Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-14
COLLEGE PUPILS
MAY RECEIVE PAY
WHILE TRAINING

A staff correspondent to the Chit
cago Tribune under Washington
date explains in the following ar
GcIe. military training fer college
students and the method by which
students may receive military pay.
The article has local significance
in view Of the fact that AugUstana
college is to have military training
this fall;
The war departments plan Of
virtually making the colleges Of
the country emergency war eduCa-
jiOual institutions presents an OPP
pGTtunity 10 the poor boy TO get at
least part OF the freshman year
at college at government expense.
any boy Of is, war department
officials explain, who has had a
high school education or It's equiv
aIent. can enter college, until the
capacity of the colleges is reached,
and sOon after entrance not only
receive his education at govern
nent expense but at the same time
draw $50 a month Of a private ami
find exceptional opportunities for
advancement 10 the commissioned
ranks
There has been considerable
criticism of the new war education
plan. both in and out of congress,
largely because the plan was for
INFLATED by the war department
and announced as a settled policy
without consulting the legislative
branch.
The war department. however,
defends its plan as one not only
vitality necessary to save the col
leEes from closing their doors,
but as a common sense method OF
utilizing educational facilities TO
train the boys in the 1S-year-Old
class. which viii be called last un-
der the new draft, up to the time
when it will be necessary to send
them to camp.
The war department plan for
utilizing more than 900 colleges for
organizing boys in student army
training corps viii work like this:
The boy entering college this fall
VIII proceed as in peace times. He
viii pay his own travelling ex-
penses and at the outset pay his
tuition and board. About Oct. !,
while at school, he will be indicted
into the training corps. He then
becomes d soldier, recei es mill
tary pay and is under military or
ders, but viii continue at school
until ordered to duty. Any poor
boy who has not been able to af-
ford TO go to college can Join one
IL n no Sc - 10
to meet college entrance REQUIRE
meut5 and providing he pays his
own way up to the point when he
is indicted into service. and pro-
yidiug, also. that the student corps
in the college he seeks to enter has
not been filed and the capacity o.
the college exceeded.
The government viii paw travel
ing expenses or tuition OF the stud
anL before his induction. After in
iucrjOn the student becomes a SOL
der assigned TO duty for further
Instruction.
The war department is drawing
Ip a form of contract t. pay for
housing, subsistence, and instruc-
ion OF the student soldiers. 1t is
ma III AtlsAA INC AD4AFE-- W III Z
.eiye from $3.50 to Sl4G day per
Ieal from the government.
IL there are vacancies in the |
'auks Of the student corps at any
particular college it may be fled
]y drawing boys from camps /
with the necessary qualifications. /
The overflow from some Of the |
schools that draw more than their /
,apacity may be directed TO schools .
lot filled to their capacity.
The number of boys that Will be /
sent to college, paid as soldiers, !
and educated at government ex-
}ense during the period between /
oct. ] and the time of their call 10 ]
ieId OF duty viii depend. Of course, /
IN the capacity Of the colleges. The /
boys who first take advantage Of /
he plan by preparing now to enter .
.olleEe on the certainty Of later 4
'eceiying education during the fall /
winter, and possibly until spring at /
government expense VIII likely !
AVE an advantage over those who /
.eiay until the colleges are filled.