The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-08-31
ENTER SERVICE
THROUGH ". S. G..
YOUNG MEN OFFERED NEW WAY
TO GET INTO UNITED STATES
ARMY

"How can | render the most val
,uable service to my country during
the period of the war;" Every
young man over eighteen is asking
himself this question.
The war department has just Of
fered new answer to the question.
They say: ENTER college if you are
fitted to do so or return to college if
you have already enrolled, and enlist
in the Student Army Training corps.
+ By enlisting in the Student Army
Training corps you will become a
member of the United States army.
You will receive uniform and be Civ
en- military drill under officers de-
tailed by the war department. Dur
ing the early part of your course you
will receive ten hours of military in
structiOn a week, six of which will
be drill, rifle practice and other out
! door training and four of which will
be academic work, for which military
credit is given, such as mathematics,
English, foreign languages, history,
science, etc. You will be carefully
rated both by the college authorities
and by the military officers who will
help you to discover special line of
military service for which you have
the greatest capacity and preference.
Later in your course you will have
an opportunity to specialize in
branch of training designed to fit you
to become an officer of field artillery,
medical or engineer officer, an ex-
pert in some technical or scientific
service, and so on.
On reaching the age of twenty
one you must register with your local
board. You may remain in college
until your call is reached under the
Selective Service Law. At that time
it will be decided whether you will be
called Immediately to active service
or whether you should remain in col
lege to complete the course you are
pursuing. The decision will depend
upon the needs of the service and up
on your achievements in your military
work and in your studies as deter
mined by the military officers at the
college and by the college authorities.
During the summer you will have
an opportunity to attend summer
camp for intensive training. Your
travelling expenses to and from camp
will be paid and you will be on active
duty under pay and subsistence by the
War department.
As a member of the student Army
Training Corps you will be subject
to call to active duty at any time in
case of emergency. If you desire to
enter active service before complet-
ing your college training, transfer to
active duty may be arranged through
military channels with the consent Of
the military officers of the college and
of the college officials. 1t will be the
policy of the Government, however,
to allow you to remain in college until
you reach the age of twenty-One, or
until you complete your course.
Previously there have been two
methods by which young man might
enter the National service. He
might either enlist voluntarily as a
private in the army or as seaman in
the Navy, or he might remain in ci-
william life until called to active SER
vice at the age of twenty-one under
the Selective Service Law. The Stu
dent Army Training Corps represents
a third method of entering the service
which has special advantage for
young men fitted to go to college.
For further information concern
ing the Student Army Training Corps,
apply to the State College of Wash
ington or to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Special Training, War De-
partment, Washington, d. c.