Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28
MILITARY WORK
LUTHER COLLEGE
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Then. students will not be enlisted
but will be entered into college
tarmy by volunteer induction.
The change is made in view of the
probable reduction in draft age to Is
Byears. Advices from Washington
this morning indicated that the new
registration date probably would
come about September 10th.
This means that induction into the
Students Army Training Corps
probably will he delayed until the
! third week in September. There will
also be made necessary, because of
this new legislation, some readjust-
ments Of the military training plan
and the plan for academic work. Ex-
cept for these changes, the student
corps will be organized as previously
outlined. e.
Under this plan, young men be-
tween the ages Of Is and 21 will be
obliged to register with their draft
boards in September, but will be in
Quoted, upon application, into the
college army"
Under the. regulations provided
for the Student Army Training Corps
selected young men who are phSsic-
ally fit FOR military servece, who are
I1S years of age or over, and who
have had grammer school educa-
ton may be voluntarily indicted into
THE army and enter upon a course of
special training. Those who have a
lgrammer school education but no
more will ordinarily enter Special
/ Training Detachments to be trained
along mechanical lines of military
value. These Detachmants will be-
come part of the Student Army
Training Corps and young men who
prove in the course of their mechani-
cal training that they are officer, ma
Iterial may be transferred to a unit
in one of the colleges to be prepared
to enter a Central Officers Training
Camp.
Young men who have had at least
! high school education will be al
lowed to enter the colleges for more
advanced training as officers and as
technical experts of various kinds,
according to their experience and
abilities. Those men who show
promise under this training will be
kept in college until qualified to en-
ter Central Officers Training Camps
or to go directly into the service as
Technical experts Those who dc not
will be sent either to- Non-commis-
stoned Officers Schools or 10 the
nearest Depot Brigade or, in case
they show special technical or me-
chanical ability, to the detachments
where men are trained for such work.
Every effort VIII be made to give,
every young man who enters the SER
vice under this plan opportunity for
the training best suited TO his natur-
al ability and preferences in order
to enable him to serve the country in
the most efficient way.
The demand for officers within the
next year is certain to beyvery great
Men receiving their training from the
S. A. T. G. will naturally be in posi-
tion to stand good chance in the
competition for commission. -
American Council of Education, Aug.
20.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 1924,
1918.
THE president, Luther College,
DEBORAH, Iowa.
upon the basis of figures supplied
by you your institution having salts
fed conditions prescribed in the
Adjutant Generals circular letter OF
June twenty-ninth, steps will be TAX
en- at once to establish unit Of the s.
Al. T.. C. in connection with the Upper
Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa. An
officer of the United States Army
will be detailed aud will upon ar
rival proceed with the organization
Of your unit. Rifles, uniforms, over
coats and othere quipment will be
shipped at an early date. Advise by
wire as to date of opening.
1.-THE Adjutant General"
From the above it will be seen
that the U. S. government has es-
!tablished at Luther College unit OF
the S. A. T. G. under the command
of an army officer.