South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-22
GIVES STUDENT
SOLDIERS PLANS
Regular Army Captain Ad-
dresses Thousand Students
at N. D. University.

Capt william p Murray address
ed a mass meeting OF nearly a thou
sand students in WASHINGTON hall.
Notre Dame university, Saturday at
1.3O p. IN, in order 10 make clear
20 the prospective soldiers condi-
tions Of induction into the s A T.
c. and their duties after induction
into that organization. Rev John
Cavanaugh, president of the univer-
sity. attended the meeting and sup
plemented capt Murray in giving
desired Information OF an academic
nature. The meeting lasted over an
hour and was closed with cheers for
the captain. and the Notre Dame
college yell, in which Frank Lock
ard, football man and student OF
Journalism. led.
Capt. Murray first made il clear
that the reason for the :. A. T c.
was 70 have reservoir from which
10 draw officer material for the
army Then ne showed the students
what they might expect. depending
upon their conduct and the impress
sion they made on their officers.
Five contingencies await them:
First. if they show great adaptable
ity, they Will be sent TO a central Of
fcers' reserve training camp, and
Will even there have the jump" as
the captain expressed il, on the or
binary man.
Second. they may be sent to a
commissioned officers school.
Third. they may be ordered 70 re-
main and finish their courses. such
as engineering, chemistry and some
others.
Fourth. they may be sent to a
vocational section, there being no
vocational work at Notre Dame. and
no present knowledge whether or
not it will be introduced later.
Fifth, they may lee ordered to
camp as privates.
The men will join the :. A. T. c.
by voluntary induction before the
local board. and capt. Murray hopes
TO have the local board move it's
offices to the university long enough
TO induct all candidates at the
school. The candidates must pay
any expense in getting from their
home towns any necessary papers
They must also pass satisfactory
physical examination, such as the
local board imposes.
After induction and reception at
Notre Dame, the men are soldiers,
subject 10 call to the colors at the
order of the president. They may be
left at Notre Dame one month, one
year or five years at the need OF the
service. Capt. Murray cautions the
men TO realize that they will be
under military discipline. They will
receive the pay of privates. $40 per
month. If any OF them are married
apparently none were from the
laugh created,-such must send the
usual portion of their pay home 10
their wives. All will share in the in
surance protection provided soldiers
any where in the service.
The men will be buster than those
in camp, Capt. Murray said. The
recreation period usual in camps
viii be given over to a study period
at Notre Dame.
Only those who registered on
Sept. u can be indicted into the
:. A. T. c. as orders now stand; but
Capt Murray said there is another
method of Inducing yonng men reg
istered June 8. 1917, June 3, 1918,
or Aug. "a. 1918. Regulations for
inducing men of these classes have
not yet been received but are ex-
pected any day.
Boys under is who wish to get in
to the s. A T. c. may enroll at
NOtre Dame. As soon as their 18th
birthday comes they can register
with their local boards and, through
their local boards, be indicted into
the S. A. 7. c. While merely enrolled
and not yet indicted they pay their
own expenses, but undergo the reg
ular discipline and educational pro-
cesses as regular members of the
). A. T. c. They form, however, a
separate unit.
No student can enter the 5. A. T.
G. at Notre Dame unless a graduate
of a high school, or unless he has
IA high school credits Cor units),
Fourteen credits is the requirement
for entrance into college at Notre
Dame. The minimum required by
the government is s credits, but the
government permits the S. A. T. c.
schools TO maintain their own stand
ards. and Notre Dame is doing this
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