The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-09-19
ARMY TRAINING CORPS
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR
MEN ABOVE AND BELOW
DRAFT AGE.

(class b and a vocational section
fclass Al of the students army train
ing corps established at the Univer-
sity of Idaho.
Class A.
Men of the draft age of grammar
pleted high school, will be given OPP
portunity to enter the vocational Sec
ton (class AZ of the s. A T. C. This
consists of two months intensive
training courses in certain mechani-
cal trades, such as auto mechanics,
radio work, general mechanics, etc,
now being conducted at the university
(began last June). Application for in
duction into the vocational section
(class Al should be made to your To-
cal draft board. Entrance to class A
ter lies between you and your local
draft board. The object of this course
is to fit men for service as mechanics
with Pershing at the front A few,
however, are recommended for Off
GERS training camps and those found
to possess the requisite qualifications
may be assigned for further training
in the collegiate section. No class A
students Vocational section) are to
come to the university October l, but
are to wait until called by local draft
I'd 11c
months. Make application to your To-
cal drfat board. Instruction, equip
ment, uniforms, board and room, and
pay of private $3.50 per month) will
be furnished to class A men.
Class B.
The collegiate section (class b is
open to every man over IS, physically
qualified, who has completed a four
year high school course and is eligi-
BILE to enter the freshman class of the
University Of Idaho After registra-
ton (September 12) and on or about
october 1, class B students will be
given the opportunity to be indicted
into the s. A. T. C. at the university.
This corps is to be organized by vol
untary induction and not by enlist
ment, The date set for induction
will be the same for all colleges and
universities in the United States. All
class B students are to register at
the university October l, the date of
opening. Send admission form (se-
cure this from your superintendent or
principally and application card to the
dean of the faculty, University of
Idaho. Present yourself here Octo-
Der l for registration. If you have
college credits elsewhere send
credentials.
Get Soldiers Pay.
Instruction, equipment, uniforms,
board and room and pay of private
$3.50 per month"; will be furnished
class B men. Books and incidentals
Students will be subject to military
discipline and will be on full active
duty. They will be kept under obser-
vation and test to determine their
qualification as officer candidates, and
technical experts such as engineers,
chemists and doctors. Upon the show
ing made they will, after a certain
period be assigned to military duty in
one of the following ways Transfer
red to a central officers training
camp; to non commissioned off,
GERS training school; assigned to the
for further intensive work;
assigned to the vocational section, or
sent to cantonment for duty as a
private.
Not Limited to Infantry.
The war department order prohib-
ting further enlistments does not
prohibit induction into the army
through the s "A. #. C.
Boys under eighteen qualified to
enter the university may enroll in the
$. A. II. C. and receive the benefits of
training, but may not enlist
In the army.
Intensive infantry drill at the uni
versity is not necessarily designed to
prepare all students for the infantry,
but students so trained may be trans
ferred to the branch of service for
which they are best fitted or most
needed
Permission will be also granted to
of the s. A. #. C. to transfer
to navy units If they record their pref
erence before finishing the course at
the university.
High Rating Of University.
AS result of the annual inspection
by the United States army inspector
in the spring Of the present year, 1918,
the war department ranked the Uni
versity Of Idaho first in its class. In
the matter Of facilities for military |
instruction, and also in regard to the
character Of such instruction, no 9TH
er college or university in its class is
to the University Of Idaho.
At the first officers training school
theld at the Preside, San Francisco
s5 per cent of our students received |
oihcers' commissions at the second |
school (also held at the Presidio IS
per cent were successful; at the third