army training corps. As this is a
corps of the army. he will become
soldier at once and be placed on active
duty upon his induction He will re-
ceive uniforms tto be worn all the
time), equipment, food (army rations)
housing Gin barracks) and instruc-
ton at government expense, and the
pay of a private $3.50 per month";. As
he is a solder he is no longer under
the jurisdiction OF his draft board,
but he is subject to all military or
ders and liable to any military duty
20. All men within the present
draft ages (lS-45), with the except
ion Of general service men in class
] registered before September ~, 1918
are eligible TO voluntary induction into
a collegiate section of the s. A. T. G,
They must also be shown by the usual
army physician examination. to ~
held at the college, to be physically
fit for general or limited military SER
vice and have had a four years high
school course or its equivalent and
he in attendance at one Of the insti-
tutions maintaining an S. A. T. G. No
general service men in class / who
registered under the first draft law
q e. before September II, 1879. are
eligible to induction into a collegiate
unit of the S. A. T. c., but men all
ready inducted into or called for act
i've service may seek transfer through
their commanding officer and the reg
ular military channels. such trans
fers, however, will be made only in
rare and exceptional cases.
"3 Boys under eighteen years Of
age who have been admitted to col
lege will be given such military train
ing as is possible, but they will not be-
come soldiers and hence will not re-
ceive subsistence or pay from the gov
crnment, until they have become
eighteen years Of age, have register
ed with their local draft board and
have been inducted into the S. A. r.
e.
"a Boys under eighteen years Of
age who are in high or preparatory
schools should remain in school and
intensity their study in order to com
plete their high school course and fit
themselves for entrance to college as
soon as possible.
"5, Collegiate units of the S. A. r.
c. will be established at institutions or
approved academic standing enrolling
90 or more able-bodied male college
grade students eighteen years Of age
or over
&c. II is expected that the volun-
tArF induetions into the collegiate
units Of the S. a. T. c will take place
about October T. Students must pay
their own expenses until induction
into the S. A. r. C.
a. Information concerning the
routine of voluntary induction should
he obtained from commanding Off
GERS Of collegiate units of the s. A.
c.
"S. An arrangement is now pend
ing which will povide that limited
number of men may. unpon induction,
be assigned to the navy if they so
desire
"9. Vocational units of the s. A.
T. c., which have been i'm operation
for several months as national army
training detachments, will continue
at the institutions at which they have
been established but few, II any. new
units will be added at present Reg
istrants of the new draft ages who
have had q grammar school course
or its equivalent are eligible for in
duction into these units. Induction
only through the local draft board Of
the regstrant and not through the in
stitutlon at which the unit is estab-
lished. Men seeking induction will be
sent to vocational units only so far as
the requirements of the service per-
nit
no As enlistments have been dis
continued, ii win only be voluntary in
duction that a registrant may enter
any branch of the army" .