The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-28
Catholic University
Of America
Opens Today at Washington. DC,
Five Hundred Students
Have Already Applied
For Admission

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For Admission
The Catholic University opened Sat-
urday, September %, as a unit of the
Students Army Training Corps. AL
ready about five hundred students
have applied for admission.
The following brief catechism, pre-
pared by the Government authority,
will satisfy fully all inquiries as to the
status of accepted students at the uni
versity during the coming year.
1t should be noted that young men
who contemplate entering the Stu.
dents Army Training Corps should
make immediate application to the
Registrar of the University, as they
will not be eligible after being called
to service by the Local Draft Board.
l. @. What is the Student Army
Training Corps?
A. The Student Army Training
Corps is a body of draft registrants,
raised by voluntary induction, for the
purpose of utilizing effectively the
plant, Equipment and organization of
the colleges for military instruction
and for selecting and training officers
and technical experts for service in
the existing emergency.
| II. @. What persons are eligible for
induction into the Student Army
Training Corps?
A. Men of eighteen and over who
have registered under the selective
service regulations, who are physically
fit to perform full military duty There
are two sections of the Student Army
Training Corps. The Collegiate Sec
ton (Section Az is for those who have
graduated from standard four-year
high school or preparatory school or
have equivalent educational qualifica-
tions. The Vocational Section (Sec-
ton b of the Student Army Training
Corps will include those who have had
a grammar school education or it's
equivalent.
III. @. How does the individual seek
induction into the College Section Of
the Student Army Training Corps?
A. BY enrolling in the institution
nearest his home which has unit of
the S. A. T. c., and which teaches the
subjects in which he wishes to spe-
cialize. There he will matriculate as
a regular student. About October first
he will be indicted upon application
to the Commanding Officer into the
Student Army Training Corps.
w. @. How does an individual seek
induction into the Vocational Section
of the S. A. T. c.?
A. BY application for voluntary in
duction at the local draft board. AS
fast as vacancies occur in these ranks
they will be filled from these appli-
cants.
v. @. What is the status of men,
Der of the Student Army Training
Corps?
A. That of private soldier in the
army of the United States on active
duty. He will be given a private's
pay $3.50 per month";, and his housing,
subsistence and instruction will be
provided by the college at the expense
of the government.
vi. @. How long will member of
the Student Army Training Corps re-
main at school or college?
A. This will depend upon his age,
qualifications and aptitude. In general
men eighteen years Of age will remain
about nine months, and older men for
shorter periods, but there is no invari-
able rule.
VII. @. What policy will the govern
ment pursue in assigning members of
the Student Army Training Corps for
duty?
A. In accordance with the needs Of
the service and the qualifications of
the individual. Members of the Student
Army Training Corps may be assigned
to GAY an officers training camp, OBJ
a non-commissioned officers training
school, (C) depot brigade, (D) to
continue in certain cases in either COL
legiate or vocational sections, such
special or technical training as the
need Of the services may require
(A) Men assigned to officers train.
ing camps will be trained as officers
of the U. 8. A.