The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-27
ASK HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TO ENROLL
 FOR TRAINING
Every Member of Bridge port High School of 1917
 and 1918 Receive Letters.

Every boy who graduated from the 1918 has been sent a copy of the leaf let issued by Dr. William Arnold Shanklin of Middletown, director for Connecticut of the American Council oh Education, calling his attention to the advantage of enlisting or enrol ling in the Students Army Training corps when he goes to college. Boys over IS are encouraged to en- list; those under IS to enroll in the units where they are established at the colleges. Those who are neither enlisted nor en1olled will not be enti- | tied to receive the military instruc- ton. Those over IS who enlist will be members of the Army of the United States, subject to active service at the call of the President
 F Because he does not receive pay, the student is classed as on inactive service, but in 8 national emergency the President may call him at any time into active service. He Is called into active service each summer when he attends camp for six weeks and receives the pay of private.
 I While the student is on inactive service he must register when he be- comes of draft age. Upon stating on his questionable that he is already in the military service of the United States, he will be placed automati- cally by his local draft board in Class V-D. The draft board will not call him for induction so long as he re- mains a member of the Students Army Training corps.
 In order that the college student may not even appear to enjoy special privileges, it is agreed, however, that when the day arrives on which ac- cording to his order number he would have been drafted, had he not already volunteered, the fact is reported to the president of the college and the commanding officer will then report 10 the chairman of the Committee on Educa tion and special training of the
 War Department for what form o. military service the individual is in their judgment best qualified.
 They will recommend that the stu dent should continue his studies tC
 prepare for work in medicine, en-
 gineering, chemistry, psychology, eco l monies, etc, or that he should go al , once to an officers training camp tC
 prepare for an officers commission 1T
 the infantry. artillery or other brancf
 of the service, or that he should bt
 assigned to work in the ordnance quartermaster or other staff corps O
 sent immediately to division at ont
 of the camps.
 The presumption is that for the mex 7 year the largest proportion of the stu
 dent body reaching 21 years will b.
 required to supply a large part of tht
 officers needed for the national army
 While enlistment in the Students
 Army Training corps does not hoIt
 out any promise of an officers com
 mission, it is at the present time tn l plainest road leading in that direc = ton.
 , Men who show no special ability J who do not improve their opportunit, Y for study, may be ordered into activ
 service when their day of reckoning
 comes, or may be dismissed from col n lege and automatically become liabl to the operation of the draft. Oppor = tunity is provided for the enlisted stu = dent, who so elects, to transfer fror
 army to navy and vice versa, and t = be assigned to active service in on if of the various corps of the army upo :, recommendation of the college presi dent and the proper military author
 ity.
 Should Congress lower the age C u liability for military service men ( P the new ages already enlisted ma
 find difficulty in entering the servic > except through the draft boards.