Evening journal., 1918-08-30
PLANS FOR
Student ARMY
They Are Altered to Con-
form With Lowering
OF Draft Age
DELAWARE COLLEGE
WILL HAVE CORPS

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Aug. 3O.-Delaware College
officials are greatly interested in a
communication received this week
from the Committee on Education and
Special Training relative TO changes in
the plans for the Student Army Train
Ing Corps I'm educational Institutions.
Delaware Is one Of the colleges that
viii have such a corps the coming
college year. The communication re-
ferred TO-, which gives much valuable
Information for young men who are
considering entering college, follows: {:
/ General Peyt0n C.. March, chief Of
stan, has approved, by order OF the
Secretary Of War, a plan for Tie Or
ganization Of a Student Army Training
Corps i'm the educational institutions OF
the country TO train men as officers and
technical experts in the army. The
plan for the Student Army Training
Corps, as altered 10 conform TO the
plans Of the War Department for low
cring the draft age, will utilize the
plant equipment, and organization Of
the colleges 10 maintain "A reservoir OF
officer material for training, from
which 10 VIII be possible TO meet the
enlarged needs OF the various branches
Of the service.
The length Of time during which
men will be trained i'm the colleges viii
depend upon the needs of the service.
As fast as one groun Of trained men is
drawn from the colleges into the SER
vice their places will be taken by "a
new quota obtained by voluntary in
duction or through the draft. I'm this
way the educational facilities Of the
country will be used TO maintain a
constant supply Of men who are train
ed to meet the needs Of the army.
Under the regulations provided for
the Student Army Training Corps Sc
lccted young men who are physically
no for military service. who are IS
years Of age or over. and who have
hI a grammar school education may
voluntarily inducted into the army
a enter upon a course Of special
training. Those who have a grammar
school education but no more will
ordinarily enter Special Training De-
tachments TO be trained along mechani-
cal lines Of military value. These de
Student Army Training Corps. and
young men who prove in the course
Of their mechanical training that they
are officer material, may be transferred
10 a unit in one OF the colleges TO he
prepared TO enter a Central Onlcers'
Training Camp.
Young men who have had at least
High School education will be allowed
20 enter the colleges for moro ad-
yanced training as officers and as
technical experts OF various kinds, ac-
cording 10 their experience and abili-
ties. Those men who shaw promise
under this training will be kept in col
lege until qualified to enter Central or
lcers' Training Camps or 90 go direct
~ into the service as technical experts.
Those who do not viii be sent either
to NOn-Commissioned Officers Schools
or 10 the nearest Depot Brigade Or IN
case they show special technical OF
mechanical ability. 10 the attachments
where men are trained for such work
Arrangements will be made for trans
fcrring from the Depot Brieades 10
rnits Of the Student Army Training
Corps men whose ratings in the can
,nments indicate them TO be officer
lalerial but not yet ready to enter
Central Oficer Training Camps. Every
crfort will be made 20 give every young
man who enters the service under this
rlan onportunity for the training pest
suited TO his natural ability and preie.-
ences I'm order 10 enable him 10 serve
the country in the most efficient way