The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-06
STUDENT ARMY
 TRAINING CORPS
AT HE UNIVERSITY OF ARKAN- sAs HAS DELAYED THE OPEN
 INC OF THE SCHOOL SOME
Members of the Students Army Train ing Corps Wlll Receive About Same Rate of Pay and Supplies as the PriVates in Army.

1 Fayetteville, Ark, Sept Son ac-I Icount of the establishment of unit
 of the Students Army Training CorpsI
 at the University of Arkansas. theI opening of the University has been lpostponed until October l. On Auy-,
 ust 18th a unit Of tue $. A. T. c. was | granted 10 the University of Arkan- sas, but the final regulations goyeri-I ing the Corps have just been madel public Following is the latest and
 most accurate information with rec- erence to this organization: The Students Army Framing Corps offers 10 all young men who have had
 a high school education the most won Iderful opportunity in the history of
 the world by giving them the advan- Itage of obtaining a collegt education ! at the expense of the United States
 government, at the same time prepar-
 ing them for serving their country in
 the best possible manner. either by
 booming army offers or by fitting
 theselves for some form of special work.
 Members of the Students Army Training Corps will receive from the Igovernment their board lodging. anu uniforms, and pay at the rate of s3O per month.
 The government states that going
 to college and becoming q member of
 the s. A. T c, is the best if not the
 only chance q young man has of be-
 coming an army officer. High school graduates under eight
 cen years of age cannot become mem-
 bers of the Students Army Training lCorps, but they may participate fully in the instruction at their own ex- pense. As soon as they reach the age
 of eighteen. they may become mem
 bers of the Corps and entitled to all it's privileges.
 l To be qualified to enlist in the Corps a student must be admitted uncondi- ltionally to the freshman class of the
 University.
 students enrolled in the University
 Framing High School may also re-
 ceiye military instruction but they lcannot enlist in the Studentss' Army Training Corps until they are qualified ito enter the University.
 No student can enlist in the Stu dents Army Training Corps before October i, 1918. Tn order to save ex-. penses on the part Of inc student and fall in line with the plan of the war department, the University of Arkan sas will not open until October 1. All Istudents are urged to be on hand by that date.
 | The following communication from l the war department will furnish addi- l tional information.
 l l. All young men who were plan ming to go to school this fall shouldI cary out their plans and do so. Each should go to the college of his choice ImatriculatG and enter as regular Istudent. He will, Of course, also reg ister with his local board on iSeptem
 Der l2 As soon as possible after reg-I istration day, probably on or about October l, opportunity will be givenl for all the regularly enrolled studentsl 10 be inducted into the Students Army Training Corps at the school whereI they are in attendance Thus the Corps will be organized by voluntary induc- ton under the Selectiye Service Act, | instead of by enlistment as previous J contemplated.
 The student, by voluntary induction, | becomes a soldier in the United State ' army uniformed, subject to militaryI discipline and with the pay Of a pri-l yate. They will simultaneously bel placed on full active duty and con tracts will be made as soon as possiblel with the colleges for housing. subsit ence and instruction of the studcnsl soldiers.
 2 Officers, uniforms, rifles, and such other equipment as may be avail-t able will bo furnished by the war de- partment. as previously announced
 2. The student soldiers will be given military instruction under or ficers of the army and will he keptl under o5srvation and test to determ inc their qualifications as officer-can- didates. and technical experts such asI engineers, chemists and doctors. Al ter certain period the men will he selected according to their perform ance. and assigned to military duty in one of the following ways:
 (a) He may be transferred to q central officers training camp.
 (bl He may be transferred 10 a on-commissioned officers training school
 (cl He may be assigned to the school where he is enrolled for further intensive work in specified line for a limited specified time
 td) He may be assigned to the vol cational training section of the Corrs for technical training of military valus
 (e) He may be transferred to al cantonment for duty With troops as al private.
 i Similar sorting and reassign-li